FOR AI TRANSFORMATION TEAMS

Turn AI ambition into delivered transformation.

Your mandate is bigger than your team. Novable helps you scout, compare, and validate the startups and technologies that can make a measurable impact inside your enterprise.

Discuss your AI scouting brief

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Why an external eye matters

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+47%

Worldwide AI spending growth in 2026, reaching about $2.6 trillion. The money is moving faster than previous transformation waves.

Source: Gartner 2026 forecast

Nearly 2 in 3

Organizations are pausing lower-value AI projects to redirect effort toward high-impact initiatives. Every priority now has to earn its place.

Source: Capgemini Research Institute, 2026

27%

Of surveyed Top 100 companies planned open-innovation budget cuts. Standalone innovation is being defunded; delivery-focused transformation is being funded.

Source: Mind the Bridge

The mandate has changed

AI transformation is no longer a technology search problem.

Budgets are moving toward AI, but more investment does not make the right solution easier to identify. The market is crowded, categories overlap, and every provider claims transformational impact.

The strategic advantage comes from seeing the whole landscape, testing internal assumptions, and selecting solutions against the outcomes and constraints that matter inside your enterprise.

Your mandate is bigger than your team.

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You must convert an expanding AI mandate into measurable business outcomes.

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You need to see beyond the best-known vendors and the loudest categories.

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You must compare specialist startups, platforms, and service partners on a common basis.

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You need evidence of strategic fit, maturity, security posture, and enterprise readiness.

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You have limited time to monitor a market that changes every week.

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You must align business, technology, procurement, and risk stakeholders before moving.

A structured external perspective

Five pillars of confident AI solution selection

Novable brings continuous market reach, structured comparison, and expert scrutiny to the decisions your transformation roadmap depends on.

Start with the transformation challenge

Translate a business ambition, process bottleneck, or capability gap into precise scouting criteria. The search begins with the outcome your organisation needs, not with a fashionable AI category.

Watch the market beyond the obvious names

Continuously detect emerging AI technologies, specialist providers, and under-the-radar startups before a narrow vendor list becomes the default choice.

Select solutions with an external eye

Combine DeepMatching™ technology, proprietary data, and expert review to challenge internal assumptions and surface providers your existing network may miss.

Compare fit, evidence, and readiness

Evaluate candidates against consistent strategic, technical, maturity, and collaboration criteria. Give stakeholders a structured basis for prioritisation instead of disconnected demos and claims.

Move from AI interest to action

Receive a validated Golden Basket of candidates with structured intelligence and expert context, ready for deeper evaluation, outreach, proof of concept, or procurement.

Key use cases for AI transformation

Designed for the decisions between ambition and deployment

Use Novable wherever your roadmap needs a broader market view, a better-qualified option set, or more confidence before the next commitment.

Discover AI solutions

Map the providers and approaches relevant to a defined transformation priority.

Explore Technology Watch

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Compare build, buy, and partner options

Understand the external solution landscape before committing resources to one path.

Explore Dealflow Sourcing

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Monitor fast-moving AI markets

Track new entrants, capability shifts, funding signals, and category evolution.

Explore Market Intelligence

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Validate enterprise readiness

Prioritise providers with the maturity and evidence required for corporate engagement.

Explore Benchmarking

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Source for pilots and deployments

Find qualified candidates for use cases with clear owners, constraints, and success criteria.

Explore Problem Solving

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Challenge the internal shortlist

Add an independent perspective before vendor selection becomes locked in.

Explore Benchmarking

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Evaluate readiness

Explore the Enterprise Readiness Level →

Structure collaboration

Use the Corporate Venturing Framework™ →

From noise to a defensible choice

Internal vendor search vs validated external scouting

An independent market view does not replace your team’s judgment. It gives that judgment a stronger and more complete evidence base.

Internal search alone

With Novable

Market view

Known vendors and inbound pitches

Broad startup and technology landscape

Selection

Brand familiarity and individual opinions

Shared strategic, technical, and readiness criteria

Evidence

Provider claims and fragmented research

Validated data, expert review, and structured context

Output

A long list of tools to investigate

A curated Golden Basket ready for evaluation

Team impact

More research and alignment work

A defensible basis for the next decision

Common questions

AI solution scouting, explained

Concise answers for transformation leaders building a stronger external solution pipeline.

How can Novable support an AI transformation team?

Novable turns a business or technology challenge into a structured scouting brief, then delivers a curated, expert-reviewed shortlist ready for enterprise evaluation.

Does Novable recommend only AI startups?

No. The scouting brief determines the solution landscape. Candidates may include startups, scale-ups, specialist vendors or service partners, whatever best fits the challenge.

Why use an external scouting partner when we already know the major AI vendors?

An external process broadens the field, challenges internal assumptions and detects specialist providers you would not find through familiar channels.

How quickly can an AI solution shortlist be delivered?

For a clearly defined scouting brief, Novable delivers a first curated, expert-reviewed shortlist within two business days.

Can Novable help compare shortlisted AI solutions?

Yes. Novable enriches each candidate with structured company intelligence and a consistent basis for comparison, so your team can decide with confidence.

Trusted by leading enterprise teams

Used by innovation leaders across energy, FMCG, industry and technology sectors.

Leroy Merlin × Novable

Trusted by Leading Innovation Teams

Julia Seignier, Innovation Project Manager at Leroy Merlin, describes Novable as a "true accelerator" for her team. The platform significantly reduces the time required to identify and connect with potential partners, combining advanced technology with human advisory.

Within just a few months, Novable became an invaluable tool for sourcing qualified innovation partners aligned with Leroy Merlin's strategic needs.

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