Deductly
Hey HN, I'm a tech founder — 15 years building software, fintech background, been through the early startup grind before. I thought I knew how to run a business. Then I opened a restaurant. And I got humbled fast. Nothing in my background prepared me for how financially opaque restaurant operations actually are. Sales looked fine. Cash kept disappearing. By the time my P&L landed, the damage from a bad food cost week had already compounded twice. I was running a margin business in the dark. So I did what I always do: I went deep. Down to the penny. I connected every data source I had — Toast…
Deductly launched on September 10, 2025 with 7 votes, #2,024 of 8,160 launches that month. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
What it does
Deductly is your AI CFO. Connect your bank and credit cards, and Deductly automatically organizes your books, flags missed deductions, and financial insights in plain English — so you always know where your money is going and how to save more.
Track COGS, labor, prime cost, vendor spend, and margin leaks automatically. netta turns your transactions into CFO-level insights — in minutes.
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hey HN, I'm a tech founder — 15 years building software, fintech background, been through the early startup grind before. I thought I knew how to run a business. Then I opened a restaurant. And I got humbled fast. Nothing in my background prepared me for how financially opaque restaurant operations actually are.…
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