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Lead story

Your Quote Is Sent. Now What? Proposal Analytics

You do the hard work to send a perfect quote, then fly blind the moment the buyer decides. What if your proposal was a sensor instead of a static PDF?

Magnus FasthJUL 3, 20267 min read

Features

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JUN 10, 2026 · 6 min read

Your PIM Is Not Enough: AI Selling Needs Product Intelligence

MAY 28, 2026 · 4 min read

Three Questions from a CPQ Veteran That Define the Next Decade

AI doesn't replace your logic; it depends on it. The winning architecture is hybrid: AI handles conversation while your rules engine guarantees correctness.

In brief

MAY 1, 2026 · 6 min read

Your CRM Tracks Deals, But Doesn’t Shape Them. Here’s Why.

Losing at the proposal stage isn't a pricing problem; it’s a structure problem. Your CRM gives you visibility, but it can't give you the structure that wins deals.

MAY 19, 2026 · 6 min read

When Cost Collapses: What CPQ Can Learn From Translation

Your CPQ only covers flagship products while the rest live in spreadsheets. That isn't normal; it's a price signal. The cost of modeling is collapsing, and your long tail is about to change.

APR 16, 2026 · 7 min read

Build a CPQ Model in 50 Hours: The Approver Shift

Your last CPQ project took 500 hours. The next one can take 50. The path isn't a new tool, but shifting the owner's job from building the model to approving it.

MAY 26, 2026 · 6 min read

Ditch the 4-Year Plan: Build a Smarter CPQ in 4 Months

Your CPQ problem isn't features; it's latency. Learn how to cut the time between buyer intent and a trusted quote with a solution built in months, not years.

Deep dives

Deep Dive·21 articles

CPQ Reasoning

Software that helps the user understand the rules of a complex offering and uses them to generate a correct, explainable proposal from partial inputs.