Phoenix, Arizona · Private AI for small business

Private AI for your books.

I set up AI that sorts your payments, receipts, and paperwork on a computer in your building*, so your files don't get sent to an AI company. It's built around how your shop already works, and when you need help, you call me, not a help line.

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Where your data lives

Most bookkeeping apps send your bank data to their cloud. Books in a Box doesn't. Ask any of them where your data goes, then ask me.

  • On your box. Your files and the AI stay on a computer in your building that you buy and own.*
  • No cloud AI. The AI model runs on that box. We set it up so your transactions aren't sent to an AI company.
  • You hold the keys. I maintain the box over a private, encrypted connection that you can switch off anytime. No open ports on your network.
  • A person checks the flags. Anything the system isn't sure about is marked for review instead of guessed.
  • You keep everything. If you stop the service, the box, the data, and the reports are still yours.

* Depending on plan. On our hosted plan, the AI runs on our own private computer in Phoenix instead of one in your building. Either way, your files are not sent to an AI company.

Our data promise, in writing

  1. Your files stay yours. We set things up so your client files aren't sent to an AI company to train on.
  2. Where we can, the AI runs on a computer in your building.
  3. We only log in when you say so, and you can shut our access off any time.
  4. When we're done, you get everything back, in a format you can open.
  5. The AI only sorts and labels. Your reports are only as good as the bank files and info you give us, and your accountant has the final say.

This goes in our client agreement, not just on the website.

Services

Prices up front. You own what I build.

Private AI automation

Repetitive office work, handled by a small computer in your building.*

  • Every payment sorted into your accountant's categories
  • Monthly ledger and P&L summary, ready for your accountant
  • Receipt and invoice reading
  • Alerts when something looks off
Setup from $1,500, including cleanup of your recent months. Then from $199/mo for monitoring, fixes, and a monthly check-in.

Websites for local business

Fast, phone-first sites that bring in calls, with your license number, service area, and reviews where customers look.

  • Design and build
  • Google Business Profile and socials
  • Hosting and updates
Quoted per project after a free call

Custom apps and games

Tools built around how your team works: estimating apps, staff training games, internal dashboards.

  • Scoped in a 20-minute call
  • Working demo before you pay in full
  • Phone, web, or PC
Quoted per project after a free call

Client work

What I'm building for local businesses right now. Client names are shared only with their permission.

PilotAI automation

Books in a Box: your monthly numbers, sorted on a computer you own

Drop your bank and card exports in a folder. A local AI sorts every transaction into your accountant's categories, plain code adds it up, and you get a ledger, a profit and loss summary, and a list of anything odd, like duplicate charges or a big expense you didn't expect. Receipt photos get read into a log. First pilot: a family-owned car wash.

InBank, card, and POS exports, receipt photos
On your boxLocal AI sorts. Code does the math.
OutLedger, P&L summary, findings, receipt log
From $199/moNo cloud AIA person reviews flags
In progressWebsite + app

Electrical contractor, Glendale

A new website, social accounts, and an estimating app for a commercial electrical sub. A multi-year plan, starting with the site.

PrototypeTraining game

Bar training simulator

Your real bar, your real menu, as a game that trains new staff. Built by someone who works behind the bar.

Our own products

Things we build and run ourselves. Same skills, our own money on the line.

LaunchingRoblox
DashLineFour-player grapple racing across 10 maps.
ReleasingRoblox
StarBlox: Live Night Sky5,044 real stars for your city and time.
LiveRoblox
Floppy BirdRetro flap-and-dodge with your avatar.
LiveEtsy
Recyc-Lit Bottle LightsBottles turned into lamps, made in Phoenix.
LiveWebsite
BlueWorld Fotos ↗Film photography prints and shop.

How it works

Free Books Health Check

A 20-minute call. Bring one month of bank exports and see them sorted live.

Setup

The box goes in at your place, mapped to your banks, your POS, and your accountant's categories.

Side by side

For one month the box runs next to your current process. Totals have to match to the cent.

Switch

You switch over when you're confident. I stay on for monitoring and support.

Prices you can see

Most AI shops say "call for a quote." Here's ours.

Setup sprint

$750

Founding price for our first 3 clients (then $1,500)

  • We set up one job that eats your week, like chasing missing documents or texting back missed calls
  • Runs on the tools you already pay for
  • 50% to start, 50% when it's working

Care plan

$199/month

First month included

  • 2 hours of fixes and changes every month
  • Same person every time: me

Extra work

$95/hour

Billed in 15 minutes

  • Written estimate first for anything over 2 hours

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About

I'm Jared Ponce, founder of Catracho Consulting LLC in Phoenix. I work behind the bar and on the floor at downtown Phoenix restaurants, so I know what a busy small business looks like from the inside. I run my own server lab at home and build automation, websites, and games.

Books in a Box started with my family's car wash and its monthly pile of bank exports and receipts. If it can keep a car wash's books straight, it can do the same for your shop.

Catracho is small on purpose. The big apps give you a help line and a chatbot. With Catracho you get my number, I set it up with you in person, and the AI does the sorting so I have time to actually pick up.

Got work that eats your week?

Tell me what it is. If a computer can do it, I'll show you how, and what it costs, in one call.

(602) 475-3470 · text me Phoenix, Arizona · serving the Valley

I reply within one business day.