Frequently asked questions

What is AI M&A software and how does it work?

AI M&A software is deal management software with artificial intelligence built into the pipeline, due diligence and integration workflows, rather than a general chatbot used alongside them. In practice it reads emails and deal documents, extracts key terms, flags risks, suggests pipeline updates and drafts summaries, with a person accepting each change. DealRoom AI works this way inside an end-to-end M&A platform, so the AI has the deal data, permissions and history it needs to be useful.

How does AI document review work in M&A due diligence?

AI document review extracts defined fields from contracts and financial documents, then links each value back to the source passage so a reviewer can check it. In DealRoom, a summary template such as a Financial Summary proposes the fields, applies them across many documents at once and cites the excerpt and page number for every extracted value. Users can also chat with a single document or the whole data room; the AI says when the documents do not contain an answer instead of guessing.

Why use purpose-built AI for M&A instead of ChatGPT?

Purpose-built AI for M&A runs inside the deal workflow with the deal data, permissions and history, while a standalone tool such as ChatGPT starts blind on every deal. DealRoom AI reads the data room and logged emails, respects which documents each user may see and writes findings and pipeline updates back into the deal record. The same deal data can also feed your own agents over DealRoom MCP, so teams are not choosing between the two. See https://dealroom.net/mcp.

Who benefits most from AI in M&A?

Corporate development teams running several deals a year, often at the same time, get the most from AI in M&A because the repetitive work it removes compounds across deals. DealRoom is built for repeat acquirers: senior dealmakers who spend most of their time on coordination, teams asked to do more deals with the same headcount and teams that want AI with M&A context rather than a generic assistant. Each deal adds templates, playbooks and lessons the next deal reuses.

Which AI model does DealRoom AI use?

DealRoom AI predominantly uses OpenAI models today and is LLM agnostic by design, so DealRoom can route work across models for speed, cost and accuracy as models improve. Data sent to the models is encrypted. Customers do not pick or manage a model; the AI features for pipeline and diligence run inside the platform under each user's existing permissions. Terms covering model use and data handling are published at https://dealroom.net/legal/ai-feature-terms.

Does DealRoom AI train on our deal data?

No. DealRoom does not use customer data or AI conversations to train models. Customers retain ownership of their data. AI features only analyze documents a user is already permitted to see, so the model never reaches content outside that user's data room access. The same restriction applies when an outside agent connects through DealRoom MCP. The data handling terms are published at https://dealroom.net/legal/ai-feature-terms.

Is DealRoom AI included in the platform price or an add-on?

DealRoom AI for diligence is sold as an add-on to the DealRoom platform subscription rather than bundled into every package. The platform itself is priced by the project rooms a team opens, with unlimited users and no per-page data room charges, so adding AI does not change how seats or storage are counted. Current packages and what each includes are listed at https://dealroom.net/products/pricing.

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