Tired of drowning in client notes and data?
You're stuck in the gap between gathering information and finding insights. We're building a tool to fix that.
Existing Tools Don't Help You Think
Project apps
Manage execution, not discovery.
AI chatbots
Give confident answers to the wrong questions.
Note-taking apps
Store info, but don't find insights.
You're left sketching on a whiteboard to see the gaps.
WHERE CLARITY TAKES SHAPE
Raochra is a sensemaking platform that helps you find the signal in the noise. It's not another note app—it's an adaptive tool that learns how you think, surfaces blind spots, and helps you go from chaos to clarity.
Who is building this?
I'm Viraf Bankwalla, founder of Raochra. After leading innovation at a global entity, I realized the hardest part of any project isn't execution — it's making sense of the problem.
Raochra is built to close that gap, giving consultants a workspace where clarity takes shape.
Questions? viraf@raochra.com | LinkedIn
Help Us Shape Raochra
Take Part in Our Ongoing Research
We're running an ongoing study exploring how consultants and strategists navigate the early discovery process—the unbilled work of clarifying goals, defining scope, and reframing client requests.
Your perspective helps strengthen our understanding of the Clarity Gap and informs how we design Raochra. The survey is anonymous and takes about 7 minutes to complete.
Key Insights: The Clarity Gap
Where clarity takes shape.
Preliminary Research Notice
This report presents exploratory findings from a limited pilot study (n=11). These results should be considered directional insights only and are not generalizable to the broader consulting industry. The research has been extended through December 31, 2025.
Project rework and profitability impacts from unclear discovery outcomes affect nearly all consultants surveyed.
What Causes It
| 👥 | Aligning stakeholders with competing priorities | ≈ 70% |
| 🎯 | Clarifying the real client problem — not just the stated one | ≈ 60% |
| 📐 | Managing scope creep and changing requirements | ≈ 60% |
These aren't efficiency problems — they're translation challenges:
- Client ambiguity → Clear objectives
- Scattered information → Actionable insights
- Multiple perspectives → Aligned understanding
The Discovery Tax
$14,000 – $18,000 typical annual loss in unbilled discovery workEquivalent to 2-3 lost projects yearly for typical consulting practices
This isn't wasted time — it's the essential translation work of turning ambiguity into clarity. 10 out of 11 consultants report that unclear discovery outcomes lead to rework or profitability loss.
The Three-Way Challenge Tie
An unexpected pattern emerged: three challenges tied at exactly 64% each, suggesting they may be interconnected:
| 📐 | Getting clarity on project scope | 64% |
| 🎯 | Understanding true objectives | 64% |
| 👥 | Identifying all stakeholders | 64% |
This pattern suggests these aren't isolated problems but symptoms of the same underlying issue: the gap between what consultants need to know and what clients can initially articulate.
AI Helps — But Translation Still Matters
64% see AI primarily as an opportunity, with zero viewing it primarily as a threat.
But concerns remain: fear of commoditization, loss of creativity, and accuracy risks. Without clarity on the problem, AI just creates polished confusion faster.
AI can summarize 50 pages of notes in seconds — but only you know which insights matter to your client.
You provide the Clarity, AI provides the Speed.
It's Not Waste — It's Translation
Discovery isn't overhead — it's the unseen work that makes everything else possible.
When discovery is structured, it becomes:
Add your perspective
These findings are based on 11 consultants. We're collecting responses through December 31, 2025 to validate these patterns. Add your voice and receive the report in Q1 2026.
Survey open through December 31, 2025 · All responses anonymous and aggregated