Something You May Have Left Behind

An uncashed paycheck. A forgotten bank account. An insurance payment that never reached you. These can become unclaimed property: money or assets owed to someone who hasn’t collected them. State governments hold most unclaimed funds while their owners—or eligible heirs—can come forward to claim them. ^[1]

In February 2026, California’s State Controller reported safeguarding more than $15 billion in unclaimed property owed to nearly 39 million Californians. ^[2] Nationally, the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators estimated in 2023 that about 1 in 7 people had unclaimed property. ^[5] That’s our friends, our neighbors, maybe us.

California has been trying to give this money back. It publishes these records weekly, and openly invites people to help reach anyone who might be owed. ^[3] But making a record public is only the start. We see an opportunity to help connect those records with the people behind them.

We’re building Little to be a detective for all of us, working to reunite people with what they are owed. Our mission is to use transformational technology to do a little good, and then do it again, for every name on the list.

You can check for yourself today. Start with your state’s unclaimed property office, including states where you previously lived. ^[1] In California, use the State Controller’s free search. ^[4]