Decision Intelligence · Second-Order Thinking

See the full cost of a decision before you commit the capital.

CAST Agent is the first decision-intelligence platform that operationalizes second-order thinking — mapping Consequences, Actors, Systems, and Time across every strategic bet. Rigorous, adversarially verified, board-ready in minutes.

Built for Fortune 500 strategy teams, PE-backed operators, and strategy consultancies.

Most analysis stops at first-order effects. The expensive surprises live two moves later.

$50M–$500M+

The cost of a miscalculated decision

The cost of a single miscalculated major decision at a Fortune 500 company.

Today, those decisions are made with gut instinct, PowerPoint, and an offsite. Generic AI adds speed without structure. Consultants add rigor — episodically, at $500K per engagement.

CAST Agent turns rigorous consequence analysis into a repeatable, board-ready enterprise capability.

The CAST Framework

Four lenses. Every strategic bet.

Proprietary methodology, operationalized as software — not replicable with a prompt.

Consequences

Map first-, second-, and third-order effects before they map you. Consequence-first, not data-backward.

Actors

Every stakeholder who can accelerate, resist, or quietly derail the decision — inside and outside the building.

Systems

The feedback loops, dependencies, and incentives your org chart doesn't show — surfaced before they bite.

Time

How consequences compound across quarters, years, and market cycles — not just the next earnings call.

From blank page to boardroom

A defensible consequence map in minutes.

  1. Frame the decision

    Describe the strategic bet — a market entry, an acquisition, a restructuring. CAST Agent structures it into a rigorous decision frame instantly.

  2. Adversarial verification

    The platform stress-tests its own analysis, challenges every assumption, and labels how each claim is grounded. No unexamined optimism.

  3. Board-ready output

    Walk into the boardroom with a defensible consequence map and documented decision rationale — the output standard is the brand standard.

Who it's for

Built for the people who own the consequences.

Head of Strategy · VP Corp Dev

“Operationalize second-order thinking across every strategic decision.”

Make CAST rigor the default for your team — not an offsite exercise that fades by Q2.

CEO · CFO · CSO

“See the full cost of a decision before you commit the capital.”

One avoided strategic error pays for the platform for years. This is risk tolerance, not software budget.

Strategy Directors · Risk Officers

“From a blank page to a defensible consequence map in minutes.”

Stop rebuilding analysis from scratch. Start from structure, defend it under fire.

CISO · IT · Procurement

“Decision intelligence your security team can confidently sign off on.”

Hardened multi-tenant backend, SSO/RBAC, audit logs, and a security review packet ready on request.

Why CAST Agent

The between-engagement layer your alternatives can't fill.

Gut + PowerPoint + offsites We operationalize what you already know you should be doing.
Generic AI (ChatGPT, ad-hoc prompts) No structure, no adversarial check, no board-ready output. CAST has all three.
BI & analytics platforms They look backward at data. CAST Agent looks forward at consequences.
Strategy consultancies $500K+ and episodic. CAST Agent is always on — and makes their work land harder.

Pricing

Land with a pilot. Expand with results.

Breakeven math at the Team tier: the first avoided mistake pays for three years of the platform.

Pilot

$5,000 flat · 3 months

  • Up to 5 executives
  • Full platform access
  • Human onboarding
  • Prove ROI before committing
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Division

$5,000/month

  • 16–50 executives, multi-BU
  • SSO & audit log
  • Division-wide deployment
  • Champion enablement
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Enterprise

$10–20K/month

  • Unlimited seats, org-wide
  • SSO, RBAC, security review
  • Dedicated CSM
  • Executive add-on: board-ready private instance
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Security & Governance

Rigor in the analysis. Rigor in the architecture.

Decision intelligence your security team can confidently sign off on — with a security review packet ready on request.

  • Hardened multi-tenant cloud backend with row-level security throughout
  • Explicit grounding labels on every AI-generated claim
  • SSO & RBAC on Division and Enterprise tiers
  • Full audit log for regulated industries and board governance
  • Documented decision rationale for regulatory and compliance review

Your next major decision is already in motion.

Bring one live strategic decision to a 30-minute executive briefing. We'll map it through CAST together — you keep the consequence map either way.