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title: Pitch Deck — Cromus AI Workflow Intelligence
description: The Cromus investor pitch deck. Cromus defines the Workflow Intelligence as a Service (WIaaS) category — the pre-execution intelligence layer for AI workflows.
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# Pitch Deck

> Cromus defines the **Workflow Intelligence as a Service (WIaaS)** category.

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## The problem

AI workflows are built blindly. Every tool in the ecosystem — LangGraph, CrewAI, LangSmith, Helicone, Claude Managed Agents — operates at execution time or later. Teams discover cost spikes, latency failures, and wrong model choices *after* the spend.

No tool has existed to govern AI workflows **before** execution begins.

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## The category: Workflow Intelligence as a Service (WIaaS)

WIaaS is the pre-execution intelligence layer for AI workflows. It answers:
- Should this workflow run in its current shape?
- What will it cost, per run and at scale?
- Which model tier is appropriate for each step?
- Where is the preventable waste?

Cromus is the first and only WIaaS platform. We define the category.

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## The metric: Croms™

A Crom is one unit of preventable AI workflow waste — computed deterministically, no LLM calls. Croms quantify waste across cost, latency, failure risk, and structural inefficiency.

Croms give teams a single, actionable number that answers: *how much of this workflow's cost is preventable?*

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## The platform

- **Skill Studio** — SOP → SKILL.md compiler, visual workflow canvas, governance validation
- **Cost Simulator** — 62+ verified models, 5 cost-quality modes, per-run and monthly projections
- **Croms™ Engine** — deterministic waste scoring and optimization recommendations
- **Open Specs** — SKILL.md, ETHOS.md, MEMORY.md with free public validators
- **MCP Server** — 6 deterministic tools at `https://mcp.cromus.ai/mcp`, compatible with Claude Cowork and OpenAI Codex CLI

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## Market position

| Category | When it operates | Examples |
|----------|-----------------|---------|
| WIaaS | **Before execution** | **Cromus** |
| Orchestration | During execution | LangGraph, CrewAI |
| Runtime governance | During execution | Anthropic, Google Agent Platform, AWS Bedrock |
| Observability | After execution | LangSmith, Helicone |

Cromus is upstream of all of them. It produces the governed input they execute and observe.

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## Pricing

- Lite: $9.99/mo
- Founding Member: $19/mo (locked forever, 25 spots)
- Builder: $29/mo
- Ops: $99/mo
- White-Label: $249/mo

7-day free trial, no credit card required.

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## Related pages

- [What is WIaaS? →](/workflow-intelligence-as-a-service)
- [What are Croms™? →](/croms)
- [Pricing →](/pricing)
- [Founding Partners →](/founding-partners)