Ask questions. Get answers you can trust.

See how Pedestal answers complex business questions—with answers you can trust, verify, and own.

Question

“Why did gross margin drop in Q3?”

Answer

Gross margin declined 6.8% in Q3, driven primarily by product mix shifts and increased freight costs in the Western region.

Gross Margin by Month

Q3 trend showing the decline

32%
24%
AprMayJunJulAugSepOct

Sound familiar?

These questions trigger a scramble: threads, dashboards, and a week of back-and-forth.

"Why did margin drop in our Western region?"

"Which routes are consistently missing delivery windows?"

"What's driving the cost increase in fulfillment?"

"Which customers are most likely to churn next quarter?"

"How does on-time delivery compare across carriers?"

"What's our actual cost-to-serve by customer segment?"

Today: 3–5 daysWith Pedestal: minutes

Other AI guesses. Pedestal knows.

Typical AI
Pedestal
Different answer every time
Same answer, every time
Only connects to your database
Captures knowledge from people + systems
Logic hidden in a black box
Decision logic you can see, audit, and own

How Pedestal works

Three steps: capture what your team knows, refine it together, make it yours.

1

Understand

Map what your terms actually mean.

Pedestal learns from your docs, dashboards, schemas, and the people who know how things work. It extracts real definitions your whole organization can trust.

Pedestal Atlas
Docs
Dashboards
People
Schemas
Concepts Identified
Gross Margin
Metric
Enterprise Customer
Segment
Fiscal Q3
Time Rule

2

Iterate

Your team refines it. No code required.

Finance, RevOps, and Data review each definition. They edit, add context, and approve without touching code. When they sign off, it's locked in.

Gross Margin
(Revenue - COGS) / Revenue, calculated monthly
Finance: Should exclude returns—add that to the definition?
Finance
RevOps
Data

3

Validate

It becomes code you own.

Approved definitions compile to real code. Readable. Testable. Versionable. Every answer traces back to logic your team approved.

Approved
gross_margin_v3.py
def gross_margin(df):
revenue = df["revenue_usd"]
cogs = df["cogs_usd"]
returns = df["returns_usd"]
return = (revenue - cogs - returns) / revenue
return margin
When someone asks:
1
"gross margin"Revenue minus COGS minus returns
2
"Q3"Jul 1 – Sep 30, 2024
✓ Versioned✓ Testable✓ You own it

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