Communication advances R&D.

Our firm’s difference is our story-driven, systems-thinking approach. We work with organizations focused on:

  • Modernizing our financial markets

  • Implementing AI with integrity

  • Building the climate-driven economy

  • Amplifying arts and culture

  • Ensuring scientific progress

  • Advancing education

  • Countering divisiveness

  • Protecting critical infrastructure

  • Partnering with world-class VCs and LPs

  • Respecting our interconnected web of life

Our AI systems advantage

We are the inventors of Listening, an LLM-assisted NLP algorithm. Listening uses conversational data to understand how people make decisions.

We often use the pattern recognition capabilities of Listening and other GenAI systems to empower our customers with toolkits for improved communication precision and faster execution.

What people say…

Ben Strahan, Director of Business Development at Avnet Americas

"Astoundly continues to be vital for each company I am a part of. Their depth of knowledge and ability to articulate industry semantics is unparalleled. As an executive, I rely on their keen ability to understand people to help form high-level strategies."