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Illustrative example
One system for the whole job, from field to finance.
An AI-native platform for upper mid-market GCs. We start with the WIP, where every job comes together.
From the field · Job 2417
Superintendent logged a change: added steel at grid C-4, est. $145K. Flagged on the WIP for pricing.
OctoberWork in progress
Contract value$151.7M
Projected margin7.8%
Field inputs missing3
| Job | Field inputs |
|---|---|
| 2431Manufacturing plant | Cost-to-complete due |
| 2417Distribution center | Unpriced change |
| 2422Medical office | Current |
| 2440Cold storage | Field progress not reported |
The problem
Job data breaks down between the field and finance.
Field capture
Changes, progress and quantities aren't reliably recorded on site.
Siloed data
What does get recorded is split across apps, inboxes and files.
Field-to-office gap
Finance chases PMs and turns field updates into numbers in Excel.
Late margin slips
Overruns and unbilled changes show up late.
Forecast uncertainty
Cost-to-complete varies by PM and arrives late, so forecasts take extra work.
Other tools patch the old stack. Cantro is built new.
AI-native from day one, so it doesn't need patches to work.
Where we start
A WIP that stays current.
One shared version
The field, PMs and finance work from the same numbers.
A consistent model
Every job is set up the same way, so the numbers hold up month after month, and with your bank and surety.
Works with your spreadsheets
Take the data into Excel whenever your team needs it.
The WIP is where we start. Our goal is one system for the job that field and office teams share.
More coming soon
What GCs get
Better for every team on the job.
Field
More projects, less paperwork
Simpler information capture, so PMs and superintendents can run more jobs.
Office
Less manual work
Numbers stay current without the month-end chase.
Margin
Margin protected
Slips caught early, changes recovered. At a ~4% margin, every 0.1% of revenue kept is 2.5% more profit.
Growth
Room to grow
Forecasts your bank and surety can rely on support more bonding capacity.
Why "Cantro"
A cantilever reaches further from the same support.
That's where our name comes from.
Cantro takes the manual, repetitive work off your team, so they have room for the next project.
Design partners
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Built with you, for you.
Founding team
Ying Ge
Founder, Cantro
I've spent 14 years helping businesses understand their numbers and grow, first as a banker, then building accounting software.
At J.P. Morgan, I spent my days in companies' financial statements: learning how each business worked, sizing up its risks, and helping it get the financing it needed to grow.
At Intuit, I helped the company grow by building and buying. That included acquiring TSheets, the timesheet app many field crews use, and expanding into e-commerce. I then moved to QuickBooks to work on the hardest part of accounting software: the core logic that keeps the books right. I launched multi-entity accounting for Intuit Enterprise Suite and built AI accounting agents. Along the way, construction companies told me how much time they lost to data spread across disconnected systems.
Cantro came from asking GC owners, CFOs, project managers and superintendents directly where things break down today. Now we're building the construction software of the future, with them.