# Aligned

> Aligned embeds inside post-product-market-fit SaaS companies to diagnose and fix the systemic technical problems that leak profitability and threaten valuations — then transfers ownership back to the client team.

## Case Studies
- [Reducing Security and Delivery Risk Across Two Out-of-Support Platforms](https://aligned.net/case-studies/reverse-engineering-legacy-platforms/): Two business-critical platforms had outlived their documentation and their vendor support, leaving the team unsure of what it owned or how exposed it was. Aligned built tooling to map both systems, stood up reproducible build and release pipelines, shipped secure-by-default sessions and secrets, and converted a sprawling, invisible risk surface into a ranked, evidence-backed roadmap the team could act on.
- [OCA Aspire Remediates Structural Blind Spots to Recover $1M+ in Annualized Savings](https://aligned.net/case-studies/oca-aspire/): Aligned diagnosed & remediated structural blind spots for OCA Aspire's EHR platform, eliminating margin-draining technical constraints that limited scalability. Through comprehensive diagnostics and technical remediation, we enabled $1M+ in annualized savings and positioned the platform for sustainable growth, equipping their team to serve Canada's chiropractic community with a competitive, future-ready asset.
- [ListSimple Builds Scalable Platform to Prevent Margin Erosion and Sustain Hypergrowth](https://aligned.net/case-studies/listsimple/): Aligned architected a green-field platform for privately owned ListSimple, avoiding systemic constraints that would have eroded margins at scale. Through partnership and knowledge transfer, we equipped their team to own a margin-enhancing asset that enabled 16x growth and sustainable competitive advantage.
- [Ripple Operations Captures New Revenue Through Scalable Azure Analytics Platform](https://aligned.net/case-studies/ripple-operations/): Aligned architected a new data platform for Bleecker Street Group's portfolio company Ripple Operations, preventing future operational drag and compliance risks. Through embedded partnership, we delivered automated multi-tenant analytics and transferred capability to their team, positioning the company for higher exit valuation.
- [Responsive Accelerates Growth Through Systemic Technical Remediation](https://aligned.net/case-studies/responsive/): Aligned remediated systemic AWS infrastructure constraints for Canadian fintech Responsive, eliminating margin-draining operational drag and automating multi-tenant customer onboarding. Through embedded partnership, we de-risked their platform and upskilled their team, equipping leadership to focus on market expansion while owning a scalable, value-enhancing asset.
- [Genus Capital Management Eliminates Performance Bottlenecks to Accelerate Investment Decisions](https://aligned.net/case-studies/genuscap/): Aligned remediated structural performance bottlenecks for Genus Capital Management, eliminating decision-making latency and infrastructure cost pressure through targeted diagnostics and execution, delivering a high-performance platform that operates as a competitive asset.
- [RXO Matches Loads to Capacity in Near Real Time on a Ground-Up Event-Streaming Platform](https://aligned.net/case-studies/rxo/): RXO needed to match available freight to carrier capacity faster and at greater scale than manual workflows allowed. Aligned spearheaded the solution design for a key platform component, built it from the ground up on .NET and Apache Kafka, and led the development team that delivered a near-real-time matching engine RXO could rely on and extend.

## Services
- [Services](https://aligned.net/services/): Embedded platform remediation for post-PMF SaaS
  - Exit Readiness & Diligence Preparation: We surface what compresses multiples and remediate it before a buyer's diligence team does. We execute the work, not just the assessment.
  - Cost Structure Alignment: We diagnose where unit economics drifted at scale and correct them across infrastructure costs and operational overhead.
  - Platform De-risking: Phased remediation sequenced to keep the business running while the structural work happens underneath it. Your team owns everything we touch when we leave.
  - Security Exposure Remediation: We diagnose and remediate the vulnerabilities that create regulatory liability, increase breach risk, and erode customer trust.
  - Platform Foundation Upgrades: We upgrade outdated dependencies and aging components that slow delivery, inflate costs, and compound the longer they stay in place.
  - Platform Knowledge Recovery: We reverse engineer the platform's behavior, recover critical knowledge buried in legacy systems, and give the organization a clear picture of what it owns and how it runs.
  - Platform Commercialization: We assess the gap between an internal-use platform and commercial-grade, then remediate it across reliability, security posture, and operational maturity.
  - Systemic Risk Diagnostics: We diagnose the full delivery operation to surface the fragility and structural blind spots eroding margins and valuation. Every finding is mapped directly to financial risk and business impact, in language that belongs in a board deck, not a sprint review.

## Tools
- [Gross Margin Health Check](https://aligned.net/tools/gross-margin-health-check/): Pinpoint where systemic inefficiency is eroding your margins and get a clear path to relief.
- [Scale vs Cost Friction Scorecard](https://aligned.net/tools/scale-vs-cost-friction-scorecard/): Discover where scaling friction is silently eroding your margins and get a clear path to relief.

## Company
- [About](https://aligned.net/about/): How and why Aligned works the way it does
- [Team](https://aligned.net/team/): Practitioners who build, scale, and fix platforms from the inside
- [Glossary](https://aligned.net/glossary/): Plain definitions of the terms Aligned uses
- [Talk to Aligned](https://aligned.net/talk/): Start a conversation about your platform

## Optional
- [Full content](https://aligned.net/llms-full.txt): Full text of all key pages inlined into one file
- [Blog](https://aligned.net/blog/): Articles on modernization, technical debt, and margin recovery
- [You Acquired The Platform - Now Why Isn't It Scaling Profitably to Plan?](https://aligned.net/events/why-acquired-platform-is-not-scaling-profitably-to-plan/): Avoid the common traps that stall revenue, erode margins, and frustrate your engineering team when integrating new technologies into one platform.