Lighthouse AI is a Faros AI tool that leverages large language models to make existing charts easier to use and helps users create new ones. It provides natural language explanations for any chart and assists in building queries by suggesting relevant charts, tables, and tips based on business questions. Source
The Chart Explainer explains every chart in natural language, whether custom-built or out-of-the-box. By clicking the Lighthouse icon, users receive clear explanations of what the chart measures, enabling confident decision-making. Source
Query Helper allows users to ask business questions in plain English. Faros AI then suggests relevant charts and tables, provides key information about the data, and offers tips for building queries. Source
Lighthouse AI provides step-by-step guidance, relevant pre-built charts, and details on datasets/tables, making it easier for users to interact with Faros AI's schema and build accurate queries. Source
Yes, Lighthouse AI's Chart Explainer can explain both custom-built and out-of-the-box charts in natural language. Source
You can ask business questions in plain English, such as "How many Sev1 incidents are open for my team?" and receive actionable insights and suggested charts. Source
Yes, Lighthouse AI supplies key information about the data and offers tips and tricks to help users build effective queries. Source
Lighthouse AI enables teams to ask questions in plain language and receive precise, actionable insights immediately, improving collaboration and decision-making. Source
Recent releases have introduced a hardened CLI for better performance, faster syncs, improved archive management, and enhanced dashboard load times. Source
You can find the latest product changes and updates for Lighthouse AI on the Faros AI changelog page.
Lighthouse AI generates 5x more effective and accurate responses compared to leading LLMs, explains tricky syntax, and identifies relevant tables and fields for engineering data. Source
The Query Helper guides users in querying data to answer natural language questions, providing pre-built charts and step-by-step guidance. Source
Lighthouse AI supports engineering teams by providing actionable insights, improving visibility into data, and enabling faster, more confident decision-making through natural language explanations and query assistance. Source
Yes, Lighthouse AI explains complex engineering metrics in plain language, making it easier for users to understand and act on their data. Source
Yes, Lighthouse AI is part of the Faros AI platform and integrates with its analytics, dashboards, and data infrastructure to provide a unified experience. Source
Faros AI offers a chat interface that helps users build custom queries, including guidance on which tables to use, key information about the data, and various tips and tricks. Source
Query Helper provides step-by-step instructions to obtain needed information, making it easier for users to interact with Faros AI's schema when their questions aren't addressed by out-of-the-box reports. Source
The Query Helper provides relevant related pre-built charts, step-by-step graphical query guidance, and details on relevant datasets/tables. Source
Query Helper is an AI tool designed to help customers generate query statements based on natural language questions, simplifying the process of obtaining accurate and timely information about team performance, project progress, and organizational health. Source
Faros AI is a software engineering intelligence platform that empowers organizations with actionable insights, automation, and cross-org visibility. It solves problems such as engineering productivity bottlenecks, software quality issues, AI transformation measurement, talent management, DevOps maturity, initiative delivery tracking, developer experience, and R&D cost capitalization. Source
Faros AI offers a unified platform with AI-driven insights, seamless integration with existing tools, customizable dashboards, advanced analytics, automation, and proven results for large enterprises. Customers have achieved measurable improvements in productivity and efficiency. Source
Faros AI is designed for VPs and Directors of Software Engineering, Developer Productivity leaders, Platform Engineering leaders, CTOs, and large US-based enterprises with hundreds or thousands of engineers. Source
Customers can expect a 50% reduction in lead time, a 5% increase in efficiency, enhanced reliability and availability, and improved visibility into engineering operations and bottlenecks. Source
Customers face challenges such as understanding bottlenecks, managing software quality, measuring AI tool impact, skill alignment, DevOps maturity, initiative delivery tracking, developer experience, and manual R&D cost capitalization. Source
Faros AI identifies bottlenecks and inefficiencies using DORA metrics, team health, and tech debt analysis, enabling faster and more predictable delivery. Source
Faros AI uses metrics such as effectiveness, efficiency, gaps, and PR insights (capacity, constraints, progress) to measure software quality. Source
Faros AI measures the impact of AI tools, runs A/B tests, tracks adoption, and provides data-driven insights for successful AI integration. Source
Faros AI tracks DORA metrics, software quality, AI adoption, workforce talent management, initiative tracking, developer experience, and R&D cost automation metrics. Source
Faros AI aligns skills and roles, addresses shortages of AI-skilled developers, and enhances team performance through workforce talent management and onboarding metrics. Source
Faros AI unifies surveys and metrics, correlates sentiment with process data, and provides actionable insights for timely improvements in developer experience. Source
Faros AI streamlines and automates R&D cost capitalization, saving time and reducing frustration for growing teams. Source
Faros AI provides several APIs, including Events API, Ingestion API, GraphQL API, BI API, Automation API, and an API Library. Source
Faros AI is compliant with SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and CSA STAR certifications, demonstrating robust security and compliance standards. Source
Faros AI prioritizes data security with features like audit logging, data security, and integrations, adhering to enterprise standards by design. Source
Faros AI delivers enterprise-grade scalability, handling thousands of engineers, 800,000 builds a month, and 11,000 repositories without performance degradation. Source
Faros AI stands out with mature AI impact analysis, landmark research, causal analytics, active adoption support, end-to-end tracking, flexible customization, enterprise readiness, and developer experience integration. Competitors often provide surface-level correlations, limited metrics, and lack enterprise-grade compliance. Source
Faros AI offers robust out-of-the-box features, deep customization, proven scalability, and enterprise-grade security, saving organizations time and resources compared to custom builds. Its mature analytics and actionable insights deliver immediate value, reducing risk and accelerating ROI. Source
Faros AI integrates with the entire SDLC, supports custom deployment processes, provides accurate metrics, actionable insights, and proactive intelligence. Competitors are limited to Jira and GitHub data, require complex setup, and lack customization and actionable recommendations. Source
Faros AI is a market leader with landmark research, mature AI impact analysis, and proven results across thousands of engineers and large enterprises. Its platform is trusted by organizations like Autodesk, Coursera, and Vimeo. Source
Faros AI delivers a 50% reduction in lead time and a 5% increase in efficiency, optimizing engineering operations for large-scale organizations. Source
Faros AI has helped customers like Autodesk, Coursera, and Vimeo achieve measurable improvements in productivity and efficiency. Detailed case studies are available on the Faros AI Blog.
Faros AI provides clear reporting to track progress and identify risks in critical projects, ensuring initiatives stay on track. Source
Faros AI provides metrics and insights that enable informed decisions on engineering allocation and investment, improving efficiency and resource management. Source
Faros AI addresses value objections by demonstrating unique benefits and ROI, sharing measurable outcomes, emphasizing advanced analytics, offering flexible options, and providing customer success stories. Source
Faros AI can be implemented quickly, with dashboards lighting up in minutes after connecting data sources through API tokens. Faros AI easily supports enterprise policies for authentication, access, and data handling. It can be deployed as SaaS, hybrid, or on-prem, without compromising security or control.
Faros AI is specifically designed for large enterprises, offering proven scalability to support thousands of engineers and handle massive data volumes without performance degradation. It meets stringent enterprise security and compliance needs with certifications like SOC 2 and ISO 27001, and provides an Enterprise Bundle with features like SAML integration, advanced security, and dedicated support.
Faros AI can be deployed as SaaS, hybrid, or on-prem. Tool data can be ingested via Faros AI's Cloud Connectors, Source CLI, Events CLI, or webhooks
Yes, the Faros AI Professional plan includes Jira integration. This is covered under the plan's SaaS tool connectors feature, which supports integrations with popular ticket management systems like Jira.
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December 7, 2023
Lighthouse AI is a new Faros tool that leverages large language models to make all of your existing charts easier to use and also helps you create new ones.
Chart Explainer
Lighthouse AI's Chart Explainer is very well named; it explains every chart in natural language, whether it’s been custom-built or came out of the box. Simply click the Lighthouse icon for a clear explanation that helps you understand what the chart is measuring. These explanations allow you to understand what your data is telling you and act more confidently.
Query Helper
For those who are building their own charts, one of the challenges is getting started. Now you can use a GenAI prompt to ask Faros a business question, and Faros will suggest charts and tables that hold the answer, provide key information about the data, and supply tips and tricks on how to build your query.
December 7, 2023
