A leading global management consultancy addressed research inefficiencies by developing an AI-powered strategy co-pilot, designed to enhance how its professionals deliver strategic insights. Faced with challenges such as analysts spending excessive time on research and the need for reliable, real-time knowledge to support their AI tools, the firm collaborated with Exa to integrate live web data into their language learning model (LLM) applications. This integration allowed for real-time knowledge grounding, ensuring that strategic recommendations were based on current market conditions. The firm built scalable knowledge pipelines and utilized Exa's search endpoint for semantic and keyword search capabilities, enabling high accuracy and speed in finding contextually relevant results. The implementation of this co-pilot resulted in analysts spending 30-50% less time on research, thereby increasing productivity and allowing more focus on generating insights and client interaction.