INSIGHTS
Perspectives on analytics, risk, and talent in financial services, plus updates from the Augment team.
- Augment Updates
Ask Auggie: From AI Prototype to the Search Engine Behind Our New Platform
Auggie started as a prototype that matched a plain-English request against every consultant profile on our platform. Now “Ask Auggie” is the search tool inside our permanent application,
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Five Years of Augment Analytics: 60 Clients, 70 Consultants, and Only Two Early Exits
In five years we have supported roughly 60 clients with over 70 consultants. Across more than two hundred engagements, only twice has a client ended a new engagement
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From Shutdown to War: Navigating Uncertainty While the Business Keeps Growing
The last time I provided an update, we were in a shutdown; now we are in a war. Here is what we are seeing across clients, recruiting demand,
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Cracks in the Credit Market: Reading the Signals Heading into 2026
Businesses remain uncertain about the outlook while not having enough tangible evidence of consumer weakness to justify investments in collections and risk-management resources.
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A Cooling Labor Market, a Likely Rate Cut, and the Deals That Didn’t Close
We’ve seen an uptick in opportunities, although speed and success in matching against the specifications of the support needed remain challenges. Here is the work behind the scenes
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Tariffs, Uncertainty, and a 96% Extension Rate
The United States has announced worldwide tariffs and also reined itself in such that the economic outlook is as clear as mud. Here is how our existing client
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A New Administration, Real Impacts on Real People
Change and uncertainty have real impacts on real people. A quarter of new client wins, a 96% extension rate, and what the transition is doing to our consultants.
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Post-Election Momentum: Financial Services Unemployment at 1.9%
A new American president has been elected and staff augmentation activity has picked up significantly since September. Two new clients, nine extensions, and a platform now 74 strong.
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The Fed Cuts 50 Basis Points — and Why Our Pipeline Got Smaller
The Fed has cut rates by 50 basis points. While that might not seem like big news for a staffing update, there is an important correlation to our