How often have you wished you’d had more information before making a decision? In the business world, untapped knowledge, often out of reach, makes the difference between failure and success.

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Knowledge is first developed in the human brain, whether it’s a serendipitous discovery like fire or the result of deliberate thought, like Newton’s laws of motion. Over time, and through human agency, it gets codified into words and formulas – for use in future endeavors, often with immense economic value.

In today’s age of digitization, codified knowledge can be recorded, stored, and shared across the world with others instantaneously. Because it’s easily accessible, this codified knowledge no longer serves as a source of lasting competitive advantage and value creation for organizations.

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While we live in an age where information is more widely available, insights that come from subject matter expertise are still difficult to access. Operating within the knowledge on-demand industry, AlphaSights' mission is to unlock this knowledge from experts’ minds and help it power success for business decision makers.

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"As a business leader, the fundamental challenge you face, independent of the industry you’re in, is continually understanding how your solution improves your customers’ lives. And that's a very knowledge-intense challenge,” says AlphaSights Co-Founder Max Cartellieri. “Innovation and value creation rely ever more heavily on unique human insight and the speed at which it can be accessed. We're at the forefront of the knowledge on-demand industry working to make this success a reality.”

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A recent AlphaSights project is a case in point. An investment manager was in the final stages of backing an AI consumer chatbot when an open-source AI app was unexpectedly released to the public. Potential risks of the investment had to be reassessed, with only 48 hours to decide.

Within minutes of receiving the brief, AlphaSights delivered expert call transcripts which discussed the potential risks associated with the investment. The AlphaSights team were also able to survey a range of experts to underpin the views the transcripts provided. As a result, the firm was able to make an informed, confident decision on its investment.

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To achieve the best outcomes for knowledge exchange, an ambitious, client-focused, and diligent workforce is vital; AlphaSights’ team of 1500+ colleagues provide round-the-clock coverage, facilitating expert calls from San Francisco to Shanghai. Every day, they identify and engage industry professionals with deep expertise in specific industries, technologies, and domains needed to inform their clients' decisions. 

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Supplementing their employees’ efforts with a structured knowledge graph, created from hundreds of thousands of data points, AlphaSights provides frictionless access to scattered knowledge. They further support their clients across their entire workflow with a full suite of services, including surveys, consultant-led projects, and human-authored transcripts.

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In the crowded field of global business, you need an edge to survive and thrive, one that codified knowledge can no longer provide. By helping its clients access knowledge that would otherwise be locked in experts’ minds, at speed and scale, AlphaSights is giving them that edge, setting them up for success.

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