Summation: Pioneering decision-grade intelligence

Executives don’t lack data. In fact, most are drowning in it. What they often lack is the ability to synthesize vast amounts of information to make decisions. At the end of the day, that’s the job: effective decision-making. But in most enterprises, critical facts are buried across ERPs, CRMs, warehouses/lakes, BI tools, emails, and spreadsheets – so even a simple question triggers weeks of manual wrangling. The result is missed opportunities and a slower operating cadence, with an arsenal of dashboards that explain yesterday rather than steer tomorrow.

Summation was started to solve this. Its platform acts as a ‘decision layer’ on top of an enterprise’s core systems and data stores. It is composed of a family of agents that automate reporting, analysis, and planning – from quick metrics search to deep‑dive QBRs – all in a permissions-aware fashion. For example, in one customer deployment, Summation’s deep-dive agents issued ~7k queries and ~3k LLM calls to surface pricing, fulfillment, and marketing insights that unlocked material revenue and cost savings for the company. And the good news: every output is validated and fully auditable before it reaches the end user.

We think this is a problem that plagues almost every manager inside of an enterprise. And we think Ian, RC, and the broader Summation team are the right group to solve it. They have a special mix of customer obsession, technical excellence, and grit. They move at a fierce pace and maintain a maniacal focus on what matters.

We’re delighted to lead Summation’s Series A as they set out to redefine enterprise performance management and pioneer a new category in ‘decision-grade intelligence’.

—Josh