About

A boutique data and AI consultancy, run by the people who do the work.

We build the data platforms that finance and operations teams run the business on, and we judge the work by what it returns. That means a faster close, quicker decisions on numbers everyone trusts, and a clear view of where margin is made and where cash is tied up. The work covers finance data warehouses across ERPs and group planning platforms, master data management on Profisee, reporting in Power BI, and AI use cases on the same data, including agents built with LangGraph.

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Astral Forest at a glance

Founded

2021, in Warsaw

Platforms

Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, BigQuery and Snowflake

Clients

Mid-market and enterprise groups across Europe and on the US East Coast

Delivery

Founder-led, and most projects run at a fixed price

Results from our published case studies in finance data, master data and AI

4 daysfaster monthly close at a global professional services group

13,400estimated hours a year handed back at the same group, where AI now writes the quarterly variance commentary

3.6xthe delivery cost, returned in year one: an estimated 1,570 person-days of manual finance work a year taken back at a global manufacturing group

40%faster product launches at a beverage manufacturer, on Profisee

Who is behind it

The people you will talk to

Michał Dębski, Co-founder

Managing Director and Solution Architect. 15 years inside complex organisations across Europe and beyond, building one reliable version of the numbers, automated reporting and AI assistants that answer business questions. LinkedIn

Stanisław Szostak, Co-founder

Managing Director and Solution Architect. More than ten years leading BI and data programmes for large international companies; he runs our team and the client relationships, and takes the delivery seat when a programme needs one. LinkedIn

How we work

What you can expect from us

Founder-led

You talk directly to the people who design the solution.

A senior team

We don't hire juniors for client projects. The complexity of the work needs people who have done it before. A typical team has a data solution architect, data and infrastructure engineers, BI consultants, a delivery leader and a data advisor.

Assessment, then a fixed price

Every engagement starts with a fixed-price assessment, from one to twelve weeks depending on scope. Most projects then run at a fixed price, so scope and cost are agreed before the build.

Handed over to your team

We hand the solution over to the people who will maintain it, with the knowledge to change it without us.

We say what we see

If the brief asks for a report and the real problem is a missing data warehouse, we say so before we build.

Where we work

From Warsaw, for clients across Europe and on the US East Coast

Clients

In the UK, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe, and on the US East Coast.

Languages

Polish, English and French.

On site

Discovery workshops can run on site.

What we stand for.

Our Values. Our Voice.

Unleash the Flame

Own it. Grow boldly.

We believe in ownership and growth.

Here, everyone is empowered to take initiative, step out of their comfort zone, and act with courage. We encourage you to grow as an individual - and we’ve got your back. Help our clients grow, too - their success is your success.

Stay Rooted in Truth

Be real. Stay grounded.

Honesty is our foundation - with each other, with clients, always.

We don’t pretend. We don’t sugarcoat. Being rooted in truth helps us build trust, make better decisions, and collaborate with clarity.

Many stars -
One constellation

Shine Together

We’re a team of brilliant individuals - each with unique skills, styles, and strengths.

But together, we create something greater than the sum of its parts.We support each other, complement each other, and move as one.

Clients

In their words

PHE / Autodistribution

"The Astral Forest consulting team modernised our BI environment. Astral Forest delivered effectively and efficiently: [...] I strongly recommend working with Astral Forest." Morgane Sinapayen, Head of Business Intelligence and Big Data, PHE / Autodistribution. BI refactoring over 2 billion rows and Power BI for 500 users, 2020 to 2023, so supply chain and pricing teams answer their questions directly in Power BI, on trusted data, instead of via manual exports. See all case studies →

A boutique data and AI consultancy, run by the people who do the work.

The people you will talk to

What you can expect from us

From Warsaw, for clients across Europe and on the US East Coast

Our Values. Our Voice.

Unleash the Flame

We believe in ownership and growth.

Stay Rooted in Truth

Honesty is our foundation - with each other, with clients, always.

Many stars -
One constellation

We’re a team of brilliant individuals - each with unique skills, styles, and strengths.

In their words

Bring one problem to a 30-minute call

We are here to answer your questions

A boutique data and AI consultancy, run by the people who do the work.

The people you will talk to

What you can expect from us

From Warsaw, for clients across Europe and on the US East Coast

Our Values. Our Voice.

Unleash the Flame

We believe in ownership and growth.

Stay Rooted in Truth

Honesty is our foundation - with each other, with clients, always.

Many stars - One constellation

We’re a team of brilliant individuals - each with unique skills, styles, and strengths.

In their words

Bring one problem to a 30-minute call

We are here to answer your questions

Many stars -
One constellation