FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Clear answers about wallet credit, usage, subscriptions, and how Tycoon charges for work.
How is this different from Stripe Invoicing or QuickBooks' recurring invoices?
Stripe and QBO do the mechanics of sending an invoice. They don't notice when a Linear issue closes, they don't draft a voice-matched cover email, they don't escalate collections with context, and they certainly don't decide when to pivot from 'friendly reminder' to 'firm chase'. Tycoon's AI CFO owns the whole cash cycle — it uses Stripe/QBO as the invoicing rail but operates above them. Stripe is the engine; AI CFO is the driver.
Can it handle complex billing — usage-based, tiered, international?
Yes. For usage-based, it pulls meters from your product (Stripe Metering, custom events) and computes the period's charges. For tiered, it applies the customer's contract tier. For international, it handles VAT/GST lookups, currency conversion, and reverse-charge mechanics for EU B2B. What it can't do is negotiate a custom one-off pricing deal — that's you, and the AI CFO captures the new terms in memory so future invoices follow the new policy.
What about disputes and chargebacks?
AI CFO monitors Stripe for dispute events and alerts you immediately — with the transaction details, customer's support history, and a proposed response. For small disputes ($<200), the AI can draft and submit the evidence package itself (pulling delivery proof, email threads, signed agreements from Drive). For larger disputes it drafts the package but waits for your sign-off. Either way, no chargeback slips through the 7-day response window unnoticed.
How does this compare to hiring a bookkeeper or AR clerk?
A bookkeeper won't chase collections; they record what happens. An AR clerk chases but costs $3-5K/month and only works business hours. Tycoon's AI CFO does both on a 24/7 heartbeat for $100-200/month in API costs. The quality gap closed in 2026 — for a typical one-person company ($100K-$10M ARR, subscription or project billing), the AI CFO produces better AR hygiene than either, because it never forgets, never goes on vacation, and never gets tired of chasing.
What does this look like compared to Paperclip or Polsia?
Paperclip can send a templated invoice on a schedule — but if the work slipped and shouldn't be billed yet, you have to manually pause it. If a customer disputes, Paperclip doesn't help. Polsia has generic agents that could theoretically handle this, but with no persistent memory of which invoices are open, which are disputed, or which customers pay late — so every collection attempt starts from zero. Tycoon's AI CFO persists the AR ledger, learns each customer's payment pattern, and graduates collection tone appropriately. Purpose-built wins.