AI in investment banking that shows the source page for every number it drafts

We build agents for the deal work your analysts repeat on every mandate: comps spread from filings, first drafts of CIM and pitchbook sections, buyer lists, data room answers and model tie-outs. Every figure carries the document and page it came from, a mismatch goes to an analyst, and the deal data stays in your own cloud.

Jason, our COO, runs the call and scopes the first workflow with you.

Agent run: trading comps refreshSample
4filings read8figures extracted7match the page1held for review
CompanyLTM revenueLTM EBITDASource
Peer A1,284.6212.410-K, p. 52
Peer B846.1131.910-Q, p. 7
Peer C2,031.0381.7 318.710-K, p. 61
Peer D517.374.210-K, p. 44
Analyst reviewPeer C EBITDA: your model shows 381.7, page 61 of the 10-K shows 318.7. Two digits look transposed. The figure stays out of the comps sheet until an analyst approves the correction.

Illustrative run. Companies and figures are sample data, and the checks are set per workflow during scoping.

Clients include

AudinatePinkcubeBizIQCourserAllClear Travel Insurance

AI tools for M&A deal teams, built around how your team works

Start with the work that repeats on every mandate, follows a template your team already trusts, and gets checked by an associate before it leaves the building. These six workflows meet all three.

Comps

Comps and financial spreading from filings

The agent reads 10-Ks, 10-Qs and earnings releases, spreads the line items into your template, and stores the document and page beside every figure it writes.

How the agent finds the right figure
Drafting

CIM and pitchbook first drafts

Business overview, industry and financial summary sections drafted from the company's own materials into your firm's template, with each claim tied to the page it came from, for an associate to edit.

Try it on your own templates first
Buyers

Buyer list building

The agent screens strategic and financial buyers against the criteria your team sets, checks each one against your CRM history, and writes the reason each name made the list.

Built on self-hosted n8n
Data room

Data room Q&A on the sell side

Buyer questions are matched to the data room documents that answer them, and a drafted reply cites the file and page. A second agent checks each reply against its source before your team sends it.

How a second agent vets every reply
Model checks

Model and deck tie-outs

Every number in the deck is traced back to its cell in the model and its page in the filing. Transposed digits, stale hard-codes and totals that do not foot come back as a short list for an analyst.

See a sample tie-out report
Research

Precedents and company profiles

Transaction precedents and one-page company profiles assembled from the sources your firm licenses and its own past deal files, each line linked back to where it was found.

How every run is logged

Financial spreading automation that keeps the source page on every cell

A language model reads documents well and does arithmetic unreliably, so we split the two. The model finds and extracts, a database recalculates, a second agent compares the draft to the page, and an analyst approves before anything reaches your template.

Your cloud
  1. SourcesFilings, CIMs, data room, your modelsRead with the permissions your deal team already has
  2. ExtractFigure plus its pageEach value stored with the document, page and table it came from
  3. CheckRecalculate and compareTotals and margins recomputed in the database, then a second agent checks the draft against the page
  4. Sign-offAnalyst approvalMismatches and anything uncertain wait for a person

run 2207 · comps refresh · 8 figures · 7 matched · 1 held · approved by analyst · written to comps v14

Outside the boundary

A model provider receives only the pages a task needs, under your firm's own agreement with that provider, or is replaced by a model you host.

Never allowed
  • A figure with no source page
  • Deal data used to train models
  • Anything sent to a client unapproved
Traceable

The page travels with the number

Every extracted figure is stored with its document, page and table. An associate checking a comps sheet or a CIM draft opens the source in one click instead of searching the filing.

See the context layer
Checked

The math runs in a database

Sums, margins and multiples are recomputed by the database, and the model only writes the words around finished numbers. A verification step names any figure in the draft that the model was not handed.

Your cloud

Deal data stays inside your walls

We deploy on self-hosted n8n in your own cloud, and agents read with the permissions your people already have, so a deal folder closed to an analyst is closed to the agent. Every run logs what it read, what it changed and who approved it.

See AI governance

Where AI in investment banking gives analysts their hours back

27% to 35%

front-office productivity gain Deloitte predicts for the top 14 global investment banks using generative AI

Source: Deloitte Insights, Unleashing a new era of productivity in investment banking through the power of generative AI (2023). A forecast, not a measured result.

The same Deloitte analysis estimates investment banking division productivity can improve by an average of 34%. On a deal team, we start with three kinds of repeatable work, each mapped to an agent with a check behind it, and rank the rest with you.

Spreading the same line items on every deal

The comps agent extracts from filings into your template and stores the page beside each figure, so a refresh is a review instead of a rebuild.

First drafts nobody wants to write twice

CIM and pitchbook sections are drafted from the company's materials into your firm's template, and your associate edits the draft instead of starting from a blank page.

Checking numbers by hand before every send

The tie-out agent compares every figure in the deck to the model and the filing, and returns the mismatches as a list with the page attached.

Pick the first workflow by volume and risk

A comps refresh that runs on every pitch pays back sooner than a one-off. The AI Audit ranks your candidates by value, effort and risk against the systems and data you have.

Model checks that catch a transposed digit before the client does

The tie-out agent reads the deck, the model and the filings, and reports only what disagrees. It flags and explains, and your analyst decides what changes.

Tie-out report: pitchbook v6 against model v14
Figures in the deck
142
Agree with model and filing
139
Slide 12, LTM EBITDA: deck 48.2, model cell F31 42.8
Transposed
Slide 18, net debt: model hard-codes 310.0, 10-Q p. 4 shows 296.5
Stale
Slide 21, segment revenue sums to 1,012.4 against a total of 1,021.4
Does not foot

Illustrative report on sample data. The checks run are agreed with your team during scoping.

The agent works on copies and writes nothing back to the model. Each flag carries the slide, the cell and the filing page, so the analyst confirms or dismisses it in seconds, and dismissed flags are logged with a reason for the next version.

How an investment banking AI build runs

The same team carries your workflow from the first call to the system running in production, and every build is tested in staging before it goes live. See how we work

  1. Jason
    Jason, COO

    AI Audit, if you need one

    Eight phases across strategy, operations, data and systems over 4 to 8 weeks, ending in a ranked 90-day roadmap. The fee is credited toward your first build.

  2. Jason
    Jason, COO

    Scope

    One workflow, the systems it touches and what it will take, agreed before you commit. Owen joins the first calls until you are onboarded.

    • The documents and folders each agent may read
    • The checks a figure must pass
    • The timeline, before you sign
  3. Maciej
    Maciej, CTO

    Build

    Built against your templates and past deal files, in your environment, as production software from the first week.

    • Staging first, on deal files you choose
    • Your analysts use it on live work before go-live
    • Self-hosted n8n in your cloud
  4. Jason
    Jason, COO

    Integrate

    Into production behind your auth, your governance and your monitoring, with your team trained on it.

    • Runs behind your own auth and folder permissions
    • Every run logged for your compliance team
    • Your analysts and associates trained on the system
  5. Maciej
    Maciej, CTO

    Run and improve

    Watched, fixed and extended in weekly sprints by the engineers who built it.

    • Error alerts to the engineers who built it
    • Weekly sprints that you direct
    • The next workflow, scoped with you

What your deal team gets from a build with us

We build each agent around your templates and your review steps, and run it in your environment.

What you get
You receiveWorking agents inside your models, templates and document stores
Every figureStored with the document and page it came from
Where deal data livesIn your own cloud, on self-hosted n8n
Before it reaches a clientAn analyst approves, and the run is logged
TimelineScoped per workflow and agreed before you sign
After launchThe engineers who built it monitor and extend it

What deal teams ask about AI in investment banking

Ask us something else

Will AI replace investment bankers?

The agents we build take the assembly work underneath a banker's judgment: spreading, first drafts, list building and tie-outs. Pricing a deal, advising a board and running a negotiation stay with your bankers, and every output in our builds waits for an analyst's approval before it goes anywhere.

How is AI used in investment banking deal execution?

Mostly on repeatable, document-heavy work: spreading comps from filings, drafting CIM and pitchbook sections, screening buyers, answering data room questions on the sell side, and checking that the deck, the model and the filings agree. Each of those has a template and a reviewer already, which is what makes it a good first build.

How do you stop the AI from getting a number wrong?

We do not let the model do the arithmetic. It extracts each figure with its source page, a database recalculates totals and ratios, a second agent compares the draft to the page, and any mismatch waits for an analyst.

Does deal data or MNPI leave our environment?

The workflow runs on self-hosted n8n in your own cloud, and agents read with the permissions your people already have, so your information barriers apply to the agent too. A model call carries only the pages its task needs, under your firm's agreement with the provider, or goes to a model you host. Every run is logged with what it read and who approved it.

Which systems can the agents work with?

Excel models, PowerPoint templates, your document management system and data room exports, your CRM for buyer history, and licensed data sources through the access your license allows. The AI Audit confirms what each of your systems exposes before anything is quoted.

Do you sell an off-the-shelf AI tool for investment banking?

No. We build custom agents around your templates, checks and permissions, and run them in your cloud. If you are weighing a packaged product against a build, our build vs buy guide sets out how to decide.

How long does a build take, and what does it cost?

We scope each workflow and give you the timeline and price before you sign. To prove one on your data first, an AI proof of concept takes 2 to 6 weeks and most fall between $35,000 and $75,000. The AI Audit costs $10,000 to $100,000, takes 4 to 8 weeks, and both fees are credited toward the build.

Who runs the system after launch?

The engineers who built it. They watch every run, fix what breaks and add the next workflow in weekly sprints that you direct, under our AI managed services.

Industries that work the same companies from another seat

Private equity buyers, venture investors, lenders and strategy consultants read the filings and models your deal team builds.

Buyers

AI in private equity

Deal screening, data room review with a page citation for every finding, and portfolio KPI pack monitoring in the firm's own cloud.

See AI in private equity
Venture

AI for venture capital

Inbound deck screening, diligence file checks, founder updates and LP letter drafts, with a partner approving every message.

See AI for venture capital
Lending

AI in banking

KYC checks, AML alert cases and loan files prepared inside the bank's systems, with an analyst approving every decision.

See AI in banking
Consulting

AI for consulting firms

Proposals, research syntheses and decks drafted from past engagements, with a partner approving everything a client sees.

See AI for consulting firms

Not ready to book a call yet?

Decide

AI Audit

Eight phases across strategy, operations, data and systems, ending in a ranked 90-day roadmap.

See the AI Audit
Prove

AI proof of concept

One workflow running on your data, measured for accuracy before you commit to the full build.

See the AI proof of concept
Govern

Enterprise AI governance

Approval gates, second-agent checks and a log of every run, built into the system in your own cloud.

See AI governance

Put your first workflow on the board

Answer a few questions about your team and what you want automated, then Jason scopes it with you on the call.

Owen, Maciej, Jason, Oskar and Ben