The Story Behind OPAL

Built by an Operator,
for Operators.

I spent a decade in legal tech, real estate, and enterprise sales before my MBA — watching smart people make critical decisions with inadequate tools. OPAL exists because institutional-quality analysis shouldn't require an institutional budget.

TJ

Trevor James

Founder & Builder
MBA Candidate, Kelley School of Business | Indiana University

Before Kelley, I co-developed an AI SaaS product from concept to $45K MRR at a legal tech startup, rebuilt its revenue organization for 76% growth in 90 days, and led automation across sales, ops, and delivery.

At Zillow, I managed a $10M+ enterprise portfolio, navigated a company-wide platform pivot as an Accenture Root® certified facilitator, and coached a team overseeing $40M+ in transaction volume.

I also founded Modern Agent, a proptech consultancy that helped founders turn products into revenue — contributing to $4M+ in collective client funding and three NAR REACH accelerator placements.

Kelley MBA ’27ROMBA FellowMerit ScholarKelley Consulting Academy
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The $25,000 Question

The financial analysis industry has two tiers — and nothing in between.

Institutional terminals like PitchBook and Capital IQ cost $25,000 to $50,000 per year. They're comprehensive, reliable, and completely inaccessible to solo operators, emerging fund managers, and boutique consultancies.

Consumer AI tools like ChatGPT cost $20/month but hallucinate revenue figures, can't cite sources, and produce conversational summaries instead of structured frameworks.

OPAL fills the gap: institutional-quality analysis at 1% of the cost, with every financial metric sourced from SEC filings and every claim citation-enforced.

Why You Can Trust the Numbers

The Orchestrator

Structures every report using the Minto Pyramid Principle. Key findings and competitive position come first. Supporting evidence comes second. No filler, no hedging.

The Researcher

Executes structured intelligence gathering with a strict domain blocklist. Every claim is tagged with an inline citation. Un-cited claims are automatically filtered.

The Analyst

Computes financial metrics directly from SEC filing data. Ratios are calculated, not generated. If data is missing, the system fails visibly — never silently.

The Synthesizer

The editorial quality layer. Synthesizes research and analysis into a cohesive, McKinsey-grade narrative — enforcing Minto Pyramid structure, eliminating filler, ensuring cross-section coherence, and formatting all citations consistently.

“Hallucination is structurally impossible for financial metrics. The Analyst computes from SEC-sourced data. The numbers are either correct or explicitly absent — never fabricated.”

Three Products. One Platform.

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Strategic Analysis

SWOT, Porter's Five Forces, DCF, VRIO, and 7 more MBA frameworks. Every metric sourced from SEC filings. Every claim citation-enforced.

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GTM Intelligence

AI-powered sales methodology coaching. MEDDPICC, Weinberg, Challenger, SPIN — embedded into every deal, not buried in a training deck.

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Financials

DCF modeling, WACC computation, Monte Carlo simulation, sensitivity analysis. Built for finance professionals who think in spreadsheets.

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