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Aurigo and the art of spending $450 billion
Before a bridge gets built, someone has to decide which bridge gets funded. Aurigo makes software for that person - and for the long, expensive chain of decisions that follows.
VODA.ai and the $5.4 million case for leaving pipes alone
Tucson’s paving schedule made pipe replacement look sensible. VODA.ai helped ask a more expensive question: did those pipes actually need replacing?
PowerPlan and the second life of a power line
A utility can finish building long before its accountants finish the job. PowerPlan has built a business in that expensive interval, turning physical assets into financial records that tax teams and regulators can use.
The Building Knows. The Spreadsheet Does Not.
Cambio is turning the dullest files in commercial real estate - bills, audits and spreadsheets - into a list of buildings worth fixing first. The test is whether a better climate plan can also survive an investment committee.
The $4 Billion Shortcut: Gordian’s Bet That Public Construction Should Stop Re-Bidding Every Job
Gordian built a business around a bureaucratic nuisance: routine construction can take longer to procure than to perform. Its answer - one competitive contract, preset local prices and a catalog with more than 275,000 tasks - now moves billions of dollars of work each year.
Sally Hudson Maps the Money Beneath the Fiber
At VCTI, Sally Hudson translates the hidden arithmetic of broadband into a practical question: where should the next mile go, and what will it really cost?
Alla Gil Is Teaching Banks to Rehearse the Future
The former Wall Street strategist built Straterix around a stubborn idea: prediction is brittle, but preparation can be engineered. Her career is a lesson in turning uncertainty from a boardroom excuse into a working material.
Straterix
Straterix is a New Jersey-based fintech that builds AI-driven scenario generation and stress-testing software for banks, insurers, pension funds, corporates and regulators. Founded in 2015 by Alla Gil, Joseph Dafni and Dan Galai, its platform uses machine learning and data mining to generate thousands of forward-looking economic scenarios, letting institutions run reverse stress tests, optimize capital and liquidity, and turn regulatory compliance exercises into strategic planning tools.