A startup with in-house AI analytics · Volo portfolio company
Build an in-house analytics tool that anyone can query in plain English
Investor calls it ridiculously powerful; no numbers
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What they did
A Volo portfolio company built its own internal analytics tool that anyone in the company can use with natural language, removing the bottleneck of analysts or engineers writing SQL. Andrew notes it needs ongoing work so it understands the data structures (garbage in, garbage out).
What happened
Described as ridiculously powerful; expected to raise decision velocity.
In their words
Sub Club by RevenueCat · The Bootstrapper's Path to $10M ARR – Andrew Maguire, Volo Ventures“I have a portfolio company that built their own internal analytics tool that's just ridiculously powerful and anybody can use with natural language”
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