Organizational intelligence
See how your company really works.
Cadrian's AI interviews every person on your team, maps how work actually gets done, and shows you exactly where AI pays off — in weeks, not quarters.
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Ask once. Hear from everyone. Act on it.
The clearest view of how a company works comes from the people operating it. So Cadrian asks them directly, no consultants and no surveys.
What you can ask
Every leader has a question their systems can't answer.
Cadrian goes and gets the answer, from the people who actually know.
Head of AI / Transformation
“Where do we actually start with AI?”
COO
“Why is cost-to-serve climbing in Segment B?”
CEO
“Will we meet our sales quota this quarter?”
CHRO
“Why did our best people leave?”
CRO
“Which clients are at risk this week?”
CIO
“Is anyone actually using what we rolled out?”
One set of interviews. Every deliverable your team needs.
The same conversations become the analysis, the workflow maps, and the written reports — so the exec team, the process owner, and whoever builds the fix all work from one source.
A ranked list of what to fix first
Every opportunity carries recoverable hours, modeled value, a confidence tier, and the interviews it came from. No single number you have to take on faith.
A plan you can act on, in weeks not quarters.
You get the rigor of sitting down with your whole organization, without the months of scheduling and write-ups that usually come with it. The findings are still true by the time you act on them.
With Cadrian
About 2 weeks
- 1
Day 1
Configure
Set the question you want answered. Cadrian scopes it and identifies who to talk to.
- 2
Day 2
Reach everyone
Interviews go out across every level and team. Hundreds run at the same time, so you're not booking one call at a time.
- 3
Days 3+
Talk in depth
Each conversation adapts in real time, digging into what people actually say.
- 4
~Week 2
Act on it
The work is mapped end to end. You get a ranked list of what to fix, and what each fix is worth in output or freed-up time.
The manual way
2-3 months
- 1
Weeks 1-2
Scope & recruit
Decide who to interview, chase down availability, and build a schedule.
- 2
Weeks 3-6
Interview a sample
Sit down with a fraction of the org, one conversation at a time.
- 3
Weeks 6-10
Write it up
Transcribe, code the notes, and try to reconcile conflicting accounts.
- 4
Weeks 10+
Deliver a snapshot
Present findings that are already dated, from a slice of the company.
Built for the employee
Your people get something back.
People tell you the truth when the conversation is worth their time. Cadrian is built for the employee first. They feel heard, their expertise gets credit, and the problems they point out actually get fixed. That is why the answers are so honest.
Extraction
- Screen and keystroke tracking that feels like being watched
- Always-on monitoring that reduces people to a productivity score
- Data collected and taken away, with nothing given back
People disengage. The knowledge stays locked in their heads.
Exchange
- A real conversation people opt into, on their own terms
- Their expertise gets credit instead of sitting in a form nobody reads
- A lighter load once the problems they flag get fixed
People open up. You get the truth they'd never put in writing.
The team that's diagnosed companies and built the products.
We've advised companies on where to focus, and we've built and shipped the AI that did the work. We know what actually moves the needle versus what just looks good in a deck.
Dan Preiss
Co-Founder & CEO
Partner at Ardent Venture Partners. Principal at BCG's digital group. Founder and product leader at VC-backed startups.
Chris Young
Co-Founder & Chairman
Former EVP at Microsoft. CEO of McAfee. Senior leadership at Intel, Cisco, RSA, AOL, and VMware. Currently CEO of Vertex and on the boards of American Express and Qualcomm.
Akash Gupta
Co-Founder
Stanford CS (BS and MS). Accel Fellow.
Jonathan Betz
CTO
Early Google engineer, VP Engineering at Yext, SVP Engineering at Rent the Runway. Engineering leadership at Meta. Co-Founder and CTO of Continua AI. Carnegie Mellon CS.
Questions we get asked
Usually by whoever has to sign off on it.
See what your company is really telling you.
Tell us a bit about your team and the bottlenecks you're facing. We'll reach out to find a time that works for you.