As 2025 gathers pace, we’re building on the momentum we gained in 2024.
2024 was an exceptional year for Shapeable with some notable entrances. This year saw the arrival of our first baby, Maxx. Congratulations Karmen and Erin! We also welcomed the advice and support of Martin Beeche as our Executive Chair. A quick glance at his LinkedIn page will tell you how lucky we are, and how grateful for his professional guidance. 2024 had its exits, too, most notably Mike Hanley, Founder of The Content Engine, our friend, colleague and brother-in-arms.
ShapeAI
But the biggest shift for Shapeable - and let’s be frank, for the rest of the world - has been the impact of LLM-based Artificial Intelligence. This revolutionary technology first launched by OpenAI in November 2022 officially entered its terrible twos! And 2024 saw many people and organisations battling back the Gartner Hype Cycle as we zoomed into this brave new world of fake news, generated content and copyright infringements.
No surprise then that our AI-driven Knowledge Explorer took centre stage in 2024, proving itself as a key tool across industries. Our tool can aggregate whole-sector knowledge, map stakeholders, connect innovation and organisations, intersect topics and make connections and new knowledge you can’t yet see. All while keeping trusted, proprietary knowledge ring fenced from the world’s training models.
We’ve also had fun making AI systems that synthesise survey responses, creating data via scoring methodologies, and generating entire country scorecards that benchmark their sustainability, innovation and investment potential.
The next 12 months will be an even bigger year of AI releases for us, with an increased focus on AI to improve collaboration, and assist with planning, through ‘Agentic AI’.
Notable Customer Releases
Our innovative “degrees of trust” framework caught the eye of sustainability experts at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi when we launched the beta version of the Net Zero Navigator with SWIFT Partners Sàrl in January. Thomas Philbeck from SWIFT Partners put it best. “Shapeable's AI functionality showed how LLMs can be used to provide value to the entire spectrum of sustainability stakeholders.”
ConnectOre is exciting - it connects the knowledge and innovations of an entire industry, including technology companies, university researchers, and policymakers. John Fennell, the CEO of the International Copper Association Australia delivered a talk about it at IMARC, gearing up for its March 2025 release. And Scott David was asked to speak on a panel at AusIMM to discuss the power of AI-driven knowledge systems for strategy and sustainability.
Our partnership with GESDA - Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator entered its fifth year, and we’re thrilled to see them gain traction among global scientists. We launched a new explorer at the 2024 GESDA Summit, focusing on their community growth. It’s been amazing to see our work contribute to shaping the future of science and technology. And a remarkable resource in the war against fact-based information.
2024 also saw us working with Mia Sturrock at PRF (the Paul Ramsay Foundation) as part of the team co-creating ‘A Framework for Systems Change’ in the for-purpose sector. One of Shapeable’s most powerful tools, as we’ve seen with the Kelp Forest Alliance, is the ability to provide simple processes and measurement tools to smaller grassroots organisations. Add to that our Knowledge Explorer, and Shapeable can become a tool to empower collaboration to greatest impact.
And Upwards
2024 revealed the extraordinary potential of our “Ecosystem as a Service” (EaaS) concept. It proved that Shapeable can innovate entire business ecosystems with advanced technologies and systems thinking. We also saw that our self-service oriented architecture, with AI-enabled features, is a revolutionary tool for networks of organisations of all kinds.
As we enter 2025, we’re filled with gratitude for our amazing team, partners, and customers who are making this journey with us. We’re charging into 2025 with renewed energy, ready to push the boundaries of collaborative AI knowledge systems.
Here’s to shaping the future together! Bring it on, 2025!
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