Top-tier consultants.
Cutting-edge tools.
Better outcomes.
Market research, due diligence, and growth strategy — delivered by experienced consultants powered by AI, from day one.
75%
Time Saved
50+
Research Templates
10min
Avg. Execution
Our Platform
AI Research Companion (ARC)
Accelerate research and analytics with our AI-powered platform designed for strategy professionals.
Platform Capabilities
- Incorporates publicly available, internal and licensed data
- 50-60 predesigned research templates
- Fully customizable queries
- Standard consultant research workflow
- Parallel processing for 10-minute execution
- Organized outputs in Word, PowerPoint, and summaries
Why Choose ARC
Fundamentally change how strategy work is conducted
Proprietary AI templates deliver fast, comprehensive strategy research capabilities
Trusted Sources
Proprietary SourceFin engine fetches and stores public and internal data
Auto-Synthesis
Generates narrative and visuals with direct PowerPoint export
Unmatched Efficiency
Top-firm quality white papers in a fraction of the time
Customization
Templated workflows allow bespoke research queries and frameworks
Key Benefits
- Reduce strategy research effort time by 75%
- Create responsive, bespoke outputs leveraging public, licensed and internal data
- Ensure data sources and summaries provide accurate output
- Eliminate the learning curve inherent in using Large Language Models
- Get more done with leaner teams
How It Works
AI-Native Structured Approach to Research
The ARC workflow guides you through an organized, repeatable research process with AI integrated at every step
User engages with ARC AI Chat to define project including overall mission, geos, industries, segmentation and specific research questions
ARC recommends a research template which the user accepts or selects a different template. Current templates include Market Landscape, Competitor Landscape, M&A Industry Analysis and M&A Company Analysis with the option to partner with us to create new templates
User reviews, edits, deletes, and adds queries to the template as appropriate
Our technology allows ARC to run all 60+ template queries simultaneously, producing a research output in less than 10 minutes and offers the user the ability to review and revise individual query outputs with the assistance of ARC AI Chat
ARC produces summary sections of all research including an overall answer and summaries of each major research section and offers an AI chat to assist with review and revision
User can export work product to an organized, sourced word document and/or to a PowerPoint template associated with the selected research template
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Services
Accelerate deal diligence & operational value creation
We deliver investment-grade insights at deal speed by pairing top-tier consultants with purpose-built AI tools.
View Research TemplatesMarket Landscape
Understand market sizing, growth rates, segmentation, opportunities, threats, and technology trends.
Competitive Intelligence
Rapidly create profile overviews for target companies, strategic acquirers, and market adjacencies.
Commercial Due Diligence
Industry and competitive analysis for M&A including consolidation trends and expansion opportunities.
Target Screening
Identify, profile and summarize lists of potential acquisition targets in any industry.
Custom Templates
Bespoke research templates designed to your specific needs and workflows.
Team
Meet Our Founding Team
Sandor Marton
Founder / CEO
Sandor is a former McKinsey consultant with 20 years of experience leading businesses and consulting, helping organizations develop multi-year strategy, conduct operational transformations, solve difficult, cross functional problems, and drive day to day operational excellence specifically in growth strategy, B2B and B2C sales/sales operations and diligence.
Dustin Preisler
Founder / CTO
Dustin Preisler is a seasoned tech leader with 20+ years of experience in data and ML platforms, telemetry, data governance, and full stack. He's hired cross-functional teams in software, data, product, and program management and built telemetry and data platforms that scaled to 100M+ customers. He's sponsored programs for data quality and privacy compliance and excels in building strong teams and driving key business outcomes.
Mat Jones
Founder / CBO
Mat Jones has 20+ years of experience as an executive, consultant, and startup founder in the automotive and tech industries in the US and Southeast Asia. He specializes in growth strategy, market analysis, and operations. He helps businesses develop long-term strategies, solves complex challenges, and excels in both B2B and B2C environments. In his automotive career he has worked with Toyota, Ford, and General Motors, and has worked with multiple F500 clients as a consultant.
Senior Consultant Contractors
Chronos Insights has developed a robust network of former McKinsey, BCG, Strategy& and LEK senior contractors with 10+ years of experience leading and executing due diligence, growth strategy, commercial strategy, sales operations and mfg/supply chain optimization projects.
Junior Consultant Contractors
Chronos Insights has also developed a network of former McKinsey and Strategy& junior consultants with 3+ years of experience supporting diligence, growth strategy and operations projects.
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