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Brand plans that actually hold together.

SEQUOIA guides your team through a rigorous six-step brand planning process — situation analysis to enablers — with AI reasoning at every stage and human approval at every gate.

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Situation Analysis
2 Brand Strategy
3 Brand Objectives
4 Brand Activation
5 Brand Investment
6 Enablers
Brand Strategy
Step 2 of 6 · Glanbia Performance Nutrition
In review AI analysis complete
Brand Position
Performance Nutrition Leader
Sustained category leadership among 25–40 active adults via premium formulation + evidence-based messaging.
Target Audience
Active Adults 25–40
Sports-motivated, nutritionally aware consumers seeking trusted performance outcomes.
AI Strategic Insight
Competitive Positioning
Brand Awareness
78%
Category Share
34%
NPS Score
+61
Built for teams at leading FMCG companies
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Planning tools built
for FMCG teams.

A growing set of AI-assisted planning tools — each one rigorous, gated, and built around the way great FMCG teams actually work.

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Brand Planning
A rigorous six-step process — situation analysis to enablers — with AI reasoning at every stage and human approval at every gate. Boardroom-ready PPTX at each step.
5Cs Analysis Brand Strategy Objectives Activation Investment Enablers
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Structured AI-assisted planning for new product and category innovation — from opportunity identification through to launch readiness. Built for the pace of FMCG innovation cycles.
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Six steps.
Zero shortcuts.

The SEQUOIA framework mirrors how the best brand teams actually work — sequentially, rigorously, with every decision documented. Each step is gated: no one moves forward without formal approval.

01
Situation Analysis
Upload your data — market research, category reports, consumer studies. AI synthesises the 5Cs: Company, Customers, Competitors, Channels, Context.
Gate: Team approval required
02
Brand Strategy
Define brand positioning, target audience, and long-term vision. AI challenges assumptions and surfaces strategic gaps before you commit.
Gate: Team approval required
03
Brand Objectives
Set measurable objectives aligned to the strategy. AI ensures goals are SMART, commercially realistic, and internally consistent.
Gate: Team approval required
04
Brand Activation
Translate strategy into campaign plans, channel allocation, and creative briefs. Every activation maps back to a stated objective.
Gate: Team approval required
05
Brand Investment
Model budget allocation against objectives. AI stress-tests your investment logic and flags misalignment between spend and ambition.
Gate: Team approval required
06
Enablers
Identify the capabilities, partnerships, and organisational changes needed to deliver. Completes the plan with accountability built in.
Gate: Final sign-off

SEQUOIA does the heavy
analytical lifting.

Upload your brand data, research files and reports. SEQUOIA's AI synthesises it all into structured, boardroom-quality analysis in minutes, not weeks.

  • Multi-file upload
    PDFs, Word docs, PowerPoint decks, Excel sheets. Upload 20+ files at once — SEQUOIA reads and cross-references them all.
  • Structured 5Cs output
    Company · Customers · Competitors · Channels · Context — presented as a comprehensive summary plus five detailed analysis slides.
  • Human approval at every gate
    No step opens until the prior one is formally approved. The AI assists — the team decides.
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Step 1 Analysis complete. I've reviewed 14 uploaded files and identified the following in the 5Cs: Customers — strong loyalty among 25–35 cohort, declining appeal at 18–24. Competitors — Optimum Nutrition gained 4 share points in the last 12 months...
RD
Can you flag any gaps in the competitor data before we approve this step?
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Three gaps flagged: No pricing analysis for the 'value whey' sub-segment, limited channel data for foodservice, and no social share-of-voice data post-Q2. I recommend addressing these before Step 1 approval.
Current Step
Step 2
In review
Plan Version
v2.1
Approved
Export
PowerPoint
PDF
Word
Amendment Log

Boardroom-ready outputs at every stage.

Export PowerPoint, PDF or Word at any step — or as a full plan once all six gates are approved. Full version history and amendment log keep the whole team aligned.

  • PPTX, PDF, Word export
    Export per-step decks or the complete brand plan at any point. Formatted for boardroom presentation, not just internal review.
  • Revision requests & amendment logs
    Teams can raise revision requests, upload revised decks, and record amendments before approving any step.
  • Version history
    v1.0, v1.1, v2.0 — every revision tracked, with downstream propagation warnings when a core step changes.

The quality of reasoning matters as much as the speed.

SEQUOIA uses enterprise-grade AI built for nuanced, long-context reasoning. Not a generic chatbot. A structured analytical partner that holds the whole plan in context across all six steps.

Enterprise-grade AI reasoning
Your data stays private
Long-context, cross-step reasoning
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Cross-step analysis flagged. The target audience defined in Step 1 (25–35 active adults) appears misaligned with the channel allocation in Step 4, which allocates 40% to mainstream grocery — a channel under-indexed for this demographic.
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Brand Investment stress test. At current channel split, ROI models suggest 12% underperformance against the awareness objective in Step 3. Recommend reviewing channel weights before Step 5 approval.
AI

Built for senior teams at large organisations.

SEQUOIA is designed for the reality of FMCG planning — cross-functional teams, senior stakeholders, corporate VPNs, and the expectation of boardroom-quality output.

Enterprise security
Uploaded data is never used to train AI models. Isolated per-team environments. SOC 2 compliance roadmap.
Team collaboration
Multiple team members can contribute, review, and approve. Role-based access control coming in Q2 2025.
Boardroom outputs
PPTX, PDF, and Word exports formatted for senior leadership. No design work required — decks are presentation-ready.
Audit trail
Every approval, revision, and amendment is logged with timestamps. Full accountability from first upload to final sign-off.

Simple, transparent pricing.

One complete brand plan costs less than a single day of consulting fees. Priced for teams, not individuals.

Starter
€4,800/yr
For small brand teams getting started with structured AI-assisted planning.
  • 2 brand plans per year
  • Up to 3 users
  • PPTX + PDF export
  • All 6 SEQUOIA steps
  • Email support
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Enterprise
Custom
For large FMCG organisations with multiple brands and enterprise security requirements.
  • Unlimited plans & users
  • SSO & role-based access
  • Custom integrations
  • Dedicated onboarding
  • SLA & SOC 2
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Senior marketers trust the process.

★★★★★
"The quality of reasoning at each stage is genuinely impressive. We used SEQUOIA on a full brand plan for one of our core nutrition brands — the AI caught a positioning gap we had been carrying for three planning cycles."
CM
Claire M.
Marketing Director, European FMCG
★★★★★
"Finally, a planning tool that actually enforces the process. The gating is non-negotiable and structural — not advisory like every other tool we've used. The team can't skip steps, which is exactly what we needed."
SM
Sarah M.
VP Brand, FMCG Mid-Cap
★★★★★
"The PPTX export alone saves us two days of formatting per planning cycle. Add the AI analysis and we've cut our situation analysis time from three weeks to three hours. The ROI is straightforward."
AC
Aoife C.
Head of Brand Strategy, Irish FMCG

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