ALCHEMIST
Banking and accounting
with receipts.
Two sides of one deterministic suite โ finance models that refuse when inputs aren’t sourced, and accounting workflows that won’t release what doesn’t tie. No LLM in the decision path.
Banking ยท finance models
Deterministic models with explicit assumptions, proof rows, and refusal boundaries.
Accounting
Books that won’t close until they tie. Import from QuickBooks once, run the ledger here after that. No posting without backup. No month-end sign-off while something’s still off.
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vs frontier LLMs
Controlled test harness โ deterministic reference output plus a disclosed scorecard. Not an automated LLM-grading claim.
| Control | ALCHEMIST | LLM | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALCHEMIST 7/7 CONTROLS ยท LLM 1/7 STRICT PASS | |||
| Arithmetic tie-out | PASS | PASS | Both can calculate stated numbers |
| Source receipts | PASS | MIXED | LLM does not preserve filing/model refs |
| Source discipline | PASS | MIXED | LLM cites a peer set not in prompt |
| Refusal behavior | PASS | FAIL | LLM recommends despite boundary |
| Missing evidence | PASS | MIXED | LLM omits legal, tax, fairness gaps |
| Assumption visibility | PASS | MIXED | LLM buries share count and debt bridge |
| Output repeatability | PASS | MIXED | LLM phrasing and flags change on rerun |