Cascadian
Analysts as a Service

Your Next Analyst
Won't Be Human

Analyst agents that deeply understand your market, forecast,
and produce decision-grade insights for capital allocators.
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Capital allocators can’t trust Claude’s
analysis for high stakes decisions.

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The Analysis Engine
for AI Agents.

PhD-level research agents powered by data graphs, tools, and our research harness to inform high stakes decisions.

MCP Endpoints
get_event_odds(topic)
get_odds_change(event, window)
explain_odds_move(event)
get_causal_graph(entity | topic)
get_knock_on_effects(event)
simulate_scenario(event, n=10000)
get_edge(event)
get_historical_analogs(event_type)
get_allocator_brief(topic)
subscribe_to_alert(topic | asset)
Data Graphs
Event Graphthe live event stream
Causal Graphcause → effect, mapped
Future Graphbranching futures, scored
Temporal Fact Ledgerevery fact, time-stamped
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Why now

ForecastBench leaderboard — AI models now beating the superforecaster median
Better
Superhuman

Models just surpassed human superforecasters on ForecastBench, the benchmark for forecasting accuracy

AI Index 2025 — inference price across select benchmarks collapsing 2022–24, log scale
Cheaper
Financially viable

The cost of frontier intelligence has collapsed, making agentic analysis viable at scale

Dense network of thousands of interconnected signals — too much for humans to track
Faster
Can’t keep up

With 24/7 global markets, humans need tools to keep up

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Example of Cascadian Intelligence

Where should I invest next in the AI value chain?

Chips NVIDIA +0%▲ since Nov 30 ’22
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Example of Cascadian Intelligence

What will the Fed do in September?

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Example of Cascadian Intelligence

How will the Hormuz blockage affect oil prices?

Supply Chain
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Competitive Landscape

Capability → Market data Research and analysis Agent-native Forecast and decision intelligence
Research Tools
AlphaSense · Hebbia · Rogo · Brightwave
Terminals
Bloomberg · LSEG · FactSet · S&P Capital IQ
Research Firms
Gartner · S&P Global · Goldman Sachs · Kearney
Cascadian
Analysis engine
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The Market For Agentic Analysis

TAM$610Ball analyst work
SAM$61Bbought as a product
SOM$6.1Bcapital allocation

The entire market size of terminals, research analysts, and expert networks.

The market size of external research analysis firms.

The market size of capital allocation research analyst firms.

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Pricing and Projections

Insights & Alerts
$49 / mo

Daily brief, real-time alerts, full report library · 3 watchlists

Analyst Seat
$500 / mo

An agentic analyst in Claude or your stack · 10 watchlists · 3-seat minimum

Deployed Analyst
$2.5k / mo

A named agent on your data · 25 watchlists · from $50k deployment

Custom Monitoring & Services
$10k+ / mo

Attended monitoring, forward-deployed agents, SLAs · unlimited watchlists

A mid-level analyst costs $220k/yr fully loaded.·API & MCP access included from Analyst Seat up.

Projected ARR · 2026–2031
Monitoring Deployed Seats Insights
$0M $30M $60M $90M $120M 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 $106M $9M $19M $24M $54M
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Our Ask: $1.5M

Austin Black
Austin Black
Co-Founder & CEO
  • Intelligence SaaS Exec (Sales/Marketing)
  • Solution Architect & Systems Analyst
  • 2 Exits (ERP & Intelligence SaaS)
Scotty Pittsford
Scotty Pittsford
Co-Founder & CTO
  • Serial Developer
  • Data Engineering & Model Fine-Tuning
  • AI Agent Architecture
Use of Funds
10+ Enterprise Customers
Compute & Hosting
1 AI Engineer
Launch Product Beta
Funding Round
Pre-Seed
Product Stage
Alpha
Austin Black
austin.black@cascadian.ai
+1 (360) 353-6085
Scotty Pittsford
scotty.pittsford@cascadian.ai
+1 (760) 809-3977
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08The Ask
$1.5M
Pre-Seed · Product in Alpha

Raising to land 10+ enterprise customers and ship the beta.

Founders
Austin Black

Austin Black

Co-Founder & CEO
Deal maker & solution architectB2B intelligence SaaS exec2 exits, ERP & intelligence SaaS
Scotty Pittsford

Scotty Pittsford

Co-Founder & CTO
AI agent architectureData engineering & model fine-tuningSerial developer
Use of Funds
10+ enterprise customersLaunch product beta1 full-stack engineerCompute & hosting
Austin Black
austin.black@cascadian.ai
+1 (360) 353-6085
Scotty Pittsford
scotty.pittsford@cascadian.ai
+1 (760) 809-3977
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Team & Ask

The same engine that prices a forecast, pointed at us: here's the round, the plan, and the people running it.

agent → get_the_ask("cascadian")
Raising $1.5M pre-seed to land 10+ enterprise customers and ship the beta. Product is in alpha; capital converts directly into revenue and the first engineering hire.
Raising
$1.5M
Round
Pre-Seed
Product stage
Alpha
Use of funds
10+ enterprise customers·Launch beta·1 full-stack engineer·Compute & hosting
austin.black@cascadian.ai · +1 (360) 353-6085   |   scotty.pittsford@cascadian.ai · +1 (760) 809-3977
Founders
Austin Black
Austin Black
Co-Founder & CEO
Deal maker & solution architect
B2B intelligence SaaS exec
2 exits, ERP & intelligence SaaS
Scotty Pittsford
Scotty Pittsford
Co-Founder & CTO
AI agent architecture
Data engineering & model fine-tuning
Serial developer
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Cascadian

Our Ask: $1.5M

Raising a Pre-Seed round to land 10+ enterprise customers and ship the beta. Product in alpha.
Austin Black · Co-Founder & CEO
austin.black@cascadian.ai · +1 (360) 353-6085

Scotty Pittsford · Co-Founder & CTO
scotty.pittsford@cascadian.ai · +1 (760) 809-3977
Use of Funds10+ enterprise customersLaunch product beta1 full-stack engineerCompute & hosting
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Cascadian

Back the team building it.
We’re raising $1.5M.

Founders
Austin Black
Austin Black
Co-Founder & CEO
Deal maker & solution architect · B2B intelligence SaaS exec · 2 exits (ERP & intelligence SaaS)
Scotty Pittsford
Scotty Pittsford
Co-Founder & CTO
AI agent architecture · Data engineering & model fine-tuning · Serial developer
The Ask
Raising$1.5M
RoundPre-Seed
Product stageAlpha
10+ enterprise customersLaunch product beta1 full-stack engineerCompute & hosting
austin.black@cascadian.ai · +1 (360) 353-6085
scotty.pittsford@cascadian.ai · +1 (760) 809-3977
10/ 10
Cascadian

Our Ask: $1.5M

Austin Black
Austin Black
Co-Founder & CEO
  • Intelligence SaaS Exec (Sales/Marketing)
  • Solution Architect & Systems Analyst
  • 2 Exits (ERP & Intelligence SaaS)
Scotty Pittsford
Scotty Pittsford
Co-Founder & CTO
  • Serial Developer
  • Data Engineering & Model Fine-Tuning
  • AI Agent Architecture
Use of Funds
10+ Enterprise Customers
Compute & Hosting
1 AI Engineer
Launch Product Beta
Funding Round
Pre-Seed
Product Stage
Alpha
Austin Black
austin.black@cascadian.ai
+1 (360) 353-6085
Scotty Pittsford
scotty.pittsford@cascadian.ai
+1 (760) 809-3977
10/ 10
Cascadian

Our Ask: $1.5M

Austin Black
Austin Black
Co-Founder & CEO
  • Intelligence SaaS Exec (Sales/Marketing)
  • Solution Architect & Systems Analyst
  • 2 Exits (ERP & Intelligence SaaS)
Scotty Pittsford
Scotty Pittsford
Co-Founder & CTO
  • Serial Developer
  • Data Engineering & Model Fine-Tuning
  • AI Agent Architecture
Use of Funds
10+ Enterprise Customers
Compute & Hosting
1 AI Engineer
Launch Product Beta
Funding Round
Pre-Seed
Product Stage
Alpha
Austin Black
austin.black@cascadian.ai
+1 (360) 353-6085
Scotty Pittsford
scotty.pittsford@cascadian.ai
+1 (760) 809-3977
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Our Ask $1.5M
Pre-Seed · 10% equity
Our Team
A founding team spanning enterprise intelligence, data science & engineering, and AI agent & model expertise.
Austin Black
Austin Black
Co-Founder & CEO
Intelligence SaaS Exec (CRO/CMO)Solution Architect & Systems Analyst2 Exits (ERP & Intelligence SaaS)
austin.black@cascadian.ai · +1 (360) 353-6085
Scotty Pittsford
Scotty Pittsford
Co-Founder & CTO
Serial DeveloperData Engineering & Model Fine-TuningAI Agent Architecture
scotty.pittsford@cascadian.ai · +1 (760) 809-3977
Use of Funds
Prosumer & Enterprise Customers
Compute & Hosting
1 AI Engineer
Marketing Expenses
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Our Ask $1.5M
Pre-Seed · 10% equity
Our Team
Austin Black
Austin Black
Co-Founder & CEO
Intelligence SaaS Exec (Sales/Marketing)Solution Architect & Systems Analyst2 Exits (ERP & Intelligence SaaS)
Scotty Pittsford
Scotty Pittsford
Co-Founder & CTO
Serial DeveloperData Engineering & Model Fine-TuningAI Agent Architecture
Use of Funds
10+ Enterprise Customers
Compute & Hosting
1 AI Engineer
Launch Product Beta
Austin Black
austin.black@cascadian.ai
+1 (360) 353-6085
Scotty Pittsford
scotty.pittsford@cascadian.ai
+1 (760) 809-3977
10/ 10
Cascadian
Our Ask $1.5M
Pre-Seed · 10% equity
Use of Funds
10+ Enterprise Customers
Compute & Hosting
1 AI Engineer
Launch Product Beta
Our Team
Austin Black
Austin Black
Co-Founder & CEO
Intelligence SaaS Exec (Sales/Marketing)Solution Architect & Systems Analyst2 Exits (ERP & Intelligence SaaS)
austin.black@cascadian.ai · +1 (360) 353-6085
Scotty Pittsford
Scotty Pittsford
Co-Founder & CTO
Serial DeveloperData Engineering & Model Fine-TuningAI Agent Architecture
scotty.pittsford@cascadian.ai · +1 (760) 809-3977
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