This AI startup wants to be your virtual 'computer for business'

"When users pose questions or ask for help with a business task, Adapt can answer based on information from the web and business data to which it's been given access, similar to other AI tools. But it can also automatically launch a virtual machine, essentially a computer in the cloud from which it can connect to a wide range of internet-based software, pull information from databases, and craft custom code to analyze data and create charts and visualizations."

"It's an approach that cofounder and CEO Jim Benton says lets users with minimal coding experience work with data from a wide variety of sources, from customer-relationship management software to email programs, without needing to involve engineers or download and manipulate cumbersome datasets on their own computers. Adapt's AI can provide detailed information about everything from sales trends to marketing spending based on live access to relevant data,"

"Adapt ships with built-in integrations with a variety of common software, and it can generate the SQL code needed to pull information from database systems. And it can also write code to connect to less common tools and custom software if it's provided with API documentation and the right credentials. That means that to answer a question about, say, customer churn, the AI might pull numbers and written notes from a CRM, a credit card processor, and a customer support"

Adapt provides an AI hub that can answer business questions by accessing web content and live business data. The system can automatically launch a cloud virtual machine to connect to internet-based software, pull information from databases, and generate custom code to analyze data and create charts and visualizations. The approach enables users with minimal coding experience to work with data across CRMs, email platforms, and other business tools without engineers or manual file handling. Adapt includes built-in integrations, can generate SQL to query databases, and can write connectors for uncommon or custom tools when given API documentation and credentials. The AI can merge and compare data across products to report on sales trends, marketing spend, and customer churn.

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