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Launching at TechCrunch Disrupt

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Thoughtly Leverages AI

Thoughtly develops enterprise tools that leverage artificial intelligence to rapidly ascertain actionable insight from text. They have a distinct mission: to build tools that facilitate productivity by complimenting hyper-specific job functions. This focus on valuable insight permeates every aspect of their development efforts. 

Our Shared Problem

Thoughtly came to Stride with a singular goal: they needed to launch their MVP (Minimum Viable Product) in time for TechCrunch Disrupt. Thoughtly had been developing their core technology for almost two years and decided to demonstrate its capability by building a proof of concept application – IntelliButler, a content recommendation and scheduling platform – on their machine learning technology. Thoughtly partnered with Stride to ensure this would become a reality.

Our Desired Outcomes

  • Create MVP ready for TechCrunch Disrupt
  • Identify the scope and understand the entire back end and front end code base
  • Establish clarity on Plated's priorities
  • Make sure the code was high quality and robust and securely covered with TDD in time for TechCrunch Disrupt.

Our Impact

The demo at TechCrunch Disrupt went fabulously. Thoughtly not only impressed their target market, they found a new market they had never considered. The product was error free and dazzled attendees, enabling the Thoughtly team to have conversations they otherwise wouldn’t have had.

This success gain the attention of enterprise clients and positioned Thoughtly to expand their core technology into new industries.

"Stride was able to assimilate into our rapidly evolving company under absurd time parameters. They have project management and technical skills that are of the highest order. If you have the opportunity to work with them, especially when it matters, you are extraordinarily lucky."

Chase Perkins, CEO, Thoughtly

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Our Desired Outcomes

  • Implement processes around code at scale
  • Continuous Deployment
  • Establish clarity on Plated's priorities
  • Become successful both inside the code and out
  • Increase transparency within the development process

Our Impact

Stride hit the ground running with minimal ramp up time. Our team added Agile expertise that Plated was able to seamlessly leverage at pivotal points in their business growth. We got to the root issue and adapted to their culture in a way that was welcomed. Stride helped Plated’s underlying agile and lean processes run smoothly through well-tested and refactored code.  As a result, Plated had increased visibility of work, and were able to be their best both inside the code and out.

Addressing the problems of growth

Plated increased visibility of work, improved key engineering metrics, and found a partner to rely on long-term.

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Results

  • The first team hit the initial goal, releasing the new Cheatsheets product to the company.
  • Successfully coordinated retrospectives for teams that had previously worked in silos; introduced the assignment of points to stories.
  • Worked with the Codecademy team to evangelize for and write unit tests.
  • Worked with the Codecademy team to build a dashboard that allows clients to assign seats, buy more seats, and bulk-invite users.
  • Worked with the Codecademy team to automate recurring subscriptions for Business to Business (B2B) users without interrupting renewal processes and Business to Customer (B2C) subscription flow.

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Impact

Stash’s new-at-the-time Auto-Stash feature enabled recurring deposits into Stash. In three months, we built a service allowing investors to schedule their recurring transfers. Upon launch, Auto-Stash helped Stash customers automate money movement and investing, ultimately helping millions of Americans more easily continue their journeys towards building long-term wealth.

 

This content is for informational purposes only. Investment advisory services offered by Stash Investments LLC, an SEC registered investment adviser.

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