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Nova — The Business Operating System for Cross-Functional Execution

Manage humans and AI coworkers.

Execute work 2x faster.

The OS for Human + AI teams. Nova AI sets up the workspace, runs the process and executes work autonomously, with no prompt engineering required, so you can turn high-level goals into structured visual processes, align cross-functional and hybrid human-AI teams, and execute initiatives 2x faster.

Free plan available  ·  No credit card  ·  200+ teams over 8 years

Nova · Recurring processes
Process Department Cadence Collaboration
Product RoadmapProductAnnualJEAMCross-functional View process
Product InitiativeProductOn hookJAMCross-functional View process
Marketing InitiativeMarketingOn hookJEAMCross-functional View process
Marketing StrategyMarketingAnnualJEAMCross-functional View process
Sales SprintSalesQuarterlyDSAssignees View process
Client Onboarding → HandoffSales · Account MgmtOn hookDSAssignees View process
Team OnboardingHR · ManagementOn hookDSAssignees View process
Strategy ClarityManagementAnnualCRManagement View process
OKRs & CadenceManagementQuarterlyCRManagement View process
Monthly Business ReviewManagementMonthlyCRManagement View process
Quarterly RocksManagementQuarterlyCRManagement View process
Strategic PlanningManagementAnnualCRManagement View process
Departmental ScorecardHR · ManagementMonthlyCRManagement View process
Leadership HabitsManagementOn hookCRManagement View process
Team ManagementHR · ManagementWeeklyCRManagement View process
Business PlanManagementAnnualCRManagement View process
HiringHR · ManagementOn hookDSAssignees View process
Priority Monthly MeetingManagementMonthlyCRManagement View process
Stakeholder MeetingManagementOn hookCRManagement View process
Round TableManagementMonthlyCRManagement View process
Monthly PlanManagementMonthlyCRManagement View process
Product-to-Marketing HandoffProduct · MarketingOn hookJEAMCross-functional View process
Feedback MeetingProductOn hookJEACross-functional View process
Social Media PlanningMarketingMonthlyEMAssignees View process
Job ScorecardHR · ManagementOn hookDSAssignees View process
Team SurveyHR · ManagementQuarterlyDSCCross-functional View process
Team PulseHR · ManagementMonthlyDSAssignees View process
Client QuestionnaireSalesOn hookDSAssignees View process
Group ManagementManagementWeeklyCRManagement View process
Product RoadmapJEAM
ProductAnnual
Cross-functional View
Product InitiativeJAM
ProductOn hook
Cross-functional View
Marketing InitiativeJEAM
MarketingOn hook
Cross-functional View
Marketing StrategyJEAM
MarketingAnnual
Cross-functional View
Sales SprintDS
SalesQuarterly
Assignees View
Client Onboarding → HandoffDS
Sales · Account MgmtOn hook
Assignees View
Team OnboardingDS
HR · ManagementOn hook
Assignees View
Strategy ClarityCR
ManagementAnnual
Management View
OKRs & CadenceCR
ManagementQuarterly
Management View
Monthly Business ReviewCR
ManagementMonthly
Management View
Quarterly RocksCR
ManagementQuarterly
Management View
Strategic PlanningCR
ManagementAnnual
Management View
Departmental ScorecardCR
HR · ManagementMonthly
Management View
Leadership HabitsCR
ManagementOn hook
Management View
Team ManagementCR
HR · ManagementWeekly
Management View
Business PlanCR
ManagementAnnual
Management View
HiringDS
HR · ManagementOn hook
Assignees View
Priority Monthly MeetingCR
ManagementMonthly
Management View
Stakeholder MeetingCR
ManagementOn hook
Management View
Round TableCR
ManagementMonthly
Management View
Monthly PlanCR
ManagementMonthly
Management View
Product-to-Marketing HandoffJEAM
Product · MarketingOn hook
Cross-functional View
Feedback MeetingJEA
ProductOn hook
Cross-functional View
Social Media PlanningEM
MarketingMonthly
Assignees View
Job ScorecardDS
HR · ManagementOn hook
Assignees View
Team SurveyDSC
HR · ManagementQuarterly
Cross-functional View
Team PulseDS
HR · ManagementMonthly
Assignees View
Client QuestionnaireDS
SalesOn hook
Assignees View
Group ManagementCR
ManagementWeekly
Management View

Set your operations

I manage _ _ _ _

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Meet Nova AI: Your 24/7 Operations Lead

Nova AI is the cross-functional operating system that structures how teams coordinate, decide, and execute together — with AI built in as a true team member that owns part of the work. Think of Nova AI as the Operations Lead and project manager that will build your processes, team rituals and ideal environments for collaborations and progress. Turn your plan into who-does-what-by-when in minutes.

Nova eliminates 90% of operational friction so your hybrid human-AI workforce reaches its goals 2x faster, without losing momentum.

1Describe it

Ask Nova to set up the process.

Describe what you want to get done in your own words, and Nova drafts the process for you and your team.

2Nova builds it

A process built around what usually goes wrong.

Nova plans for the blockers, conflicts, handoffs and approvals that typically slow this kind of work down, so you only adjust what is specific to you and save it as a template to reuse.

3Roles & responsibilities

Everyone knows what they own, AI included.

Every step has a lead and clear collaborators, whether they sit on your team, on the client’s side, or are an AI coworker working inside the guardrails you set.

Nova · Team retro
1 ❤️😌 What went well?

What should we continue doing because it's currently working well? What practices are contributing to progress, keeping the team motivated, and moving in the right direction? 👇 Add one suggestion per sticky note.

2 answers
E Emma
Add a note…
M Maria (Marketing lead)
Our team was working really well together.
❤️ 2 +
A Ana (PM)
We have less meetings and we are now working async a lot more. I feel like I can get a lot more done and think about the strategy much better.
View more
🔥 1 +
2 👎🥺 What didn't go well?

What slowed us down, blocked progress, or drained energy? Name the friction points so we can fix them.

2 ✨ Highlight key features & differentiators — standout capabilities and functional details.

Indicate the 3–5 most compelling features that set this product apart from alternatives. List each on a separate sticky note and vote 👍 on the most impactful ones.

Mark complete for me Mark closed for all
5 answers
RRo
Add a note…
✦Nova AI
Sub-15-min multi-appliance cooking — consistent texture across air fryers, ovens, stovetops. View more
DDavid
This is the wow factor for us. Lead with it in the deck — no competitor is even close.
✦Nova AI
Fermented umami base — proprietary formulation delivering rich savory depth, juicy bite. View more
SSarah
Price parity is the one that removes the biggest reason people don't try plant-based. Huge.
✦Nova AI
Clean-label high-density protein — complete satiety, minimal ingredients. View more
✦Nova AI
Cross-cuisine versatility — flexible centerpiece across diverse recipes. View more
Session · 3 of 5
🚀 Plan your next 30 days for the launch

Now that you've laid the foundation, define your plan for the next 30 days. 🥇 Which actions would you implement first?

TaskAssignedDue
Clarify your positioning 🎯
MMaria Sep 2
📣 Share personal founder story to build trust
+ Add End date…
👥 Define your ICP (Ideal Customer Profile)
DDavid Sep 8
✍️ Collect early testimonials & reviews
+ Add End date…
🌐 Prepare a killer landing page
AAna Sep 12
💌 Build a launch email list
+ Add End date…
Quarterly Plan · 90-Day Goals
90-Day Plan
Quarterly Theme / Focus
One phrase that captures the quarter's push.
Critical Number · The #1 Metric
The single measure that matters most this quarter.
Quarterly Rocks 3–6 Priorities
Priority (What)KPI / MeasurableWho (Accountable)
1e.g. Launch self-serve onboarding80% of new users activateA. Rivera
2   
3   
Team Pulse25 of 28 respondedAnonymousCloses Fri, 5:00 PM
1
The project is well organised, responsibilities are clear and I have what I need to do my best work.
Clarity1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree
01Strongly disagree
12Disagree
43Neutral
144Agree
65Strongly agree
View participant scores
2
I feel productive, motivated and I have enough time and resources to deliver things on time.
Time management1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree
11Strongly disagree
42Disagree
73Neutral
94Agree
45Strongly agree
View participant scores

SWOT Analysis

Internal
External
Helpful
Harmful

Strengths

Internal advantages you can build on.

Weaknesses

Internal gaps to improve or protect.

Opportunities

External openings you can capture.

Threats

External risks to prepare for.

Competitive Analysis · Whiteboard
Branding
Tone, tag lines, site
Playful, direct copy · lots of green
Emoji-heavy · founder-led
Corporate blue · tag: "operations, simplified"
Value Prop
How they solve the pain
"Do less to get more" — automation-first👍
All-in-one dashboards
AI copilots (still vague)
Content
Blog, PR, social, YT
Weekly newsletter · 15k subs
LinkedIn thought leadership
Price
& promotions
$99 / seat / mo
Free tier · 3 users👍
Annual: 20% off
4Cross-functional work

Departments work together without anyone chasing.

Retros, meetings, task lists, 90-day plans, team surveys and whiteboard sessions reach the right people at the right moment, so everyone can see what is theirs while Nova keeps the work moving.

BoardListDashboardPeopleAI plan
AI rulesAdd a goal
2Working4Coming up5Done2Need you
#workstartdueAIAI progressactions
1SWOT AnalysisSessionSep 14Sep 15Research AIDone
2Competitor's StrategySessionSep 16Sep 18Research AIDone
3Competitor's StrategySessionSep 16Sep 18Data AIDone
4Brainstorming: Marketing strategySessionSep 17Sep 22Research AIDone
5Brainstorming: Marketing strategySessionSep 17Sep 22Copy AIPaused
6Audience & ValueSessionSep 21Sep 26Research AIDone
7Audience & ValueSessionSep 21Sep 26Copy AIWorking
8Summarise interview notesTaskSep 22Sep 25Research AIWorking
9ChannelsTask——Copy AINot startedAfter Audience & ValueNova AI decides
10Build Assets & LaunchTaskSep 29Oct 3Copy AIBlocked
11Build Assets & LaunchTaskSep 29Oct 3Data AINo credits
12Execution rhythmSessionSep 28Sep 28Research AINot startedOn Sep 28When it’s readyNova AI decides
13Review & optimizeSessionOct 1Oct 2Research AINot startedManualNova AI decides
Nothing here right now.
5AI coworkers

AI works as a teammate, inside your guardrails.

Nova AI picks up its steps without being prompted, follows your process and works alongside the team in real time, while you decide what it can do alone and what needs a human sign-off.

Open the AI’s work plan to see what each AI coworker has done, what it’s on now and what’s coming up — and pause it, restart it or take it off a step.

6Async meetings

Meet less without leaving anyone waiting.

Move meetings async in a way that stays collaborative and on time, so nobody on the team is blocked waiting for the next free slot in your calendar.

7Governance & decision log

Every decision lands in one log.

Progress, conclusions and decisions are captured where the work happened, so nothing gets debated twice and anyone can see what was agreed and why.

8Adapt with Nova AI

Change the plan as fast as reality changes.

Tell Nova AI what changed and it reshapes the process around your goal, moving sessions, adding steps and keeping the right people in the loop.

Systemize execution.
Empower autonomous teams.

Bring processes, governance, decision rights, and cross-functional teams under one roof with Nova. Our AI platform orchestrates complex processes so teams, clients, AI coworkers and stakeholders deliver results seamlessly—without silos or unnecessary meetings.

Here's what it actually does:

Builds the process for your team to win

It sets up clear, proven processes so teams work together with clarity — making progress inevitable.

Connects humans and AI coworkers

It routes work between your internal team, external clients, partners, and AI agents — so everyone knows their exact role.

Eliminates unnecessary meetings

Nova AI brings people in only when it's their turn to make a decision or lead a step — not for another 60-minute sync.

Enforces accountability on autopilot

It tracks deadlines, defines decision rights, sends reminders to stakeholders, and keeps decisions held — so nothing sits waiting in someone's inbox.

Breaks silos between departments

Cross-functional collaboration built into every process — so marketing, product, sales, and operations work as one system, not four separate teams.

1x 8x

Increase velocity 2–8x

When decisions land, handoffs route, and AI handles the prep work — the same team moves 2 to 8 times faster on the work that matters.

Drive growth through productivity

When your team spends less time coordinating and more time executing, output compounds — and the business grows without adding headcount.

Increase autonomy

People know what they own, what's expected, and what comes next — so they move without checking in, and you stop being the bottleneck.

What happens when leaders stop being the glue

"We went from being stuck — with me having to be everywhere and overworking — to I'm working part-time and we opened a new office. What Nova gave me is time back to think, to grow, to achieve."

Alejandra, Co-founder & COO
Creixent

"It made my team proactive. They could start a project and move to next steps without waiting for me, while AI owned parts of the process and worked with them to our standards, without being prompted, so the workload dropped. We also gather client feedback async — it's helped us move faster and given the team confidence to take ownership."

Derek
Principal

Questions, answered.

Nova AI is the Business Operating System for cross-functional and hybrid human-AI teams — where cross-functional strategy becomes who-does-what-by-when, decision ownership sits with the people accountable, and AI coworkers carry pieces of the work between people. Without the prompting, and without the micromanaging.

Processes aren't just documented — they're lived. Leaders don't babysit. Decisions don't wait for meetings. Teams don't wonder. Nova connects people across departments and stakeholders in real time — when they need to review, provide feedback, approve, or execute.

Nova is built for any company of roughly 10 to 800+ people where the work between teams has become the thing slowing everyone down. The industry doesn't matter — what matters is that your team needs structure to move faster. For example, we work with scaling startups, agencies, pharma companies, banks, universities, non-profits, and franchises. Some companies use it across the whole organisation; others start with the departments where cross-functional collaboration is most complex — like product, marketing, operations, or client-facing teams.

Nova might not be the right fit if:

  • You're a team of 5 or fewer — at that size you can usually still manage work effectively without much structure. Teams this small tend to use Nova when they collaborate with clients and partners and that collaboration gets complex.
  • You want a simple task list or project tracker — Nova is an execution system, not a to-do app.
  • You're not ready to define how your team actually works — Nova requires clarity, and that starts with you.
  • Your team isn't comfortable working outside spreadsheets and docs yet.
  • You're looking for a tool to automate emails or activities between multiple tools.

If that's you today — bookmark us. When the work between teams becomes the thing slowing you down, that's when we should talk.

At Nova you can create AI coworkers to work with you and your team. Each coworker can be assigned to steps and work sessions — to brainstorm with the team, find information, turn ideas into deliverables like presentations and documents, and more.

Nova's AI coworkers don't have to be prompted, and don't work as individual assistants — they're another team member with a role and responsibilities within the process. The work done by AI is signed by AI, so the human team never uses AI's work without double-checking or doing their part.

  • Faster results — team and company objectives ship 2× to 10× faster, because handoffs stop stalling and decisions don't wait for the next meeting.
  • Fewer meetings — teams typically cut meetings by 20% to 80%. The process holds the state, so you stop syncing to figure out where things stand.
  • Structure and clarity — everyone knows what needs to happen, who owns it, and what comes next. No more "wait, whose job was this?" in every meeting.
  • No more silos — departments stop working as separate islands. Cross-functional work is built into the process, not bolted on with recurring syncs.
  • Works for hybrid and remote teams — the operational structure distributed teams need to collaborate with clarity. Ownership, handoffs, and next steps live in the process, so work keeps moving when someone's offline or in another timezone.
  • Confident new hires — they ramp in half the time, knowing how things are done here without needing to bother five people to find out.
  • Scalability — the company can hire and keep the know-how, and work multiplies because chaos doesn't.
  • A team culture that's real — culture stops living in a poster and starts living in the discipline, rituals and habits your team actually runs.
  • AI as a real team member — it works alongside the team, follows how your company works, and doesn't have to be prompted or supervised.
  • More capacity from the same team — Nova AI acts as a coworker and takes on the work your people would otherwise have to prompt an AI tool to do, so their hours go to the decisions and work only they can do.
  • Finished work, without the inter-departmental drag — projects and company goals slip when no one has the authority to keep cross-functional teams moving. Nova AI does, and it manages the process between departments and teams until the work is done.
  • Better client experience — collaborating with clients, gathering information, and getting proposals approved becomes seamless. When your client is a group, everyone gets a clear agenda and reminders — branded with your company logo.

You start leading. When the structure does the work you used to do manually, every dimension of how the team operates shifts.

  • Clarity — Every initiative has a clear path — milestones, owners, and next steps the whole team can see and follow.
    Before: Strategy lives in a deck. The team has a different interpretation of what it means every week.
  • Accountability — Every work session and decision has a lead — with clear responsibilities defined for every collaborator involved. No chasing. No guessing.
    Before: "I thought you were handling that." Ownership is assumed, never confirmed.
  • Decisions — Every decision is logged with context, owner, and date. It doesn't get re-litigated. It holds.
    Before: Decisions get made, re-made, and debated again. Nobody is sure what was actually agreed.
  • Approvals — Decision rights and governance are defined upfront. The right people sign off at the right moment — no informal approvals, no assumptions.
    Before: Approvals happen informally — or not at all. Key sign-offs get missed or assumed.
  • Silos — Cross-functional work is structured, visible, and collaborative. Less duplication. Less meetings.
    Before: Departments operate in isolation. Information is siloed. Misalignment shows up too late.
  • Collaboration — Every voice is heard — structured input means ideas surface based on quality, not confidence or rank.
    Before: The loudest voices dominate. Seniority overrides good ideas. Quieter team members disengage.
  • Autonomy — Teams act with autonomy within clear boundaries. Leadership is freed up for the work only they can do.
    Before: Everything routes back to leadership. The team waits before acting. Decisions stall.
  • Motivation — Teams see their work moving. Wins are visible. Contribution is recognised. Momentum is real.
    Before: People feel busy but purposeless. Progress is invisible. Energy and morale quietly erode.
  • Culture — Culture becomes the habits and rituals the team actually runs — repeated, structured, and real.
    Before: Culture lives in a values poster. It's referenced in all-hands and forgotten by Tuesday.

Yes — our team has multiple plans available. We integrate fast, operate at your level, and deliver outcomes that hold up at scale. Whether you need onboarding support, hands-on implementation, or ongoing coaching, we've got you covered.

Talk to one of our experts →

Our pricing is available at app.novatools.org/pricing. We also have enterprise packages and support, plus a set of packages that include training, support, and the platform — some of which are available at novatools.org/our-services.

We recommend talking to one of our experts, as we can adapt our packages and support based on your complexity. From fractured systems to siloed teams, we identify what's not working, build operational infrastructure that scales, and lead the execution to make it real. We don't just advise — we implement.

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Stop chasing cross-department alignment.
Let AI run the process today.

Join 500+ operations leaders who eliminated execution bottlenecks in under 30 days.

Free plan available · No credit card · Implementation support included · 200+ teams over 8 years

The no-risk guarantee

Test it on your worst cross-department project this week. If it doesn’t eliminate at least 5 hours of coordination drag and get your teams aligned faster than your last status meeting, stop using it. Zero risk.

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