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Acumen

Plain answers from a business’s own files: what is happening, why, and what to do next.

The problem

The figures are all there, in spreadsheets, PDFs and exports. Turning them into a decision is the part that keeps being put off.

Who it is for

Founders, owner-managers and small leadership teams without an analyst.

What it does

  • Reads messy, unstructured files: spreadsheets, PDFs and logs.
  • Answers questions asked in plain language, such as “Why are sales down?”
  • Cross-references sources that rarely meet.
  • Turns each answer into a prioritised to-do list.
  • Keeps a running check on the health of the business.

Why it is different

Dashboards show what happened and leave the interpretation to you. Acumen starts from the question and ends with what to do.

AI and automation

AI reads the files, connects them and explains the reasoning behind each recommendation in plain words. The health check runs in the background, all the time.