Features · For leaders
Your company's pulse, in one message a week
Tessa sums up what needs you: blocked or overdue tasks, clients waiting for an answer, outstanding invoices in Holded, metrics and cash, plus a suggestion for where to start.
You run the company and hear about problems once they're already problems
Running a small business means information coming at you from everywhere: email, Slack, the invoicing tool, the bank, meetings. What you don't get is the big picture: what's stuck, which payments are slipping, which client has been waiting for days.
The usual fix is to ask everyone for status reports or to watch who's doing what. The first eats your team's time; the second destroys trust and, in much of Europe, runs into employment and data protection law. There's a better way.
How it works with Tessa
- 1
Tessa reviews shared work
Tasks in the company space (which the whole team can already see), public channels and your own email.
- 2
She adds company figures
If connected: outstanding and overdue invoices from Holded, Stripe metrics and your bank balances.
- 3
She writes the pulse
A short summary of what's urgent, what's blocked, money owed and a suggestion for what to handle first.
- 4
It reaches you anywhere
In the app, on Slack and, if you turn it on, as a phone notification.
What you get
- The big pictureWork, clients and money in one message.
- Where to startNot just what's happening, but what to do first.
- No reports to chaseYour team doesn't have to prepare anything.
- No surveillanceNever includes individual metrics, anyone's hours, or what people read or write.
- Company-level numbersCollections, cash and metrics are always aggregated, never per person.
An example
For instance: “Two Operations tasks blocked since Thursday, one for a client delivery due Monday. €4,300 in overdue invoices, the largest from Orbe (32 days). A client has been waiting on their proposal since Tuesday. I'd start by unblocking the delivery and chasing the Orbe invoice.”
Why there are no per-person metrics
It's a design decision we won't change at a customer's request. Measuring people one by one (hours, messages, activity) breeds mistrust, pushes people to work for the metric and, in Spain and the wider EU, carries serious legal implications. The pulse follows the work: what's stuck and what needs a decision.
Pairs well with commitment tracking
Because tasks from meetings carry an owner and a due date, the pulse can tell you which agreed items are slipping without anyone filing an update. The owners get their own reminders first, so by the time something shows up in your pulse it genuinely needs attention.
What Tessa reads for each person stays private, your data is stored in the EU and nothing goes out without your approval.
Frequently asked questions
Who gets the pulse?
Company owners and admins. Each receives it with their own email as context, plus what's shared.
Can I see what each employee is doing?
No. Tessera offers no individual metrics for managers. The pulse covers the work (tasks, blockers, clients, payments), not the people.
Do I need Holded or a bank connected?
No. Without them the pulse focuses on work and clients. With Holded, banks or Stripe connected (beta), it adds collections, cash and metrics sections.
How often does it arrive?
Weekly. You can also ask Tessa at any time, “what's blocked?” or “which invoices are outstanding?”.
Which plan includes it?
The paid plans. You can try it free for 14 days.
Keep reading
- FeaturesIf they go quiet, Tessa remembers for youTell Tessa “follow up if they don't reply in 3 days” and she'll have the reminder drafted in the same thread, ready to send. Start for free.
- GuidesHow to coordinate across teams without adding more meetingsHow to coordinate departments without filling the calendar: visible dependencies, one owner per task, one place for blockers and a weekly pulse.
- IndustriesAI for software companies where product, engineering, sales and CS no longer share a roomPlanning and retro notes with owned tasks, follow-through across product, sales and CS, and faster engineer onboarding. No surveillance. Try it.
- FeaturesBetaYour MRR and failed payments, without opening StripeConnect Stripe with a read-only key and Tessa tracks your MRR, new subscriptions, churn and failed payments, and flags what matters. (Beta)
- IndustriesAn AI assistant for consultancies that sell and deliver their timeTessa takes notes on your client meetings, drafts the recap with next steps ready to send and chases proposals that got no reply. Try it free.
- GuidesHow to prioritize tasks when everything feels urgentLearn to prioritize work tasks with the Eisenhower matrix, three daily priorities and a weekly review, with practical examples for small teams.
What does your team look like?
Same AI for both. Where you start is what changes.
- Best fit for this page
Companies
30 to 250 people
What gets decided gets done
Minutes and tasks from every meeting, commitments that get followed up and a pulse per team, without watching anyone.
Startups
5 to 30 people
Grow without losing the thread
Tasks from email and Slack, follow-ups, sales and investors, without everything landing on the founders.
Connect your company and get your first pulse this week.
Start freeFree plan for teams of up to 3 people. Anything that leaves the company waits for your approval.