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Why 180ops Doesn’t Rely on Neural Networks

Written by Marilyn Starkenberg | Oct 20, 2025 1:33:51 PM

 

 

Neural networks and large language models are everywhere right now, promising to revolutionize how we analyze, predict, and decide. They can recognize patterns, make correlations, and even generate human-like responses.

But when it comes to enterprise management data, where stability, traceability, and trust are nonnegotiable, these systems often fail to deliver what is really needed.

At 180ops, we have built our platform on advanced mathematical modeling, not neural networks. Here is why:

 

1. Neural networks drift over time

Neural networks are constantly learning. That might sound like an advantage, but it also means their outputs change.

We have seen companies run the same model month after month and get different results, even for historical data. KPIs that looked one way last quarter might suddenly change the next. In management, where performance is measured and decisions are audited, this kind of instability is a major risk.

Our models stay stable, traceable, and repeatable. The same input always produces the same outcome.

 

2. They cannot guarantee traceable outcomes

Neural networks generate answers, not evidence. They were never designed to create data that can be verified and traced back to its source.

One day the result might be close to correct, the next it might not be. For leadership teams that depend on accurate and consistent figures, that level of uncertainty is not acceptable.

Our modeling approach is built on mathematics that ensure transparency and repeatability. Every number can be traced back to its logic and its data source.

 

3. They depend on user feedback loops

Neural networks learn from what users tell them is correct. In business settings, that means the model’s understanding depends on how individual people label outcomes or give feedback.

In sales or customer analytics, this introduces bias. The model starts reflecting personal habits or assumptions rather than objective reality.

At 180ops, we create data as a product. That means the data itself is designed to be consistent, measurable, and independent of subjective human inputs.

 

4. We needed something sustainable

Our enterprise clients operate in highly secure and regulated environments. They expect their management data to be reliable, auditable, and stable over time.

That is why we built 180ops on a foundation of advanced mathematics. Our models are systematic and sustainable. They do not shift, drift, or rewrite history. They produce the same dependable truth every time.

 

5. Where neural networks do fit in

Neural networks and large language models have real value when used in the right way.

At 180ops, we use them to translate data into insights. For example, when our models calculate a customer’s buying readiness or churn risk, an LLM such as Copilot can turn that data into plain language guidance for sales teams.

The key is that the underlying data itself comes from a stable and verifiable source. That is what makes the story accurate.

Here's a brief video of 180ops co-founder and CPO, Toni Keskinen, summing up what you need to know about analytics, revenue intelligence, and neural networks: 

 

 

In short

Neural networks are excellent at making sense of data that already exists. But they are not built to create the kind of structured, verifiable, and sustainable data that management decisions rely on.

At 180ops, we focus on building the foundation first — the numbers, models, and logic that stay consistent over time. Only when that base is solid do we apply AI to interpret and communicate what it means.

That is what makes our insights reliable. They do not drift, they do not rewrite history, and they give leaders the confidence to act on facts rather than fluctuations. Thanks to today's constant uncertainty, stability and trust must be seen as a competitive advantage.