Sisu
Decision intelligence engine that automatically diagnoses why metrics change.
About
Sisu is a decision intelligence platform built on Stanford research, focused on a single hard problem: explaining why metrics change. Rather than dashboards that report what happened, Sisu's engine automatically diagnoses key drivers, detects trends and anomalies, and predicts future impact.
The platform monitors metrics at scale with alerts via email and Slack, augments analytics workflows with AI/ML-powered automated analytics, and integrates with Looker, Tableau, dbt, and operational systems via API. Customers like Overstock reported 70-80% faster speed-to-insights after deploying Sisu (company-reported via press release). Founded by Stanford professor Peter Bailis, the company is backed by Andreessen Horowitz.
Sisu is a complement to BI tools rather than a replacement: it sits on top of existing dashboards and warehouses to answer the "why" questions. It's enterprise-oriented, and as a specialized layer it adds another vendor to the stack. Public pricing isn't published; expect a sales-led enterprise motion.
What it can do
- Automated root-cause diagnosis for metric changes
- Trend and anomaly detection at scale
- ML-based alerting via email and Slack
- Predictive impact analysis
- Integrations with Looker, Tableau, dbt
- Natural-language exploration
Setup
Contact Sisu sales for access. Connect your cloud data warehouse. Define the metrics to monitor; Sisu automatically detects anomalies, diagnoses drivers, and sends alerts to email or Slack. Integrate with Looker or Tableau for combined workflows.
Prerequisites
A Sisu enterprise contract (sales-led, no public pricing); data in a supported cloud warehouse; existing BI tooling for dashboard workflows (optional).
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 7/10
Scored 7/10 (metrics tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: Stanford-research-backed decision intelligence, a16z-backed; Automated metric-change diagnosis, anomaly detection, ML alerting; Customer claims (Overstock 70-80% faster insights) flagged as company-reported; No public pricing, enterprise sales motion - honestly disclosed.
Sources
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