Why Keel exists

Enterprises deploy AI agents that optimize tasks, not outcomes. Keel defines the outcome, guides every agent toward it, and proves the result in dollars.

Shipwrights work inside a wooden hull under construction. The frames rise from the keel along the floor.
A wooden hull built up from its keel, 1942. Photograph by Lt F A Davies, Royal Navy. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The name

A keel is laid first. Every frame of the hull rises from it, and it keeps the vessel steady and on course.

That is the job Keel takes on for finance. Agents and people make many decisions. Keel keeps them all pointed at one outcome.

The outcome layer

Agents are entering finance workflows this year. Nothing yet tells them what winning means for the business.

Keel turns business signals into one shared North Star. For Order to Cash, that is faster cash, protected by customer retention. Guardrails hold every agent to your policy. A holdout group proves what changed.

Keel stays neutral. It works across your ERPs and with any vendor's agents, and it is paid when you win.

Finance first, one process at a time

One process at a time, each measured before the next.

  1. Now

    Order to Cash

    Collections and disputes, measured by delinquent DSO and retention.

  2. Next

    Procure to Pay

    The same outcome layer for payables.

  3. Later

    Record to Report

    Close and reporting decisions, each with a full trace.

  4. Later

    Treasury forecasting

    Cash forecasts that agents and people share.

Why we are building Keel

Four beliefs shape every part of the product.

  • Late cash is fixable

    Most late days come from process: credit, billing errors, disputes, timing. Process can change, so the days can come back.

  • Agents need one goal

    Every tool now optimizes its own task. Finance needs them all working toward cash, without costing a customer.

  • Results must be proven

    Claims are easy. A holdout group shows what Keel changed, in numbers your auditors accept.

  • Trust comes before data

    Read only access, rules agents cannot break, and a trace behind every decision. Earned first, then used.

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