Unscary

An iPhone app by B43

Practical AI for analysis and reporting — built for finance professionals

Get Unscary

Free on the App Store. Requires iOS 26 or later.

The Unscary AI “Your path” screen. It mirrors the member's goal back as “You want to catch up and stop feeling behind,” then shows the four-rung climb, Automate, Standardize, Try and Recognize, with a “You're here” marker on Try.

What the research says

“Of 183 CFOs and senior finance leaders polled by Gartner, 59% reported using AI in their departments, up just slightly from 58% last year”
A Gartner poll of 183 CFOs and senior finance leaders found 59% report using AI in their departments, up slightly from 58% the prior year. Source: www.cfodive.com

Where AI actually helps in finance work

Spreadsheet work resists automation because the judgment lives in your head, not in the cells. AI helps around the spreadsheet: drafting variance commentary, summarizing a close, sanity-checking a formula's logic, and turning an analysis into a readable report. Industry surveys show AI use inside finance functions is now common — the question is whether your skills keep pace with your department's tools.

A builder step in the Unscary AI app. The exercise reads “Now add the part that was missing,” showing a mock chat with a support-reply request and an empty Context slot, and a field below where the member writes the context to add.

How Unscary approaches finance skills

No prompts-in-theory. Unscary gives finance professionals short lessons and hands-on reps on realistic tasks: explain a variance, tighten a board summary, check an AI draft for errors before it travels. You learn what to delegate, what to verify, and how to spot a confident wrong answer.

How it works in the app

Short daily lessons, practice reps you complete yourself, points and streaks for consistency, and a personal progress report you could show your controller. Built by B43, which trains company teams on AI in person — the same training, sized for a workday.

Learn it the way finance learns everything — by working the problem.

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