HOW FIRMS WORK WITH US
TheCipher builds one Decision Ledger for your firm. How deep you go is your choice, and you never start over. Each path below runs on the same Ledger, so a firm can move between them as its needs change.
01 · DIAGNOSE
Bring us a decision your firm has seen before. Faro structures your history around it, and we show you something about how your firm decides that you cannot see today.
Best for: every firm's first step.
02 · CAPTURE AND APPLY
The platform, plus a Judgment Engineer who sits with your partners after every IC, board meeting and CEO review, drawing out what never makes it into a document.
Best for: PE firms and family offices.
03 · LEARN
Faro and the Decision Ledger, run by your own team. For firms that already have the habit of capture, or someone in house to build it.
Best for: VC firms and in-house operating teams.
Every engagement is firm-wide. No seats. Judgment belongs to the institution, not the user.
THE JUDGMENT ENGINEER
The most important judgment in your firm rarely survives into the final memo: who disagreed, what felt off, what you almost did instead. Faro finds the judgment already in your documents. A Judgment Engineer sits with your partners to surface the rest, while it is still fresh.
Everything they draw out goes into your Decision Ledger, not a slide deck. Every conversation also teaches Faro to ask the next question on its own.
A partner says: "Something about this CEO makes me nervous." The Judgment Engineer asks:
A hunch becomes structured judgment your firm can test against what happens next.
THE FIRST 90 DAYS
Day 1
We pick one consequential decision with you and agree what history Faro will read.
Day 2
Faro has structured your memos, board notes and portfolio history into the first version of the Ledger.
Week 2
We walk your partners through what the Ledger shows about how your firm decides.
Day 90
Every new IC, board and CEO decision draws on what your firm has already learned.
No. A consultant leaves with a deck. Everything a Judgment Engineer surfaces stays in your firm's Decision Ledger, and Faro uses it on every decision that follows.
Most firms start with the Diagnostic. PE firms and family offices usually continue into the Program. VC firms with lean teams often run the Platform themselves.
The Diagnostic is a fixed fee, credited in full if you continue. The Program and Platform are annual and firm-wide. We scope both in the first conversation.
Every firm's data is completely isolated in a single-tenant architecture. Nothing is aggregated, shared with other clients, or used to train models. SOC 2 compliance is in progress and full security documentation is available on request.
Start with a Decision Diagnostic. See what Faro finds when it structures your firm's own history.