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Enterprise decision infrastructure — the layer between your data and your decisions. (backed by a16z speedrun)

Canada เข้าร่วม Ocak 2022
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Pluvo@Pluvoapp·
Feeling overwhelmed by all the finance tools out there? Start with your actual problem: - What's taking too much time? - What's breaking at scale? - What decision are you delaying? Then find the tool that fixes that. Not the one with the most features.
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Pluvo@Pluvoapp·
Budget delays are a coordination problem masquerading as a finance problem. Finance can build the model in 2 weeks. Getting Sales, Ops & leadership aligned on assumptions takes MONTHS. Each handoff adds delay and errors. At Pluvo, we're designing for alignment in real time.
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Pluvo@Pluvoapp·
Most "omnichannel" financial models are three Excel tabs roped together. DTC revenue ≠ retail revenue ≠ wholesale revenue Different timing, different margins, different cash flow. Same spreadsheet chaos.
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LLMs are excellent at sounding right when they're wrong. For finance teams, that's disqualifying. You can't defend board numbers with "the AI said so." A better model won’t fix that. You need a structure underneath the model that makes the reasoning inspectable.
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Pluvo@Pluvoapp·
Agents break down for the same reason humans do: missing context. Why was that assumption made? Why was that exception granted? That judgment layer isn't in the data. Numbers without the reasoning behind them lead to the same bad decisions, just faster.
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Pluvo@Pluvoapp·
"We used to track revenue that way. Now we do it this way." Most FP&A tools assume you'll set up your model once. But growing businesses don't work that way. They change. Your planning tool should adapt to how you think, not force you into a rigid structure.
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Pluvo@Pluvoapp·
2 to 4 people on your finance team can now do what used to take 10+. AI gives you junior analyst capacity without the hiring costs or ramp-up time. Finance teams don't need to grow linearly with the business anymore. Scale impact, not headcount.
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Pluvo@Pluvoapp·
AI tools are like interns with no context about your business. "Analyze the P&L" gets a generic answer. "Go line by line, weekly variance, 13-week cash forecast, COGS by geography, tie it to pipeline" gets you something useful. AI widens the gap b/w strong & weak operators.
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Pluvo@Pluvoapp·
The biotech finance teams we work with don't forecast revenue. They forecast funnel probability in 30-60-90 day tranches, with scenario toggles for FDA delays, capital acceleration, and trial cost overruns. Read more: pluvo.io/blog/forecasti…
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Pluvo@Pluvoapp·
When marketing tries a new AI tool and it fails, it's a bad campaign. When finance tries a new AI tool and it fails, it's compliance violations and real consequences. The trust bar is high for a reason. We're building for it.
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Pluvo@Pluvoapp·
"CFOs should vibe code everything themselves." "AI can't be trusted near the numbers." Both positions are useless in practice. Finance leaders need to go task by task. Where does AI earn trust here? Where doesn't it? That map is different for every business.
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Pluvo@Pluvoapp·
"I'm not worried about speed. I'm worried about trust." Finance teams spend hours validating that QuickBooks matches Salesforce, HubSpot matches forecasts, payroll matches budget. Speed without validation just gives you faster wrong answers.
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Pluvo@Pluvoapp·
Soon every planning platform will have AI. So what actually differentiates them? AI needs context to be useful. Does the system preserve the reasoning behind decisions, or just track the numbers? When someone asks "why did we decide this?", can you actually answer?
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Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸
Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸@pmarca·
It's time to build!
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ok - dropping big dates/news for a16z speedrun: - starting TODAY, founders can apply for the 2026 program that runs July 27 to Oct 11 in SF here's the link: speedrun007.a16z.com/ac - we will be investing up to $1M and funding 70+ companies over the next few weeks - But there's also $5M in credits/tokens/etc from AWS/GCP/Open AI/Azure/NVIDIA/Deel/Stripe/etc. You'll also work with our amazing operating team (GTM, talent, brand, people, and more), and join our community of elite founders - we offer a Global Founders Program for international founders, to help with visas, banking support, relo recommendations - yes you can be solo (but better if you're further along, and have built a team). No you don't have to have an idea yet. Yes you have to know how to build (even if you're not technical) - Also, in other news: speedun is officially moving full-time to SF. (prev it alternated SF/LA) this is for all the obv reasons - we've continued to have an insane lineup of speakers, including the founders of Carta / DoorDash / Twilio / Figma / Zynga / Airtable / Twitch / and of course, lunch/dinners with Marc/Ben alongside a16z team - and much more - the deadline for applying is May 17!

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Pluvo@Pluvoapp·
Why do forecasts break? Most models assume stability. But real decisions happen during shocks: churn spikes, supply delays, hiring freezes. Finance teams should help companies rehearse for uncertainty. Make scenario thinking the default, not a nice-to-have. Always ask "what if."
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Pluvo@Pluvoapp·
AI in finance works like a new intern. Tell it "analyze the P&L" and you'll get something vague. Give it precise instructions and it delivers. The sharper your input, the sharper the output. Your experience becomes the multiplier.
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Troy Kirwin
Troy Kirwin@tkexpress11·
scenes from a16z @speedrun SR006 demo day 20,000 applications 1,000 investors IRL 60 exceptional companies what a day
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Pluvo@Pluvoapp·
The finance team understands the numbers perfectly. Nobody else does. If the data is locked inside a spreadsheet, no amount of training will help. Make the numbers accessible by default so literacy becomes a byproduct of how the business operates. #FinancialLiteracyMonth
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Seb@sebvonfall·
TODAY IS THE DAYYYY
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Pluvo@Pluvoapp·
Tax season is when every shortcut your finance team took last year comes back to visit. U.S. deadline: April 15. Canada: April 30. Accountant needs numbers a week early. ERP says one thing, spreadsheet says another. Wishing clean reconciliations to everyone in the middle of it.
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