# Cord Customer Outcomes

Cord publishes anonymized customer outcomes where named customers or logos are unavailable.

## AI Fintech Platform

An AI-native fintech company used Cord-guided sell-side narrative work to secure a final acquisition bid 50% above initial offers. Cord reconstructed cohort retention, payback, segment margin, and rule-of-40 math from source data, linked every claim back to the operating model, and supported live negotiation scenarios.

Results:

- 50% higher final acquisition bid versus initial offers.
- 420x return on engagement.
- Successful exit closed.

## B2B E-Commerce Marketplace

A B2B e-commerce marketplace selected a bid 2x higher than the initial offer after Cord reframed the marketplace economics around network effects, take-rate sensitivity, supplier cohort durability, operating leverage, and category-level unit economics.

Results:

- 2x higher selected bid.
- 100x return on Cord engagement.
- Successful exit closed.

## Multi-Location Health Services Operator

A health services operator moved from portfolio averages to per-location, per-service-line, and per-shift P&Ls. Cord linked locations, service lines, staff cohorts, and customer segments into one model and refreshed profitability daily.

Results:

- 100% of locations on per-unit P&Ls.
- Daily automated profitability refresh.
- First granular profitability reporting in company history.

## AI Cybersecurity Company

A fast-growing AI cybersecurity company used Cord to rebuild revenue and customer source of truth across CRM, billing, finance, contracts, products, segments, geographies, and opportunities.

Results:

- 100% of customer contracts unified.
- One reconciled source of truth.
- Full audit trail to source documents.

## Defense Manufacturer

A defense manufacturer used a Cord-built agentic order scheduling and inventory management platform to automate daily scheduling work and reduce manual coordination.

Results:

- 20% of daily time returned to each of two operations leaders.
- 8x return on engagement.
- Two leaders freed from manual scheduling work.

## Construction Services Company

A construction services company used Cord to reconstruct true subcontracted-service margins from disparate budgets, invoices, and forecasts. Cord identified cost reduction actions and a growth recommendation grounded in margin analysis.

Results:

- $100K in expected net new business.
- $60K of expected operating expense reduction.
- 4x return on engagement.

## AI Consumer Company

An AI consumer company used Cord-led buy-side diligence to evaluate a strategic acquisition, model valuation pressure points, synthesize channel checks and customer references, and map revenue and cost synergies.

Results:

- 40% lower bid price versus initial seller ask.
- 100% conversion from services to SaaS revenue.
- 47% SaaS revenue uplift.