The analyst who read the whole 10-K.
200K context for full filings, structured output for spreadsheets, and a model that will tell you when your growth assumption is doing all the work.
Read the 10-K. Ask the specific question.
Paste the filing. Ask about revenue recognition changes, capex trends, or a specific footnote. LADLE cites the section it's answering from — no vague summarization.
Sanity-check the model, don't build it.
Paste your assumptions. LADLE stress-tests them — 'your ARPU assumption implies 40% net-retention improvement in the first year, does that match your cohort data?'. It's not a substitute for building the model. It's the analyst who reads it after you.
Explain the number to a non-finance stakeholder.
Convert a covenant clause into what your engineering VP needs to know. Convert a term sheet into a two-column pros/cons list your co-founder can read in 90 seconds. Convert a working-capital problem into the ops action it implies.
A Bloomberg terminal is $2,000/mo and you're not the target market. LADLE is $20/mo, doesn't have market data, and earmarks $8 of your subscription into a meal fund on the road to a real partnership with the hunger-relief charity we select.
Questions.
No. LADLE has cited web search for public information and reads the files you upload. For real-time market data, quote screens, or terminal-level workflows, keep your terminal. For deep reads on filings, memo drafting, and translating finance-speak to non-finance colleagues, LADLE is the better tool.