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# Application Release Notes

ekphrastic.io release notes and changelog

August 2026

Here is what’s New in Version B-A010

## AI-Generated ROI Models: From Business Case to Presentation-Ready Model

Ekphrastic's AI model-generation pipeline has been significantly enhanced.

Users can now provide a raw business case outline describing the opportunity, operational context, costs, assumptions and expected improvements, and Ekphrastic transforms it into a structured, interactive ROI model ready for review and refinement.

The enhanced pipeline goes beyond generating inputs, calculations and financial outputs. It now creates an initial presentation layer designed to make the resulting business case easier to understand, explore and communicate.

### What's new

#### Complete ROI model generation

Ekphrastic interprets the business case and creates the inputs, assumptions, calculation chains, intermediate outputs and financial outcomes required to model it.

#### Executive value statement

Key calculated outcomes are dynamically incorporated into a concise executive summary of the business case.

As assumptions change, the statement continues to reflect the calculated model outputs.

#### Automatic KPI surfacing

Ekphrastic identifies the most decision-relevant outputs within the generated model and promotes them as headline KPIs.

This gives users and stakeholders immediate visibility of the outcomes that matter most.

#### Before-and-after comparisons

Where a model contains meaningful comparable states, Ekphrastic can automatically surface them as a concise before-and-after comparison.

This makes it easier to understand the operational transformation underpinning the financial business case.

#### Intelligent output organisation

Detailed model outputs are automatically organised into meaningful sections based on their role within the business case.

Instead of navigating a long flat list of calculations, users can focus on specific areas such as operational impact, capacity, financial benefits, costs and returns.

The sections are determined from the individual model rather than relying on a fixed ROI template, allowing the approach to work across different industries and use cases.

#### Fully editable in ROI Studio

The generated model remains a starting point rather than a locked AI-generated result.

Users can refine assumptions, calculations, formulas, content and presentation within ROI Studio, including the visual treatment and emphasis given to individual outputs.

### From generation to refinement

The result is a much more complete first draft.

Rather than starting with a blank model or a long list of calculations, users begin with:

* A structured ROI model
* Explicit assumptions and financial logic
* An executive value statement
* Surfaced headline KPIs
* Before-and-after comparisons where appropriate
* Logically organised supporting outputs
* A presentation that can be further customised in ROI Studio

Ekphrastic handles the initial modelling and presentation work while keeping the resulting business case transparent, interactive and fully available for human refinement.

> **AI-generated foundations. Human refinement.**