Finance answers in minutes, without digging through emails or asking around
Trimedia is a digital agency in Jyväskylä that builds online services and does digital marketing. CEO Arto Saksola wanted fast answers on finance without digging through emails and asking around every time. With Qaicu, he now checks the figures and runs calculations in minutes, without needing an in-house finance department.
Starting point: information was scattered
Before Qaicu, questions about bookkeeping and finances meant Arto had to search through emails and ask different people. It took time, and the full picture wasn’t always clear.
“Whenever questions came up about the bookkeeping or the finances, you had to look for the answers in emails and dig them out by asking different people. Looking for information took a lot of time. You can ask Qaicu for it faster, and checking things has become a lot easier.”
Answers and calculations straight away
One good example came when Trimedia was looking at costs and possible savings for a quieter period. Before, that would have meant fetching figures and entering them into Excel. This time Arto only had to enter percentage-based assumptions into Qaicu, and he got the calculation straight away.
“It took maybe ten minutes, working out the percentages myself and putting them in. If I’d first fetched the figures from somewhere and put them into Excel, it would probably have taken an hour at least.”
Beyond the time saved, Qaicu raised points Arto hadn’t thought of himself.
“Qaicu also gave me various points on what’s worth taking into account. I got extra information I wouldn’t necessarily have spotted myself.”
Your own data stays safe
Arto uses other AI tools too, such as ChatGPT and Claude. They don’t connect directly to data in systems like Procountor, the Finnish accounting system. Qaicu’s advantage is that you can bring in even information you wouldn’t want to enter into just any public AI. Implementation went smoothly, and the Qaicu team helped him get started.
Who Arto recommends Qaicu to
“I’d recommend it to companies our size that don’t need to, or can’t, hire their own finance person, but still want to keep on top of things and know where they stand. You really do get CFO-level help, but you don’t have to spend thousands of euros a month on it.”