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Ask Astro is a collaborative platform that brings together advisors and business leaders for continuous strategic partnership, without the time sink.

AI that amplifies your

  • Business performance and decision making for SMB leaders

  • Advisory practice, using your IP and custom playbooks

  • Franchise network through consistent reporting and compliance

Running a business, we have wished there…

…was a way to work together without the endless back-and-forth

Business leaders spend hours gathering data from different systems just to prepare for advisor meetings. Advisors spend even more hours trying to piece together the full picture from fragmented information. By the time you finally connect, the moment for strategic thinking has passed—you're both on the same page, your time is up.

…was a direct path from knowing what to do, to doing it

There's always this frustrating gap between having the knowledge and having the confidence to act on it because the information you need to bridge that gap is scattered, outdated, or buried in systems that don't talk to each other. You end up second-guessing decisions you know are right, or worse, missing critical opportunities while you're still trying to gather enough data to feel confident about moving forward.

…was a way to turn those periodic check-ins into ongoing strategic partnerships

The traditional advisory model is broken: advisors review what happened months ago, business leaders react to outdated information, and everyone wishes they could be more proactive instead of constantly playing catch-up. Meanwhile, the real opportunities slip by unnoticed because no one has the full picture in real-time.

…was a solution that amplifies expertise instead of drowning it in busywork

Advisors know their stuff. Business leaders know their businesses. But both spend too much time on data gathering and not enough time on the strategic thinking that creates real value. They need to know as things are emerging, not after it becomes an issue. There has to be a better way to combine human expertise with the tools we have, to gain that insight at the right time to get ahead of the game.

That's exactly why we built Ask Astro

Ask Astro is the collaborative intelligence platform that finally makes this possible. We bring together real-time data integration, AI-powered insights, and secure collaboration tools so advisors and business leaders can focus on what they do best: making strategic decisions that drive growth.

"Ask Astro reduced our annual planning from 10 hours to 2 hours, with more targeted insights than ever before." - Advisory Partner

For Accountancies

Transform Your Advisory Practice from Retrospective to Future-Focused

  • Real-time monitoring with alerts for emerging issues and opportunities

  • Forward-looking scenario planning rather than historical reporting

  • Early warning systems across financial and non-financial indicators

  • Enables advisors to identify opportunities before they impact finances

  • Integrates financial, operational, customer, and market data in one unified view

  • Amplifies your expertise rather than replacing trusted advisor relationships

  • Have your own white-labelled, customisable AI-driven advisory platform

For Consultancies

Become the Strategic Partner Your Clients Need

  • Collaborative Intelligence: Merge your expertise with AI capabilities for deeper insights

  • Predictive Strategy: Shift from reactive reviewing to predictive strategising

  • Continuous Strategic Alignment: Ensure tactical operations align with long-term objectives

  • Enhanced Advisory Bandwidth: Overcome time-intensive data gathering limitations

  • Customised workflows: Use your own IP to create playbooks that supercharge your clients and their decision-making impact

For Franchisors

Secure AI That Protects Your Franchise IP

  • Secure Knowledge Repository: Store and share franchise documentation without exposing IP to public AI

  • Custom AI Playbooks: Create franchise-specific operational guides with no coding required

  • Real-Time Network Monitoring: Transform manual reporting into automated dashboards across all locations

  • Centralised Data Platform: Single source of truth that eliminates data fragmentation

  • Scalable Oversight: Efficiently monitor multiple locations without increasing staff

For SMB leaders

Make Confident Decisions with or without your Advisors

  • Centralised Business Intelligence: All your business data in one place for complete daily visibility

  • Proactive Decision Support: AI-driven insights that help you spot opportunities before competitors

  • Automated Reporting: Save hours on manual reporting with real-time dashboards and KPIs

  • Strategic Planning Tools: Scenario planning and forecasting to navigate uncertainty with confidence

  • Stress Reduction: Clear visibility into business performance reduces owner anxiety and improves decision confidence

How It Works

  • Build Custom Dashboards: Add any metric to your dashboard with just a few clicks. Track revenue, customer satisfaction, team performance, or market movements all in one place

  • Create Smart Playbooks: Design step-by-step AI-driven workflows for strategic tasks like annual planning, one-on-one’s, or client onboarding that guide you and your team through controlled processes

  • Integrate Your Systems: Connect Xero, HubSpot, Shopify, Google Ads, Notion, Harvest and more with one-click integrations, or drag-and-drop documents directly into the platform. Even those unique snowflake spreadsheets are no problem

  • Get AI-Powered Insights: Ask questions about your business performance, market trends, or strategic options and get intelligent responses based on your actual data

  • Monitor and Emerging Matters: Set up automatic monitoring for key metrics and get notified when something needs your attention—before it becomes a problem

  • Collaborate Securely: Share dashboards, playbooks, and insights with advisors or team members while keeping sensitive information protected in your own encrypted data warehouse

Real-world value from AI

  • As a solo business owner, I feel like I finally have a business partner working along side me, who understands my business. I can test scenarios before I act, and see how decisions might impact by business performance. I don't have to become an AI expert to use it too - I can just be me, and concentrate on growing my business.

    SMB owner - NZ

  • Ask Astro is a game changer to my accountancy business - our business advisory is levelled up, without the time sink, and our clients gain an 'always-on' tool that keep us both aware of whats happening. It also differentiates us from our competitors and we have much deeper client relationships.

    SMB accountancy owner - NZ

  • I used it with my client to unblock something we have been working on for three months. Within 30 minutes we gained the insight we needed and began actioning it. Well Done!

    Business Coach - NZ

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