Yes but it's not really about the number crunching itself (NN's or something else), but more about modelling the "wider world" ("macro") outside the company tha

Yes but it's not really about the number crunching itself (NN's or something else), but more about modelling the "wider world" ("macro") outside the company that could drive its business. Like if you wanted to project an oil company's cash flows into the future, you'd do a lot of analysis and number crunching on things like IEA projections, known oil reserves, risk scenario analysis and the like.