Your CTO Speaks Engineering.
You Need Financial Language.
R&D Capital Audits translate technical complexity into board-ready financial metrics. Know the real cost of your technology investment - not the optimistic narrative.
Request Board Briefing →Technical Insolvency Date Simulator
Adjust your engineering parameters to see when tech debt maintenance outpaces new feature velocity.
At a 45% AI code rate, your team will spend over $3.98M next year verifying and fixing debt before feature output collapses.
Questions Boards Should Be Asking
“How much of our engineering budget is spent on maintenance?”
The Innovation Tax metric measures this. Average is 40-60%. High-performing teams: 20-30%.
Measure with Innovation Tax →“When will technical debt make new features impossible?”
The Technical Insolvency Date predicts when maintenance load exceeds total capacity. Some companies are already past it.
Measure with Technical Insolvency Date →“How productive is our engineering team compared to benchmarks?”
APER (Annualized Productive Engineering Revenue) measures revenue generated per engineer. Industry benchmarks available.
Measure with APER →“Are our AI features profitable or margin-negative?”
AI COGS analysis reveals the variable cost per AI query. Many companies discover their AI features lose money at current margins.
Measure with AI Unit Economics →“What is the dollar value of our technical debt?”
The Product Debt Index translates engineering debt into dollar-denominated liability with quarterly amortization schedules.
Measure with Product Debt Index →Board-Ready in 2 Weeks
Full R&D Capital Audit with executive summary, risk assessment, and remediation roadmap. Delivered as a board presentation, not a technical document.
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