Acquire and integrate
The deal is signed at 8:00 AM. The integration plan, the synergy case and Day 1 communications are approved before lunch.
- Agents
- 240
- on the default fleet
- Starts
- 8:00 AM
- Done by
- 11:47 AM
- 13 minutes to spare
- Elapsed
- 3 h 47 min
- from the ask to the last approval
The ask, as sent to Sol
Sol, we signed Northwind Logistics this morning. 1,400 people, 6 countries. I want the integration plan, the synergy case and Day 1 comms on my desk before lunch.
The situation
Northwind Logistics (fictional company) is the business being acquired: 1,400 people in 6 countries.
Before
A 100-day integration plan takes 6 weeks and 30 consultants.
- 34 people on the program, 30 of them consultants
- 6 weeks before the plan exists, with the clock on synergies already running
- Day 1 messages go out before the vendor, system and contract overlaps are known
With Solstice
By noon on signing day, a full integration plan, system overlap map, vendor overlap, synergy model, Day 1 employee communications in 9 languages, and a live employee FAQ portal.
3 hours 47 minutes. 240 agents. 4 approvers.
The morning
IllustrativeSimulated time. Each line is one step of the mission as it would run on the default fleet.
People
The CEO sends the mission in Slack.
Sol
Sol splits the mission into 7 workstreams and spins up the fleet.
Corp Dev
Diligence agents read the data room: 3,100 documents.
Procurement
Procurement agents find 212 overlapping vendors and $18.4M in duplicate annual spend.
IT
IT agents map 146 systems and propose a consolidation sequence.
HR
HR agents build the combined org design and flag 3 retention risks for human review.
Legal
Legal agents flag 41 change-of-control clauses and draft notices.
Finance
Finance agents build the synergy model with every assumption visible.
Comms
Comms agents draft Day 1 messages in 9 languages with one shared glossary and identical numbers in every version.
Build
Build agents ship a working employee FAQ portal.
Review
Review agents challenge every claim and flag 17 for correction.
Mission complete
Approval queue clears. Mission complete. The clock stops 13 minutes before lunchtime.
Lunchtime
13 minutes to spare
The agent team
Illustrative240
240 agents on the default fleet, by function.
- Corp Dev32
- Procurement20
- Finance36
- HR30
- IT38
- Legal32
- Comms24
- Build8
- Review20
Named approvers
Every deliverable waits for a person with the authority to decide. Roles are illustrative.
- Chief Financial Officer
- Approves: The synergy model and its assumptions
- General Counsel
- Approves: Change-of-control notices
- Chief Human Resources Officer
- Approves: The organization design, retention decisions and Day 1 messages
- Chief Information Officer
- Approves: The system consolidation sequence
Deliverables
4 approvers, each with the authority to decide.
- A full integration plan across seven workstreams
- A system overlap map of 146 systems, with a consolidation sequence
- A vendor overlap analysis: 212 overlapping vendors
- A synergy model with every assumption visible
- A combined organization design, with retention risks flagged for people to decide
- Change-of-control notices for 41 contracts
- Day 1 employee communications in 9 languages, and a live employee FAQ portal
One deliverable of this mission is a working build you can open and use.
Open the buildThe same mission, two ways.
Illustrative- Traditional estimate
- 6 weeks, 34 people, $2.1M.
- Solstice
- 3 hours 47 minutes. 240 agents. 4 approvers.
Illustrative. Fictional company. Simulated time.