What we're seeing in the market.
Perspectives from our work automating consulting and finance firms.
- Automation
42% of Your Clients' Tools Have No Public API. We Automate Them Anyway.
The absence of a public API is no longer a reason to stop an automation project. Three methods now cover any process, regardless of vendor support.
- Technology
Generic AI Output Is an Architecture Problem, Not a Prompt Problem
AI output quality is almost entirely determined by context quality. Building structured context files once is the infrastructure investment that makes every subsequent AI output genuinely useful.
- ROI
Most Firms Are Paying Three to Five Times More for AI Than They Need To
Matching the right model to each task in an AI pipeline — rather than routing everything through a flagship model — reduces cost by 60-80% with no meaningful loss in output quality.
- Positioning
Protecting What You Have Is the Wrong Response to AI Disruption
The firms building AI-native processes now are creating cost structures their competitors cannot easily match. Protecting existing processes at the expense of building new capability is a strategic choice — and it has a price.
- Market
The Window to Build AI-Native Processes Is Closing Faster Than Most Firms Think
Entry-level consulting and finance jobs are disappearing now. The firms building AI-native processes today are creating a structural cost advantage that will be very hard to close.
- Technology
The Next Shift in AI Automation: Agents That Don't Wait to Be Asked
Always-on agents that monitor, flag, and act continuously — without being triggered — are already running in production. This is the next architecture shift after reactive AI workflows.
- Automation
Your Competitors Are Running Outreach While You Sleep
A three-agent pipeline can identify, research, and personally reach out to hundreds of target companies overnight — no sales team required.
- Market
The Entry-Level Talent Pipeline in Consulting and Finance Has Already Changed
Entry-level research, drafting, and analysis in consulting and finance is already AI-addressable — not in the future, but now. The firms that plan for this today will not be caught flat-footed when the economics make the shift unavoidable.
- Technology
An AI That Forgets You After Every Session Is Not a Business Tool
Persistent context files — structured documents the AI reads before every session — are what separates a generic AI assistant from one that reliably produces work in your firm's voice and with your firm's context.
- Process
Most AI Build Projects Fail in the First Twenty Minutes
A mandatory planning phase before execution — and structured context before any task — is the single most effective way to reduce AI rework and improve output quality from day one.