"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."
– Alan C Kay
Endeavour.Partners enables business leaders to create a future that is more prosperous
by harnessing advances in AI and other digital technologies and deep tech
to reinvent their businesses, to create new value, and to build new businesses
through, in particular, breakthrough innovation
and by ensuring that innovation is responsible and ethical, mitigating risk and maximising the net benefits
Endeavour.Partners also works as experts with leading firms and agencies to help deliver good outcomes for people and the planet
in critical areas such as commercial disputes, intellectual property, public interest, and ant-trust and competition law
by leveraging its deep and broad specialist expertise the in AI, and in other digital technologies, from space to semiconductors
and its decades of relevant experience and pioneering work in these domains
Clients
What we do
Bespoke
All our work is tailored to our clients’ particular needs, their specific situation, and the broader context in these dynamic times
Anticipate, decide, deliver
We enable them to anticipate the future, to make well-informed and timely decisions, and to rapidly deliver real-world results
Demand, tech, ecosystems
We identify and assess demand opportunities, project and evaluate enabling technologies, innovation initiatives and new ventures, map platforms and business ecosystems and their evolution, and make the crucial connections amongst these
Reinvention
Responsible and ethical
We help them to anticipate and mitigate risks involved in harnessing AI and other advanced tech, and maximize the net benefits
Explore breakthrough innovation
We help companies turn emerging technology into breakthrough innovation. From AI and cloud to robotics, 3D printing, blockchain, and beyond, we identify what truly matters and how to use them to create lasting competitive advantage.
How do we do this?
Our global connections, in particular MIT and London Business School, keep us close to the frontiers of innovation. We translate this knowledge into practical guidance, assessing which technologies have real potential and how to combine them to unlock new value.
Explore breakthrough innovation
We help companies turn emerging technology into breakthrough innovation. From AI and cloud to robotics, 3D printing, blockchain, and beyond, we identify what truly matters and how to use them to create lasting competitive advantage.
How do we do this?
Our global connections, in particular MIT and London Business School, keep us close to the frontiers of innovation. We translate this knowledge into practical guidance, assessing which technologies have real potential and how to combine them to unlock new value.
Recent work
Strategy
Our research gave a power management technology company the confidence to direct its business away from fossil fuels toward renewable forms of energy.
Expert
We worked with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Canadian Competition Bureau to assess antitrust issues in technology-related markets.
Strategy
We worked with the robotics division of a global oil and gas company to evaluate whether a significant capital investment would enable the company to expand its market and minimize environmental harm.
Expert
We frequently use our expertise to assist leading tech companies against patent trolls.
Strategy
Leaders in the telecommunications industry continue to rely on our strategic research to map future infrastructure and capital investment.
Expert
We enabled a successful payment technology company to fend off a patent challenge that threatened its business model.
Strategy
We helped a venture capital team assess new technology related to satellites.
Expert
We provided an expert assessment of an original device manufacturer's efforts and capabilities that lead to a court ruling in their favor against accusations of causing a product's market failure.
Results
Our clients choose us, and continue to work with us on multiple projects over many years because of our demonstrated ability to deliver the highest quality results, even under very tight timescales, while being easy to work with; most of our work comes through referrals and word-of-mouth
Approach
We bring a broader systems perspective to bear and make connections that others miss; this enables us to develop more robust projections for how complex systems will evolve, to identify inflection points earlier, to find opportunities, to anticipate risks, and where warranted to challenge conventional wisdom
Team
We work closely and collaboratively with our clients in small, senior teams that are fast, friendly, and flexible; we respond quickly, communicate clearly, and adapt readily to our clients’ evolving needs.
Rigor
We build on decades of work at top tier universities, in particular teaching on these topics for two decades at both Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and London Business School (LBS)
How we create value
At Endeavour.Partners, we connect the dots others miss. By combining a deep understanding of technology, innovation, market demand, and business ecosystems, we deliver sharper insights and more reliable forecasts.
Our approach reveals the dynamics at play before they become obvious so you can anticipate change, act with confidence, and design strategies that are genuinely future-ready.
People
Our senior team brings decades of experience across AI, robotics, mobile, consumer electronics, networking, software, semiconductors, space and other digital and advanced tech
All of the members of our wider team have relevant experience in these domains, with education from leading universities such as Boston University, Dartmouth, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Oxford University, Tufts University, UC Berkeley and the University of Melbourne
We complement this with a broad and diverse global network spanning top tier tech companies, leading firms in other sectors, academia, government, and startups, giving our clients access to perspectives and relationships few others can offer
Michael Davies
Founder and Chairman
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Kanti Chakrabarti
Principal
Our location
Our primary location is in Kendall Square in Cambridge, MA, at the heart of “the most innovative square mile on the planet”, and we also have a presence in London, UK,and people on the West Coast and in Europe