KeelPoint Consulting × Inflection Point

You described Carfax
for business operations.
We know how to build it.

A partnership pitch for the AI-powered operational audit platform.

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The gap nobody has filled yet

When a business goes to market — whether it's a sale, a PE acquisition, or a valuation event — financial metrics tell part of the story. But operational health? That's where deals get mispriced, where value gets missed, and where experienced operators see things that spreadsheets never will.

The goal isn't just better audits. It's a branded, standardized report that becomes the recognized signal in business transactions. The kind of thing where brokers and PE firms start asking for it by name. The Carfax model — applied to operational intelligence.

That's a real idea. And we've already built the infrastructure to deliver it.

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Financial audits exist

Every transaction already has financial due diligence. That market is solved.

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Operational audits don't scale

Expert findings exist but are hard to package, communicate, or standardize.

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The brand gap is wide open

Nobody owns "the operational health score." That's the white space.

We've already built this architecture

Our AI operations system — built for our own clients — runs on the exact model you described: a self-hosted AI engine, proprietary logic and data owned by the operator, with a third-party model (Anthropic) handling the processing. You own the IP. You own the data. The AI is the engine, not the landlord.

We didn't pitch this as a concept. It's running in production today.

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Built it already

Self-hosted AI, proprietary logic, AI-generated output layer. Running in production. Not a proposal.

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Operators first

We build systems for operators, not developers. Every decision is oriented toward the Carfax outcome.

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The presentation layer

We build outputs that look like $50K consulting engagements. That consistency is what turns an audit into a brand.

Two phases. Clear milestones.

Year 1

Foundation — Build & Seed

  • ComponentIntake System
  • ComponentScoring Engine
  • ComponentBranded Report Output
  • ComponentAuditor Workflow

You run real audits on real businesses. Every report that enters a real transaction seeds the brand simultaneously. The pilot is the proof of concept.

Year 2

Network — License & Scale

  • ComponentBroker Access Portal
  • ComponentPer-Report Pricing
  • ComponentBrand Consistency Controls
  • ComponentNetwork Effect Engine

The more reports in circulation, the more the brand becomes standard. Brokers pay to deliver the report under the brand. The brand is what they're buying.

Clean line between the two sides

You're the domain expert. We're the build team. No ambiguity about who owns what.

Inflection Point

  • Audit methodology and expertise
  • Industry relationships
  • Brand ownership
  • Running Year 1 audits

KeelPoint

  • Technical architecture and AI system
  • Report design and output layer
  • Year 2 licensing infrastructure
  • Ongoing platform maintenance

Every standard needs a name people say out loud

"Show me the Carfax" is a sentence. We need the equivalent. The name has to be sticky enough that brokers and PE firms start asking for it by name. A few directions worth exploring:

AnchorScore
Grounding, foundational, implies trust
CoreCheck
Clean, functional, Carfax-like simplicity
VaultScore
Secure, verified, stored value
FoundationScore
Clear, descriptive, authoritative

The name matters. We'd develop this together before anything goes to market. The report format has to be immediately recognizable — same look, same structure, every time. That consistency is the moat.

One working session.

Bring your questionnaire thinking. We'll bring the architecture. Two hours and we'll know exactly what this looks like to build and what it costs.

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