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Complex Decisions Made Simple.
We build the optimization, machine learning, and software behind your most important recurring decisions.
Start a conversation- Operations Research
- Machine Learning
- Optimization
- Software Engineering
How we partner
Relationships over transactions.
We solve the problem, then stay on to support what comes next. Every partner gets three commitments.
28 days
Results
Working results on your data within 28 days of receiving it.
28 day cycle
Review
Every 28 days, a founder-led review of each system we support: how it is performing and what to build next.
What we do
Six capabilities, applied wherever the decision lives.
Demand planning & forecasting
Confident forecasts, built for the decisions they feed.
Pricing models
Efficient market and maximum welfare models to price deals, products, or flow of resources.
Capital allocation
Put capital where it earns the most across funds, projects, or programs.
Network flow optimization
Move goods, equipment, and people through a network at the lowest cost and highest margin.
Inventory & fulfillment
How much to hold, where to hold it, and how to maximize revenue.
Scheduling
Schedules that satisfy hundreds of constraints and outperform naive methods.
Industries
The same math, across industries.
We also work across healthcare, manufacturing, and the public sector. If a decision repeats and real money rides on it, we would like to hear about it.
Selected work
Results, not reports.
Sports & Media
+8%
TV ratings above historical average
A schedule optimizer and ratings model for a major professional sports league.
Finance & Investment
$20B+
in portfolio assets supported
A multi-fund allocation engine for a private credit manager.
Finance & Investment
75%
directional accuracy, routinely exceeded
The first systematic quant strategy for an alternative asset manager.
Delivered by Palmer28’s founding firms, Accelerait and GrayBeck.
Team
Founder-led, start to finish.
Our founders span Princeton Engineering and Economics, Duke PhD in Decision Science, five NFL seasons, and multiple years in consulting.
Jake McFadden
Co-Founder
Client Engagement, DevOps, & Product
Seth DeValve
Co-Founder
Engineering & Machine Learning
Levi DeValve
Co-Founder
Optimization & Decision Science
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