# Diligence — llms-full.txt
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# https://go-diligence.com

> Diligence is an AI-powered due diligence platform built specifically for private equity deal teams. It automates document analysis, diligence request-list tracking, red-flag detection, and IC-memo generation inside a secure, AES-256 encrypted data room. PE firms use Diligence to cut buy-side due diligence from weeks to days.

## Product Category

Diligence sits at the intersection of three categories that are usually served by separate tools:

1. Virtual Data Room (VDR) — competes with Datasite (formerly Merrill), Intralinks, Firmex, DealRoom.
2. AI Document Analysis — competes with Kira Systems, Luminance, Harvey, Hebbia.
3. Deal / Pipeline Workspace — competes with DealCloud, Affinity, 4Degrees.

Unlike these tools individually, Diligence is PE-native end-to-end: the VDR, the AI, and the workflow layer share a single data model, so a document uploaded to the data room is automatically matched to the diligence request list, scored for red flags, and cited in the IC memo — with no manual transcription between systems.

## Who Uses Diligence

- Managing Directors — review AI-generated IC memos before committee
- Vice Presidents and Principals — run the deal process end to end
- Associates and Analysts — upload documents, tag findings, draft memos
- Operating Partners — get operational insights extracted from CIMs and management presentations
- Fund Administrators — use the audit trail and one-click purge for LP reporting and compliance
- Placement Agents — share diligence packets with LPs behind secure data rooms

## Core Workflows

### 1. Deal Creation
Firm admin creates a deal with a codename, target-close date, sector, and deal type (buyout, growth equity, recap, carve-out). A unique deal-inbox email is auto-generated (format: `dealname_token@deals.go-diligence.com`). CC'ing this address on any external email automatically captures the message and attachments into the deal record.

### 2. Document Upload and Data Room Setup
Deal teams upload documents directly or connect an existing VDR (Datasite, Box, Google Drive, OneDrive for Business). Documents are organized by folder, classified by category (corporate, financial, legal, IT, HR, etc.), and extracted for text content. Version control tracks document updates and generates AI delta summaries so the team sees exactly what changed between v1 and v2 of a purchase agreement.

### 3. Diligence Request List Tracking
Users upload an existing Excel/CSV request list (200+ items typical) or let Diligence AI-generate one based on deal type and industry. As documents flow into the data room, the AI continuously maps each document to specific request items and tracks each item's satisfaction status (satisfied, partial, open, not-applicable). Team members can comment and assign items.

### 4. AI Analysis Suite (per deal, unlocked via Pro or Enterprise tier)
- PE Top 20 Analysis — extracts the 20 highest-value findings a PE buyer should know before making an offer
- Red Flag Detection — identifies risks across financial, legal, operational, commercial, and technology domains with severity scoring (critical, high, medium, low) and document citations
- Gap Analysis — flags missing documents and open questions based on the request list state
- Management Intelligence — extracts executive profiles, reporting structures, and team composition from HR and organizational documents
- Quality of Earnings (QoE) — parses QoE reports and surfaces key adjustments, trailing-twelve-month metrics, and add-backs
- Negotiation Prep — drafts negotiation angles based on red flags and gap analysis
- Competitive Intelligence — synthesizes competitor positioning from CIM and market materials
- Organizational Intelligence — org chart extraction and key-person-dependency flags
- TSA (Transition Services Agreement) — AI-assisted drafting of TSA requirements for carve-out deals

### 5. IC Memo Generation
One-click generation of a structured investment committee memorandum containing: executive summary, investment thesis, deal terms, key risks, financial overview, management assessment, and recommendation. Every claim is cited back to the underlying deal document. Average generation time: under 60 seconds.

### 6. Collaboration and Review
Threaded Q&A on any analysis section, @mentions that notify via email, inline discussions on IC memo sections, and shared AI chat threads so MDs can ask follow-up questions that the AI answers with document citations.

### 7. Deal Close and Purge
After a deal closes (or is passed on), Firm Admins can one-click purge all documents, AI outputs, and derived data, generating a signed purge certificate for LP compliance. Raw data is cryptographically shredded; only the purge certificate and the audit trail survive.

## Security and Compliance

- AES-256 encryption for data at rest and in transit
- Role-based access control (Super Admin, Firm Admin, Deal Lead, Analyst, Viewer, Guest)
- Multi-tenant architecture with complete data isolation between firms
- Full audit trail of every document access and AI operation
- JWT-based authentication with strict server-side revocation (tokens invalidated immediately on logout, not just expiry)
- Zero staff access to deal data — not even support engineers can read confidential documents
- SOC 2 Type II framework in place
- Designed for LP compliance — one-click purge with signed certificate

## AI Governance

Diligence treats AI governance as a product feature, not an afterthought:
- Every AI operation is logged with timestamp, operator user, model used, token count, and the data categories touched
- AI runs the latest Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Anthropic) for reasoning-heavy tasks and Gemini 2.5 Flash (Google) for high-throughput extraction — routed automatically based on task type and latency budget
- Provider training opt-out is enforced on every API call
- Raw document content is never logged outside the encrypted data room
- Per-firm LLM usage dashboards show which models were used, how many tokens, and estimated cost breakdown per deal

## Integrations

- VDRs — Datasite (Merrill), Box, Google Drive, OneDrive for Business
- Email capture — Resend inbound webhooks on per-deal listener email
- Billing — Stripe for payment methods and per-deal charge (Pro tier)
- Analytics — PostHog for product analytics (metadata only — never deal content)
- SSO — planned for Enterprise (SAML, Okta, Azure AD)

## Pricing Model

- Starter (free) — create deals, upload documents, collaborate. AI locked.
- Pro (per-deal) — Pay a per-deal unlock to run AI. Payment method on file; charges happen automatically when a user clicks "Run AI" on a deal. Designed for firms running 5–40 deals per year.
- Enterprise (annual) — Unlimited AI across every deal. No per-deal charge. Designed for platforms running 40+ deals per year, white-labeling for portfolio companies, or needing advanced governance (SSO, custom audit exports, dedicated support).
- All specific dollar amounts are quoted during a Contact Sales conversation so pricing can be fit to each firm's deal flow.

## Positioning vs Competitors

- vs Datasite / Intralinks: Diligence is a full workflow, not just a VDR. Datasite stores documents; Diligence analyzes them, tracks the request list, and drafts the IC memo.
- vs DealCloud / Affinity: Those are relationship and pipeline CRMs. Diligence is the execution layer that takes over once a deal goes to due diligence.
- vs Kira / Luminance: Those are generic legal-tech AI. Diligence is tuned specifically for PE documents (CIMs, QoE reports, management decks) and PE workflows (IC memos, PE Top 20, request lists).
- vs Harvey / Hebbia: Those are general-purpose legal AI. Diligence is PE-specific and closed-loop — the AI's outputs flow directly into the deal's IC memo, request list, and data room.

## Typical Outcome

A PE deal team that previously took 6 weeks to complete pre-LOI diligence with 4 associates now completes the same work in 2 weeks with 2 associates using Diligence. The bottleneck shifts from document review to expert interviews and site visits — the things humans actually need to do.

## Contact

- Website: https://go-diligence.com
- Sales: sales@go-diligence.com
- Support: support@go-diligence.com
- Careers: careers@go-diligence.com