Platform Architecture

Institutional-Quality Deliverables for M&A and CorpDev

Research, analyze, write, and refine M&A deliverables in one workspace — from market maps and target screens to investment memos and presentations. Consulting-quality, 100× faster, at 1% the cost.

Purpose-Built
CorpDev Optimized Agent
An agent built for corporate development, not a chatbot given a prompt. It knows the frameworks, the methods, the citation discipline, and the shape every deliverable has to take — and it works the way an M&A analyst works.
End-to-End
Integrated CorpDev Environment (ICDE)
Purpose-built UI, research infrastructure, DealVerse data graph, and human–AI document authoring environment in one system. The whole path from source to finished deliverable, controlled.
The Multiplier
Another 10× Faster
Claude made drafting 10× faster. What remains is the back-and-forth — re-prompting, hunting for data, checking sources, fixing formatting. A specialized platform cuts that by 90%, for another 10×. + It works while you sleep.
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MCP Tools for Research
🔍
CD Proprietary Research
🌐
Google Search
🧠
Perplexity
🔗
Web Browsing
💼
LinkedIn
🚀
Apollo
🔎
CD Proprietary Search
🏛️
Company DBs
📰
Press Releases
📈
Annual Reports & Earnings
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Company Websites
🎓
Research Institutions
📡
News Media
💹
Stock Markets
CorpDev.Ai Platform
Frontier Models Under the Hood
Anthropic Claude
Reasoning & authoring
OpenAI GPT
Analysis & structuring
Perplexity
Live research
Google Gemini
Visualizations

Each routed to the task it is best at — and swappable, so you are never dependent on a single vendor.

Researched From Original Sources
Company websitesAnnual reportsSEC & regulatory filingsEarnings & transcriptsFinancial statementsPress releasesPatents & IPTransactions & M&AFunding announcementsNews mediaResearch institutionsStock marketsHiring & job postingsProduct & technology signalsCustomer reviewsGoogle MapsSatellite imageryStreet viewFoot trafficWeb trafficAd spendExecutive movesBanker newslettersPrimary research
How our proprietary research works →

See It in Action

Watch the AI Analyst Agent craft an M&A strategy in 5 minutes

Demo: Crafting an M&A Strategy in 5 Minutes

Every Industry Map Is Being Redrawn

AI, geopolitics, new supply chains, the data-center and energy buildout, space, robotics — every industry map is in motion at once. Strategic intelligence and M&A are how companies create, and preserve, massive shareholder value through the redraw.

43%

Which Markets You Play In

Portfolio choice explains 43% of the growth differences between companies. Where to play is the highest-value question — and it is a corp dev question.

+35%

Growth Through M&A

M&A accounts for a further 35% — every portfolio must be repositioned faster than organic change allows, and repositioning becomes real through deals.

22%

Organic Share Gains

Execution inside existing markets moves just 22%. The biggest redrawing of industry maps in a generation will be decided in deals — won after them, and compounded by learning from every one.

Source: McKinsey, The Granularity of Growth

The Highest-Impact Decisions Run on the Thinnest Team

One deal moves more shareholder value than years of operating improvements — yet the work is carried by teams of one to three people on disconnected tools.

Deal Failure Rate
70–75%

of M&A deals fail to create shareholder value

Analysis Load
1,000–2,000 hrs

of strategic analysis per deal

Outside Spend
$200K–$2M

in consulting fees per deal

Tool Sprawl
10–20

disconnected tools per team

When capacity runs out · the value work is sacrificed first
Unexplored strategic paths
Shallow scenario analysis
Late & thin integration planning
Missed value creation

The root cause is not team size — the strategic search space exceeds human capacity. CorpDev.Ai gives the thinnest team in the building the analytical depth of the largest.

One System From Strategy to Realized Value

Point tools see one step. CorpDev.Ai is the platform beneath the entire loop — and compounds shareholder value across it.

01

Strategy

Where to play — markets, gaps, and strategic options.

02

Deal

Source, screen, evaluate, negotiate, close.

03

PMI

Integrate, capture synergies, deliver the thesis.

04

Ongoing Program

Monitor signals, measure value, feed the next move.

Outcomes feed the next strategy · every deal makes the system smarter
AcquisitionsDivestmentsInvestmentsPartnershipsInternal Transformations

The deal signs the thesis — the post-deal work delivers it.

Transform your M&A workflow - from chaos to clarity with AI

Meet Your AI Analyst Agent

Powered by the latest AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity, and Google

CorpDev.Ai is an agentic AI platform purpose-built for M&A and corporate development. Our AI Analyst Agent understands your workflow and produces the deliverables your team needs — market analyses, investment memos, target profiles, presentations, and more — in minutes instead of weeks.

Instant Deliverables

Generate complete analyses in minutes

Always Improving

Learns from the best AI models

Your Expert

Specialized for M&A and CorpDev workflows

Zero Training

Natural language interface, no learning curve

Meet Your AI Analyst Agent

Instant Deliverables. A Brain That Compounds.

Nineteen board-ready deliverables across four stages — every company needs some of these, every year. As you produce them, the CorpDev Brain captures your strategy and intent, recommends what to do next, and produces it under your direction.

1 · Strategize

  • Growth & M&A Strategy
  • Competitor Research
  • Market Map
  • Sector Deep Dive
  • Strategic Options Brief

2 · Source & Screen

  • AI Target Discovery
  • Ranked Target Shortlist
  • Company Profiles
  • Strategic Fit Scorecards
  • Live Deal-Signal Alerts

3 · Evaluate

  • Investment Business Case
  • Valuation Comps
  • Scenario & Synergy Model
  • Live Valuation Workbook
  • Day-One Integration Blueprint

4 · Execute & Approve

  • Board-Ready Investment Memo
  • CIM & Deal Story
  • Zero-Entry Deal Pipeline
  • Board Approval Deck
CorpDev Brain · Self-Replenishing From
EmailMeetingsCalendarDocumentsData RoomsPublic Sources
01 · You Direct

Set the strategy

Your goals, criteria, and priorities steer every move the system makes.

02 · The Analyst Produces

Board-ready output

Deliverables researched, cited, and drafted in minutes — under your direction.

03 · The Brain Learns

Knowledge that compounds

Captures your strategy, intent, and every analysis — so the next piece of work starts further ahead.

Everything You Need for Modern Corporate Development

The most comprehensive End-to-End M&A platform

Your on-demand M&A expert

AI Analyst Agent

Your on-demand M&A expert

Ask anything in natural language and get comprehensive analyses instantly. Our AI Analyst Agent produces investment memos, market research, company profiles, strategic analyses, and custom presentations—delivering professional-grade output in minutes.

  • Investment memo generation
  • Market research & analysis
  • Company profiling & fit analysis
  • Strategic recommendations
  • Custom presentation creation
  • Multi-source research synthesis
Learn more about the AI Analyst Agent →

Market Mapping

Visualize and understand entire markets in minutes

Generate comprehensive market maps that segment and visualize any industry. Understand market structure, identify key players, discover emerging segments, and prioritize opportunities—all powered by AI research across hundreds of sources.

  • Automated market segmentation
  • Interactive visualizations
  • Company categorization
  • Segment analysis & insights
  • Export-ready presentations
Learn more about AI market mapping →
Market Mapping Visualization
Intelligent Target Sourcing Interface

Intelligent Target Sourcing

Find and evaluate hundreds of targets automatically

Define your ideal target profile and let AI find, research, and score hundreds of potential acquisition targets. Screen opportunities at scale with automated fit scoring, company intelligence, and AI-powered insights.

  • Automated target discovery
  • AI-powered fit scoring
  • Company intelligence gathering
  • Bulk screening & filtering
  • Prioritization recommendations
Learn more about our sourcing capabilities →

Pipeline Management + Zero-Entry CRM

AI populates your CRM automatically

Manage your entire deal pipeline without manual data entry. Connect your Office365 or GSuite email and calendar, and AI automatically enriches companies with firmographic data, funding information, leadership profiles, and strategic intelligence. Track engagement, news, triggers, and next actions—all in one place.

  • Automatic company enrichment
  • Deal pipeline tracking
  • News & trigger monitoring
  • Engagement recommendations
  • Activity timeline
  • Zero manual data entry
Learn more about zero-entry CRM →
Pipeline Management Interface
Company Intelligence Profile

Deep Company Intelligence

Everything you need to know about any company

Search any company and get instant comprehensive profiles with firmographic data, financial information, strategic analysis, fit assessment, competitive positioning, and AI-powered insights. All information sourced, cited, and refreshed automatically.

  • Comprehensive company profiles
  • Financial & funding data
  • Strategic analysis
  • Competitive positioning
  • Leadership profiles
  • Real-time news & triggers
  • Source citations
Learn more about company intelligence →

Board-Ready Deliverables

Professional presentations and documents, instantly

Generate investment memos, board presentations, market analyses, and strategic reports in minutes. AI creates polished, professional deliverables with data visualizations, sourced insights, and customizable templates. Export to PowerPoint, Word, or PDF.

  • Investment memo writing
  • Presentation generation
  • Market analysis reports
  • Strategic briefs
  • Custom templates
  • Multi-format export (PPT, Word, PDF)
  • Data visualization integration
Learn more about board-ready deliverables →
Board-Ready Deliverables

Open Architecture to Build On

Everything you need to run corporate development end-to-end, built on an open architecture: standard file formats, data you can export and read anywhere, no lock-in — so you can build your own systems on top of it.

It is an open, best-practice reference framework for running corporate development — the data structures and business logic the work actually requires. Everything is stored in open formats — Markdown, JSON, YAML — and reachable headlessly over standard REST and MCP interfaces.

Three parts do the work: a specialized AI Analyst, a document editor your team and the AI work in together, and a CorpDev Brain that learns how you operate and brings you recommendations before you ask — on top of a full data-integration and research infrastructure.

CorpDev Frame · app frame · UI · authentication
Mission ControlStrategyMarket MappingSourcingPipelineDue DiligenceValuationInvestment MemoPMI
AI Room

AI-Native Data Room

Ingests source documents — vision extraction and interpretation with a full audit trail, end to end. DD-grade accuracy on financial tables; multi-agent diligence.

PDFXLSXDOCXPPTX
CorpDev Drive

Cloud File Storage

Every source and every deliverable, in one governed store.

Workspace

Structured Knowledge

Folders of Markdown, JSON/YAML, and Office files — no lock-in:

  • knowledge/markets/eu-industrials.md
  • knowledge/competitors/rogo.md
  • knowledge/targets/acme-corp.md
  • deals/project-falcon/ic-memo.md
  • deals/project-falcon/valuation.xlsx
  • deals/project-falcon/board-deck.pptx
Global Search

Everything, Findable

Semantic and full-text search across every file, entity, and analysis.

CorpDev Brain

Self-Replenishing Wiki

A living knowledge base of your markets, competitors, targets, and customers — maintained by recurring agent loops, RAG-ready for semantic search.

Entity Database

The Data Graph

Companies, people, deals, asset lists, partnerships — and the connections between them.

Versioning & Collaboration

Team + AI, Together

Document versioning and collaborative editing across humans and agents.

AI Analyst

The Infinite Consultant

Trained to work like an elite strategy / M&A consultant — and to run a hundred workstreams at once, reading and writing every layer of the system.

Markdown-Native Editor

On-Brand Deliverables

Optimized for human–AI collaboration, with 100% control of authoring and output quality — polished, on-brand documents, editable anywhere.

DOCXPPTXXLSXMD
Integration & Research Infrastructure
EmailCalendarMeeting TranscriptsMicrosoft 365Google WorkspaceCloud DrivesWeb BrowsingGoogle SearchPerplexityLinkedInApolloCompany DatabasesCompany WebsitesSEC FilingsAnnual ReportsEarnings & TranscriptsFinancials & EstimatesStock MarketsPatents & IPResearch InstitutionsNews MediaPress ReleasesDeal AnnouncementsBanker NewslettersCustomer ReviewsPrimary ResearchREST / MCP
Cited on the way in. Structured while it lives. On-brand on the way out. Traceable at every layer.

Proprietary Research

An 8-source research engine — 70M+ companies, 265M+ contacts, SEC filings, 30 years of financials, estimates and transcripts — plus your email, calendar, and meetings live. Finding insights others can't →

Specialized UI

A workbench designed for deal work, not adapted to it: markdown-native document editor with citation registry, market maps, pipeline kanban, and the AI Analyst working alongside your team in the same documents.

CorpDev Data Structures

A self-organizing data graph of companies, people, deals, and facts — kept in standard formats (.md, .xlsx, .pptx, JSON/YAML) that stay readable anywhere. Your data, exportable end to end.

AI Room

The AI-native data room: vision ingestion turns every page of a 50,000-page data room into queryable deal knowledge with page-level citations — auditable end to end.

Process Tools

Mission control, strategy, market mapping, sourcing, pipeline management, due diligence, valuation, investment memo, and PMI — the full corp dev process in one frame.

Security & Integrations

Enterprise security with isolated workspaces, and open MCP / REST gates that connect your systems and data sources in both directions. Learn about security →

Why Not Just Use Claude or OpenAI?

The question we hear most: why not just use Claude? We do — under the hood.

CorpDev.Ai gives Claude the M&A training, frameworks, data and integrations it needs to deliver consulting-quality work from a single prompt — without the back-and-forth and double-checking. And you are never dependent on a single model vendor.

The model
10×

Claude already took ~90% out of the drafting. Anyone can have that.

×
The platform
10×

90% of what remains is the hard part: getting it to do the right things, wiring the right data and integrations, verifying every source, and making the output board-ready. That is the part we perfected.

=
Your analyst
100×

Ten times on top of ten times. Not a faster draft — a finished deliverable.

Expertise in the Platform, Not the Prompt

Memo frameworks, valuation methodology, diligence checklists, and citation rules govern every agent action. The frontier models are the swappable core — not the product.

M&A-Grade Data on Tap

The agent queries the data itself — 70M+ companies, 265M+ contacts, SEC full-text, 30 years of financials, estimates and transcripts. No finding-and-pasting context into a chat window.

It Gets Smarter With Every Deal

A compounding knowledge graph of your deals, documents, and meetings — searchable and on tap. Generic AI starts from zero every session.

Built for Every Deal-Driven Team

Purpose-built for corporate development — and for every team that lives on strategic intelligence and deals.

🏢

Corporate Development

  • M&A strategy & pipeline
  • Target sourcing & screening
  • Investment memos & board approvals
  • Post-merger integration
🎯

Corporate Strategy

  • Portfolio strategy reviews
  • Market expansion analysis
  • Strategic options & scenarios
  • Competitive intelligence
📈

Private Equity

  • Thesis-driven deal sourcing
  • Platform & add-on screening
  • Investment due diligence
  • Portfolio value creation
🏛️

Investment Banking

  • Buyer & target universe analysis
  • Sell-side preparation & CIMs
  • Comps & benchmarking
  • Pitch & deal materials
🚀

Venture Capital

  • Sector & thesis research
  • Deal screening
  • Company diligence
  • Portfolio monitoring
🧭

Management Consulting

  • Commercial due diligence
  • Market assessment & sizing
  • Competitive benchmarking
  • Client-ready deliverables

Corporate development teams run on CorpDev.Ai at

Eaton Garrett Motion Crane Aerospace Kent Cincinnati Children’s Armor Capital

Target screens, investment memos and diligence — run by in-house corp dev teams, several onboarded this quarter.

Get Started in Minutes

Three simple steps to transform your corporate development

1

Sign Up Free

For in-house corp dev at $1B+ companies or by invitation. Create your account in 30 seconds — no credit card required.

2

Define Your Strategy

Tell the AI about your M&A strategy, target criteria, and priorities. Or import your existing pipeline.

3

Get Instant Insights

Generate market maps, research targets, create presentations, and manage your pipeline. AI does the heavy lifting.

Get Started →

See What CorpDev.Ai Creates

Real deliverables, generated in minutes

Market Research Report Example

Market Research Reports

Comprehensive industry analysis with trends and insights

Market Map Example

Market Maps

AI-generated market segmentation with 200+ companies

Company List Example

Company Lists

AI-screened and prioritized acquisition targets

Monitoring Matrix Example

Company Monitoring Matrices

Track key metrics and changes across your pipeline

Pipeline Dashboard Example

Pipeline Dashboard

Real-time updates and engagement recommendations

Company Profile Example

Company Profiles

Complete intelligence with sources and citations

Open Real Sample Deliverables →

Live documents produced by the AI Analyst — every fact cited.

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CorpDev.Ai Intro Deck

Learn how CorpDev.Ai delivers specialized AI for M&A — covering strategy, buy-side, and sell-side use cases with unlimited analytical power.

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