ShipsAt launchWave 2Wave 3Wave 4
Guardrails & proof

Autonomy for everyone. Surprises for no one.

Your sealed plan draws a handful of guardrails nobody crosses by accident. Here's where they come from, who can move inside them, and what happens the moment a decision meets one.

The problem with delegating

You find out a limit was crossed when the money is already gone.

The policy doc
The rules leadership agreed in January, written down and signed off by everyone.
The catch
Nobody opens it at 6pm with a deal on the line.
The approval chain
Who signs what, above which amount, in whichever order.
The catch
It catches the deal after it was promised to the customer.
The audit log
Every field that changed, stamped with a user and a time.
The catch
It shows what changed. Not what was known when you said yes.
Good people, good faith, wrong number.The limit existed. It just wasn't in the room at the moment somebody needed it.
Where guardrails come from

You sealed a plan. It came with guardrails.

You don't write guardrails. The plan you already committed to draws them, and every one of them points at the same number.

Sealed $52M ARR by Dec 2027 Grow hard
75%The margin floorNo deal under it without the CFO and the sales lead.
3The focus segmentsAnything outside them needs a VP.Mid-market SaaSEnterprise EUEnterprise US
12moThe runway floorSpend that drops below it pauses for review.
The room to move

Everyone gets room. Everyone knows where it ends.

Companies aren't slow because people can't decide. They're slow because nobody knows what they're allowed to decide.

Account executiveDiscount on a new deal
Up to 15% offyour call
15–25%VP Sales signs
Under 75% marginstops here
Customer success managerDefending a renewal
Up to 10% or one credityour call
Multi-year rewritesVP Customer Success signs
Under the segment floorstops here
Marketing leadCommitting campaign spend
Up to $40k a monthyour call
$40k–$100kCFO signs
Outside the focus segmentsstops here
Any managerOpening a role
Backfills in the funded planyour call
A new roleCFO signs
Under 12 months runwaystops here
Yours to decide Needs one more yes Stops at the limit Illustrative — yours come from your plan
Every deal, checked

One deal. Every guardrail, checked before anyone signs.

While the deal is still being negotiated, not after it's promised.

Kestrel Analytics TypeExpansion ACV$84k Term24 months SegmentMid-market SaaS · EU In negotiation
Running the guardrails
Segment fit
Focus segment
Checking…
Contract structure
Standard terms
Checking…
Margin %
77% · floor 75%
Checking…
Onboarding path
Standard · 3 wks
Checking…
Segment retention
Strong
Checking…
And it clears every company target
Growth contribution
+$84kon plan
Expansion potential
124%strong
LTV : CAC
4.8xfloor 3.5x
Verified · clear to approve

Illustrative. Below a floor or outside a segment, the same run stops and routes the sign-off instead.

Where they live

A limit you have to go look up isn't a limit.

If checking means opening another tool, nobody checks. So the guardrails show up inside the tools your teams already work in.

CRM

The margin floor sits on the deal itself, before the price is quoted.

Forecast

Inside the guardrails or outside them, on the rep's own build.

Spend approvals

One click inside budget. It pauses if it dents the runway floor.

Campaign builder

The focus segments and the cost ceiling, before a euro goes out.

Renewal queue

What the account is worth, and the room left to concede.

Hiring plan

Whether the hire fits the funded plan, and what unlocks it.

Each one arrives with the system it belongs to. ShipsAt launchWave 2Wave 3Wave 4
The record

Six months later, you show the record, not a recollection.

Every decision, approval and exception is sealed as it happens, with the inputs, the reasoning and the person who said yes attached.

14 Jan 2026
09:12
Plan sealed$52M ARR by Dec 2027, grow hard
The CEOApproved
Sealed
02 Jun 2026
16:40
Margin floor exceptionHalden renewal at 71%, four points under the floor
David ChenCFO
Sealed
14 Jul 2026
11:05
Kestrel Analytics expansionCleared five guardrails and every company target
Marcus ReedVP Sales
Sealed
21 Jul 2026
08:30
Forecast sealedVersion 14 supersedes version 13. Nothing overwritten.
David ChenCFO
Sealed
27 Jul 2026
14:22
An agent held an action for a humanRenewal outreach drafted, sent only after a yes
Nadia OkoyeVP Customer Success
Sealed
Sealed decisionsFrozen with everything behind it: the inputs, the reasoning, the approvals. Superseded, never overwritten.
A permanent recordEvery decision, approval and exception added. Nothing in it edited or deleted away.
Decision replay Later waveReopen a past decision as it stood: what was known, what was assumed, who said yes.
Nothing here can be edited or deleted.A correction is a new line, not a rewrite. Illustrative.

And when an agent does the work? Same guardrails, same record — it drafts the move and holds it for a human yes. Beacon agents & Ask Beacon →

What changes

Nobody waits for you. Nothing lands as a surprise.

You stop being the bottleneck

The decisions that don't need you get made without you. The ones that do arrive with the reason already attached.

Your team stops guessing

People commit with confidence, because they can see the limit before the call instead of hearing about it after.

The board stops digging

Every number comes with its record attached. Nothing has to be reconstructed from anyone's memory.

Move fast, safely

Autonomy for everyone. Proof for the board.

Free at any size. Connect your billing and watch your own guardrails go live.