After $250M Metaco exit, serial founders unveil Supervised to redefine the role of managers in the era of AI

Serial entrepreneurs launch platform that extends manager span of control from 10 to 30 direct reports, already transforming operations for Fortune 500 clients

Zurich, March 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Modern organizations face a crippling design flaw: each new management layer adds weeks to decision cycles and millions in costs, while trapping critical knowledge in bureaucratic silos.The root cause is not technology or strategy, but a biological limitation. With a natural ‘span of control ceiling’ of typically 10 direct reports, growing organizations are forced to add layers that create friction, dilute strategic intent, and slow decision velocity.

Today, Supervised is emerging from stealth to tackle this problem by reengineering how management functions. Founded by Adrien Treccani and Seamus Donoghue, the serial entrepreneurs behind the $250M Metaco acquisition, Supervised has already been quietly deployed by Fortune 500 companies across financial services, manufacturing, and technology.

Supervised founders: Seamus Donoghue and Adrien Treccani,

Supervised’s breakthrough platform uses advanced voice AI to automatically capture, structure, and route critical operational insights – eliminating the need for managers to act as information bottlenecks. Traditionally, managers spend 30% of their time in status meetings, manually gathering and relaying updates. With Supervised, that intelligence is surfaced in real time, freeing leaders to focus on high-value strategic decisions. Early adopters have achieved the previously impossible: expanding manager span of control from 10 to 30 direct reports while reducing decision cycles from weeks to days.

Fresh from their $250M exit to Ripple, Treccani and Donoghue built Supervised from first hand experience. “After scaling Metaco from 10 people to post-acquisition integration with 1,000 employees, we discovered management structures become the biggest obstacle to success for growing organizations,” said Adrien Treccani, CEO of Supervised. “When a manager hits their biological limit of 7-10 direct reports, companies add layers that slow down everything. Our platform breaks this fundamental constraint, enabling radically flatter organizations that maintain startup speed at enterprise scale.”

Rapid adoption by major enterprises – including leading companies across financial services, manufacturing, and technology sectors – signals strong market validation for the platform. Early customers have reported dramatic improvements in decision velocity, reduced overhead costs, and better operational clarity. Companies can now scale horizontally rather than vertically, recapturing the agility of a startup while maintaining enterprise-level operational discipline.

Supervised’s impact extends beyond just efficiency gains. Its platform acts as a real-time intelligence layer, helping enterprises maintain business continuity during organizational changes, preserve critical institutional knowledge, and reduce the risk of key-person dependency. For regulated industries, Supervised also enhances governance and compliance by ensuring operational knowledge is properly documented and surfaced at the right moment.

“We’re building the foundation for next-generation enterprise operations,” said Seamus Donoghue, CCO of Supervised. “By creating a unified intelligence layer that connects human insight with automation capabilities, we’re enabling organizations to scale their operations while maintaining proper governance and control. The strong early adoption we’re seeing validates our vision of transforming how enterprises capture and leverage their operational intelligence.”

Supervised’s timing couldn’t be more critical. With forty million baby boomers retiring in the next decade and the rise of remote work disrupting real-time knowledge sharing, enterprises face an unprecedented risk of losing institutional intelligence. It’s estimated that Fortune 500 companies lose $31.5B* annually due to critical knowledge exiting their organizations. Meanwhile, companies are increasingly reliant on independent contractors and freelancers, creating additional knowledge retention challenges as contracts end and expertise walks out the door.

The market opportunity here is substantial. Global AI Knowledge Management Market is projected to reach $60B by 2033**, growing at 25% annually. Supervised’s platform represents the convergence of AI, organizational science, and the growing recognition that legacy management structures are the biggest barrier to enterprise agility.

“Every organization above 100 people faces this constraint – you either transform how management functions or watch nimbler competitors run circles around you,” added Adrien Treccani. “With our experienced team that has successfully built and scaled enterprise software, we’re giving organizations the power to finally break free from the management structures that are holding them back.”

Looking ahead, with strong early customer traction and a proven founding team, Supervised is positioned to fundamentally redefine the management model. By transforming management from an evolutionary dead end into a strategic advantage, Supervised is helping enterprises break free from the bureaucratic structures that have constrained their ability to move fast, make better decisions, and operate at their full potential.

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* Knowledge loss is a $30 billion problem – Fast Company
** AI in Knowledge Management Market to hit USD 62 bn by 2033

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About Supervised
Supervised is an AI-powered Enterprise Intelligence Platform transforms how organizations capture and leverage their operational intelligence. Through sophisticated voice AI agents, we eliminate the 30% of management time typically spent on status meetings while building the essential foundation for enterprise AI transformation. For more information about Supervised, visit https://www.supervised.com/ or follow via LinkedIn.

CONTACT: For further information please contact the Supervised press office: Bilal Mahmood on b.mahmood@stockwoodstrategy.com or +44 (0) 771 400 7257.