Use case
M&A Due Diligence
Who runs it
Who this review is for
Legal, corporate development and commercial teams reviewing a target’s documents against a checklist before a transaction or a major contract.
Requirements
Requirements you can run
You write each requirement in your own words. These are examples of the kind a reviewer runs.
- “Show any change-of-control clause in the customer contracts.”
- “Show the current insurance schedule and its expiry date.”
- “Show any litigation or claims disclosed in the board minutes.”
- “Show the termination notice periods in the top supplier agreements.”
Documents it typically reads
- Customer and supplier contracts
- Board minutes
- Insurance schedules
- Corporate records
- Financial statements
- Disclosure letters
How it runs
From upload to decision
Step 1
Upload the data room documents
PDF (including scans), DOCX, XLSX, CSV, HTML or TXT, up to 100 MB each.
Step 2
Add your checklist as requirements
One requirement per checklist item, in your own words.
Step 3
Run it
Each item gets the passage that answers it, with the file and page cited, or a plain statement that nothing in the set addresses it.
Step 4
A named reviewer decides
Each finding is confirmed, rejected or marked for follow-up by a person. The decision is attributed and logged, and the run exports as DOCX, XLSX, CSV or JSON with every finding, its sources and the decision.
Key to findings
- …certificate valid until 2 March 2028…
- Evidence located
- A passage DataStruct could support against the requirement, shown with its file, page and section, or its sheet and rows.
- …annual review completed…
- Cited, not confirmed
- A source the answer relied on that DataStruct could not confirm as support. Listed first, so the reviewer opens it first.
- Related material
- Returned by the search and not used as evidence. Kept apart so it never reads as proof.
- [ no supporting passage ]
- No supporting evidence located
- Nothing in the set supports the requirement. The finding says so and names what is missing.
Only a named person can confirm, reject or mark a finding for follow-up. The decision is attributed and logged. Green is theirs alone: no system state is ever shown in green.
The boundary
What it does not do
- It does not give legal advice or a risk rating. It locates and cites the passages; your team assesses them.
- It does not detect contradictions between documents, or tell which of two versions is current.
- It reads only what is in the data room.
Questions
Common questions
Can it find a clause that is worded unusually?
It searches by meaning as well as keywords, so a clause does not have to use the checklist’s words to be found. It can still miss one, so findings are reviewed.
Where are the documents processed?
In a single US region, and OpenAI is the only AI provider that receives document content. The security page sets out storage, deletion and what we do not claim.
Guides
Further reading
- AI for compliance document review: 8 questions to askBefore an AI tool reviews certificates, policies or contracts for compliance, ask how it cites sources, what it does when evidence is missing, who decides, and what happens to your documents. Here are the eight questions, with our own answers.
- What counts as audit evidence? A practical guide“We do that” is not evidence. What auditors accept, why some evidence carries more weight than other evidence, and how to organise records so that every claim traces back to a document, a page and a date.
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