Ascend · the analyst's desk

The analyst's
desk.

You're the portfolio manager. Ask Ascend is your AI analyst. Ascend is the desk where your whole book lives.

Book, watchlists, research, theses, and risk in one terminal. The AI does the legwork and cites every source — but it never trades and never recommends. You make every call.

Read-only by default·No card for trial·Never places trades
Book · lifetime
Illustrative
$246,372↗ +52.3%
Pure Alpha +8.4%
Ask Ascend
Datacenter EPYC share +280 bps QoQ. Drafted a thesis update.
MS Q1 transcript · AMD 10-Q
Brief · 7:00 AM
4:12 · your book, read aloud
AMDAdvanced Micro
2 rungs · staged overnight
$172 add$184.20 spot$196 trim$210 trim
Read-only sync via SnapTrade
ROBINHOODSCHWABFIDELITYE*TRADEWEBULLVANGUARDIBKR+ 40 more · read-only
The platform

Four surfaces you'll live in.

The desk is wide — thirteen surfaces and counting. These four are where the day actually happens: the analyst that reads, the book that thinks, the brief that briefs, and the hub that turns every earnings print into a verdict.

Ask Ascend · your AI analyst

The analyst that reads everything — and shows its work.

Ask Ascend reads your research, the latest earnings, the news, and the live tape. It drafts thesis updates and answers in plain language — and every claim links back to the line it came from. It’s conversational by design: argue back, ask it to re-read a 10-Q, draft a counter-thesis.

  • Cites every number to its filing line or transcript timestamp
  • Conversational — disagree, and it reasons with you
  • Drafts updates you accept, edit, or dismiss — never auto-applied
Ask Ascend · NVDA
06:14 AM
Is the datacenter narrative still intact after the MS call?
Intact, and strengthening. MS cited NVDA datacenter share on the Q1 call; EPYC attach +280 bps QoQ. Gross margin held 74.5% through the Blackwell ramp — pricing power isn't softening.
read_filing(NVDA)run_analysis(NVDA)
Sources3
NVDA analysis· cached 2dMS Q1 call · 14:22· transcriptNVDA 10-Q · p.34· filing
1 chat · 1 token
Ask about a name, a number, a thesis…⌘ + ↵
Book + Living Thesis

Your portfolio as a thesis-stack, not a list of tickers.

Every position is tagged by bucket, conviction, weight, and lifetime contribution. Each carries the thesis you wrote when you bought — with criteria that auto-resolve at earnings, so you see drift the moment the numbers say your reasons changed. Every decision is journaled.

  • Buckets: Core Compounder · Prove-It · Optionality · Index · Cash
  • Thesis criteria auto-check against each print — drift, flagged
  • Every buy, trim, and thesis change journaled to a track record
Book · 16 positions
Illustrative · L. Vance
$259,326
↗ +$2,840 · +1.11%
Ticker% ActGain %Day Δ
METAMeta Platforms22.84%+416.50%−$570
GOOGLAlphabet · A+C17.56%+161.57%−$459
AMDAdvanced Micro8.42%+158.52%−$1,118
NOWServiceNow7.31%+6.08%+$653
MELIMercadoLibre5.71%−0.98%−$409
SWPPXSchwab S&P 500+19.69%
1 thesis drifting. COST gross margin slipped below your floor at Q3 — criteria auto-resolve at earnings, your call on the thesis.
Morning Brief · 7:00 AM

A briefing on your book, composed overnight. Read aloud.

At 7am, Ascend composes an audio briefing and digest of your book: what moved, what’s at risk, what prints today, and one thing worth your attention. Listen on the commute; the full digest and every source is waiting on the desk when you sit down.

  • A written digest you can read or listen to
  • What moved · what’s at risk · one coaching note
  • Every claim links to its source on the desk
Morning Brief · Tue, May 267:00 AM
Your book outran the S&P overnight — but one thesis is drifting.
+0.71%vs S&P +0.18%
What moved
AMD+4.2%
Datacenter read-through from the MS call; EPYC attach climbing.
POET−2.1%
Dilution overhang as the ATM facility refills.
NVDAprints
Reports after the close — the Street is looking for a Q1 beat.
One coaching noteCOST gross margin slipped below your 11% thesis floor at Q3. Worth a look before you add.
Earnings hub

Every print on your book — armed before, judged after.

The hub watches the calendar for every holding and watchlist name. Before a print, it arms an Earnings Update with the criteria your thesis says to check. The morning after, Ascend reads the release and the call and resolves each one — intact, wobbling, or broken — so you see drift the moment the numbers land.

  • Holdings-aware calendar — BMO/AMC, days to print, consensus
  • Pre-read armed before the print; verdict drafted the morning after
  • Each print auto-resolves your thesis criteria — drift, flagged
Upcoming earnings4holdings printing
30D60D90D
Thu21May
CELHAMC5d since print
Q1·26 printed rev −3% vs est
EU · wobbling · 5dRead EU →
Mon25May
AMDAMC1d since print
Q1·26 printed beat · $0.96 EPS
EU · intact · 1dRead EU →
Tue26May
NVDAAMC0d until print
Q1·26 expected cons. $0.93 / $43.2B
EU · armedPre-read →
Fri29May
NOWAMC3d until print
Q1·26 expected cons. $3.78 EPS
EU · armedPre-read →
Holdings only · BMO before open · AMC after close · each print auto-resolves your thesis criteria.
The whole desk

Nine more surfaces, three jobs.

Everything else on the desk falls into three: stay ahead of what's coming, decide with the real data, and manage the book you have.

Stay ahead
Earnings hub3 today

Calendar, call recordings, and auto-coverage the moment a name you hold prints.

Today / For-You7:00 AM

A daily triage of movers, risks, and coaching — ranked for your book.

Discovery4 new

Surfaces new names that fit your style, with a one-tap starter dossier.

Decide with data
Financials40Q

Quarterly revenue, margins, EPS, FCF with Street estimates and YoY.

Coverage dossier1 pop-out

Overview, thesis, valuation, and research in one pop-out.

Risk X-ray5 lenses

Five lenses: concentration, sector tilt vs S&P, thesis, earnings-event, conviction-vs-sizing.

Manage the book
Ladderstaged

Price rungs to stage adds, trims, and caution by proximity to the live quote.

Decision journallogged

Every buy, trim, and thesis change becomes a track record you can read back.

Native iOS appsoon

The whole desk in your pocket — briefs, book, and Ask on the go. In testing now.

How it decides — and who decides

An analyst you can audit. A call only you can make.

The hard part of an AI analyst isn't the answer — it's trusting it. So Ascend draws the line in the product, not the fine print: it shows every source, it never moves your money, and the decision is always yours.

01

Cited, line by line

Every figure Ask Ascend gives you links to the filing line or transcript timestamp it came from. Hover a number, see its source. No hand-waving, no invented data.

02

You make the call

Drafts are drafts. Ask Ascend proposes a thesis edit or a ladder rung; you accept, edit, or dismiss. Nothing is applied to your book without you.

03

Never recommends, never trades

Ascend surfaces, organizes, and reasons. It does not tell you to buy or sell, and it has no path to place a trade. Broker links are read-only by default.

What an answer looks likeIllustrative
Costco's Q3 membership renewal came in at 92.9%, up 20 bps QoQ. E-commerce grew 20.1% YoY. Gross margin slipped to 10.6% — below the 11% floor in your thesis.
Sources
COST Q3 FY26 10-Qp.14 · MD&A
Q3 earnings call transcript08:41 · CFO
Your thesis · v4criterion 3
Ascend's moveFlag the drift. Not“sell COST.”
The guaranteeAscend never places trades and never makes buy or sell recommendations.It surfaces, organizes, and reasons — with sources. The decision is yours, every time.
The loop

One cycle, every trading day.

01 · The tape

Moves overnight

Filings drop, names print, the market opens somewhere new.

02 · Ask Ascend

Reads & cites

Surfaces what changed in your book and watchlist — every claim sourced.

03 · You

Read & decide

Accept a draft, edit a thesis, stage a rung — or do nothing. That’s a call too.

04 · Attribution

Keeps you honest

At quarter-end: was it skill or the market? The number can’t hide.

Native iOS · in testing

The whole desk, in your pocket.

Coming soon · TestFlight

The same terminal, built native for iOS — in testing now, launching soon. Your Morning Brief plays on the commute, your book updates on the live tape, and Ask Ascend is a tap away — cited, read-only, yours. Web and pocket stay in lockstep.

Morning Brief, on the goBook & ladders, liveAsk Ascend, anywhere
Morning Brief · 7:00 AM
Your book, read aloud
AMD+4.2%
POET−2.1%
NVDA printsafter close
Ask Ascend
COST margin drifted below your floor at Q3.
Built for people who do their own work
Reads
Primary sources

10-Ks · 10-Qs · 8-Ks · earnings transcripts · the live tape. No blog scraping, no message boards.

Cites
Every claim, linked

Each number Ask Ascend surfaces links back to the filing line or transcript timestamp it came from.

Secures
Read-only · credentials never stored

Broker links are read-only by default and we never store your broker credentials. Write access — where a broker even offers it — is opt-in per account.

Built by
A small, independent team

Built by people who run their own books and got tired of stitching the terminal together by hand.

Open an account

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Signup is open — no waitlist, no invite. Create your account in two minutes, connect a broker read-only or start with manual entry.

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Frequently asked

The questions we hear most.

Is Ascend a broker? Will it ever execute my trades?
No. Ascend is a read-only portfolio terminal. It has no path to place a trade. Broker connections default to read-only, and write access — where a broker even offers it — has to be explicitly enabled per broker, per account. We never move your money.
Does Ask Ascend tell me what to buy or sell?
No. Ask Ascend reads filings, transcripts, and the tape, drafts thesis updates, and answers questions — with every claim cited to its source. It surfaces and reasons; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. You accept, edit, or dismiss every draft. The decision is always yours.
How does the Morning Brief work?
Each morning at 7:00, Ascend composes an audio briefing and text digest of your book — what moved, what is at risk, what prints today, and one coaching note. Listen on the commute; the full digest and every cited source is on the desk when you sit down.
How is "Pure Alpha" calculated?
Pure Alpha is your stock-selection return after stripping market beta (vs the S&P 500) and sector tilt. Attribution also splits your return into allocation (your sector bets) and selection (your stock-picking). We show the regression and residuals — nothing is hidden.
Which brokers do you support?
We connect through SnapTrade, which links 20+ brokerages read-only — Robinhood, Schwab, Fidelity, E*TRADE, Webull, Vanguard, Interactive Brokers, and more. We never store your broker credentials, and you can always add positions manually.
Is signup open? Do I need an invite?
Signup is open — no invite code, no waitlist. Start free, connect a broker read-only or enter positions manually, and your trial only starts counting once you have a book.