Business exit option planner

For founders considering product-line exits, turn product obligations and internal resource estimates into product-line exit options pack. Address this specific problem: teams compare growth options but ignore the practical cost of stopping. The aim: make wind-down obligations visible alongside growth scenarios. The pilot tests whether that benefit holds up against reviewer effort and real operating costs.

The buyer creates a project, supplies product obligations and internal resource estimates, and confirms scope and access. Users correct extracted facts, resolve flagged uncertainties and approve the final product-line exit options pack before use. Retain source links and a version history for the next cycle.

How the AI works

Organize options while deterministic calculations use supplied inputs. Keep model suggestions separate from verified facts. Link factual outputs to authorized input evidence and show missing information explicitly. Use deterministic checks for counts, dates, identifiers and arithmetic where applicable. A designated reviewer validates consequential outputs and signs off the delivered result.

Safeguards

Show source dates and distinguish evidence from strategic assumptions. Keep sensitive company plans restricted to authorized participants. Planning only; legal and workforce actions require separate advice. Require appropriate access and publication approval. Preserve source material, label AI drafts and make corrections traceable. Measure false positives and missed cases alongside speed.

What to build first

Costed pilot: Planning only; legal and workforce actions require separate advice. Start with one buyer organization and a bounded set of representative inputs. Implement the first two modules: list continuation options; extract customer obligations. Support the third task through an assisted review queue: map exit tasks. Handle the remaining required functions manually until validated. Include input upload, source references, user correction, a reviewer approval step and export of product-line exit options pack. Authentication, account isolation, deletion controls and basic operational logging are included. Specialized production certification, live write integrations and broader rollout are not included unless explicitly stated.

What it can connect to

Internal reports, public company information and decision registers. Read-only operational exports, calendars and finance or inventory records as relevant. Start with plan exports and retain human approval for execution. Begin with uploads and exports of product obligations and internal resource estimates. Any named system or connector is a candidate requiring current access and compatibility checks; no live connection is included by default.

The screens in detail

Place editable drivers and constraints beside a clearly labeled scenario output. Include a baseline view, comparison chart or schedule, and an assumptions history. Let users trace a proposed quantity or date back to its inputs. Keep forecasts distinct from actual results. Open with option canvas; move into exit dependencies for the detailed task; finish in decision record for review and handoff. Show the source record, uncertainty and approval status beside each proposed output.