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Office of the CFO
Automating FP&A: How Cashboard Is Building the Solo CFO | Julian Rowlands, Cashboard
Julian Rowlands, founder and CEO of Cashboard, on why FP&A is really a data assembly job, how a data warehouse and semantic layer can automate it for the mid-market, and why LLMs like Claude are an unlock rather than a threat.

Investors
How a growth equity fund screens and qualifies high-growth software targets with Dedale
A technology-focused growth equity firm embedded Dedale into its deal workflow as both a continuous intelligence platform and an on-demand advisory resource, giving the whole team a shared intelligence layer that makes screening faster and investment decisions sharper.
Financial Services
The Operating System for Indices: How PANTA Is Modernizing the Index Industry | Tobias Sproehnle, PANTA
Tobias Sproehnle, CEO and co-founder of PANTA, on building the operating system for the index industry, why benchmark regulation is a moat against the right people, and where AI creates real value in finance.
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Product Update
Dedale Intelligence MCP Whats New October 2026
The Dedale Intelligence MCP integration keeps getting better. Here is what changed in October 2026 and what is coming next.

Market Update
Software Market Trends, October 2026: Rate Hikes Hit Valuations, GRC Attracts AI Capital
Dedale's October 2026 software market update covers valuations easing on Fed and ECB rate hikes, a GRC segment deep dive, record corporate M&A and AI investment, and an earnings season where beats were not enough.
Legal
AI-Native Patents: How Lightbringer Is Rebuilding IP for the Agent Era | Dominic Davies, Lightbringer
Dominic Davies, founder of Lightbringer, on how he built an AI-native patent platform for technology companies, why the billable hour is incompatible with AI, and what the next five years look like for the legal profession.

Healthcare
French HealthTech at BIG 2026: Five Signals
Takeaways from BIG 2026 in Paris: how hospitals approach AI, where standalone AI scribes are heading, and where French platforms expand, compared with Dedale's published healthcare research.

M&A Advisors
How Clipperton sharpens its tech mandates with proprietary market intelligence
Clipperton works with Dedale to add primary, firsthand market insight to its sector expertise, enabling sharper pitch differentiation and more robust sell-side materials across complex software transactions.

Investors
How Sagard works on supply chain software with Dedale
From first Phase 0 to full CDD to post-investment value creation, Sagard relies on Dedale as their end-to-end intelligence partner in the supply chain software space, building deep conviction at every stage of the deal lifecycle.

Market Update
Software Market Trends, September 2026: Valuations Recover, Earnings Season Delivers a De-Rating
Dedale's September 2026 software market update covers valuation recovery, a GovTech M&A deep dive, record AI investment, and a Q2 2026 earnings season that delivered broad beats but a market de-rating.

Energy & Utilities
AI, Grid Inspection & the AI-Ready Utility with Vikhyat Chaudhry (Buzz Solutions)
Vikhyat Chaudhry, co-founder and CTO of Buzz Solutions, spent three years building a dataset before he had a business. He explains why that was the only order that worked, and what it takes to sell artificial intelligence to an industry that measures decisions in years.
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