Cascade Overview

Cascade is an AI-powered bid intelligence and decision platform purpose-built for Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) firms. It helps teams identify the right opportunities earlier, qualify them faster, and make smarter go/no-go and bid decisions using their own operational data.

At its core, Cascade continuously scans thousands of public-sector and private-sector RFPs and bid opportunities in real time. Using advanced AI matching, each opportunity is evaluated against your firm’s historical projects, certifications, geographic presence, safety record, capacity, and financial constraints. Rather than forcing teams to manually search portals or review long documents, Cascade surfaces the most relevant opportunities first—before competitors—along with clear explanations of why each RFP is a strong fit and where potential risks exist.

Cascade connects directly to the systems AEC firms already use, including ERPs and project management tools such as Deltek Vantagepoint, Ajera, Costpoint, OpenAsset, Sage, and others. This deep integration allows Cascade to act as a true intelligence layer across your business. Teams can ask natural-language questions about their projects, finances, and performance—such as AR aging, unbilled WIP, margins by project type, or regional profitability—and receive instant, accurate answers powered by live data.

In addition to opportunity discovery, Cascade automates reporting and analytics workflows that traditionally take hours or days. With simple prompts, users can generate certified payroll reports, compliance documentation, executive dashboards, and financial summaries that automatically stay up to date. Dashboards can be created on demand to track KPIs like revenue, margins, backlog, utilization, and project performance by region or discipline.

Designed for speed and ease of adoption, Cascade can be integrated in minutes and fully onboarded in under 24 hours, with no disruption to existing workflows. Backed by a16z Speedrun, Cascade is trusted by leading architecture, engineering, and construction firms to reduce missed opportunities, improve bid win rates, and turn their operational data into a competitive advantage.

Cascade is an AI-powered bid intelligence and decision platform purpose-built for Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) firms. It helps teams identify the right opportunities earlier, qualify them faster, and make smarter go/no-go and bid decisions using their own operational data.

At its core, Cascade continuously scans thousands of public-sector and private-sector RFPs and bid opportunities in real time. Using advanced AI matching, each opportunity is evaluated against your firm’s historical projects, certifications, geographic presence, safety record, capacity, and financial constraints. Rather than forcing teams to manually search portals or review long documents, Cascade surfaces the most relevant opportunities first—before competitors—along with clear explanations of why each RFP is a strong fit and where potential risks exist.

Cascade connects directly to the systems AEC firms already use, including ERPs and project management tools such as Deltek Vantagepoint, Ajera, Costpoint, OpenAsset, Sage, and others. This deep integration allows Cascade to act as a true intelligence layer across your business. Teams can ask natural-language questions about their projects, finances, and performance—such as AR aging, unbilled WIP, margins by project type, or regional profitability—and receive instant, accurate answers powered by live data.

In addition to opportunity discovery, Cascade automates reporting and analytics workflows that traditionally take hours or days. With simple prompts, users can generate certified payroll reports, compliance documentation, executive dashboards, and financial summaries that automatically stay up to date. Dashboards can be created on demand to track KPIs like revenue, margins, backlog, utilization, and project performance by region or discipline.

Designed for speed and ease of adoption, Cascade can be integrated in minutes and fully onboarded in under 24 hours, with no disruption to existing workflows. Backed by a16z Speedrun, Cascade is trusted by leading architecture, engineering, and construction firms to reduce missed opportunities, improve bid win rates, and turn their operational data into a competitive advantage.

Specs

Integrations

Deltek Vantagepoint OpenAsset

Supported project type

Commercial/Corporate Transportation/Infrastructure Landscape Architecture Other

Supported lifecycle phase

Bidding and Negotiation (Procurement)Construction Phase Planning and Programming (Pre-Design)

Target industry

Architecture & Design Construction & Contracting Engineering (Structural, MEP, Civil)

Ideal for company size

Small (1-50)Mid-size (51-500)Large (501-5,000)Enterprise (5,000+)

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