Behavioral infrastructure for AI systems

AI without rules creates chaos.

DAC turns agreements into rules AI can follow.

Agreements define what people, software, and AI systems may, must, and must not do. DAC makes those rules usable by AI while keeping every result tied to its source and human authority.

ClauseFlow · Institutional credit

The answer is rarely in one provision.

One provision may grant a right. Another may limit it. A definition, exception, basket, calculation, or amendment elsewhere may change the answer. ClauseFlow follows those provisions together and links each finding to the cited language.

Every material finding remains linked to the agreement version and cited provisions and remains subject to expert review.

01

The answer may sit between provisions.

A provision can create exposure when read with a definition, exception, basket, or release term.

02

AI can find the right text and still miss the answer.

Finding a provision is not the same as following everything that changes its effect.

03

ClauseFlow shows the provision path.

Inspect how the relevant provisions work together and the cited language behind each finding.

Why DAC exists

Agreements already define the rules.

They set authority, conditions, boundaries, consequences, and remedies.

As AI systems join human networks, they need a usable form of those rules. DAC preserves the source and human authority behind each decision.

Space · mining + robotics

May the drill engage at these coordinates?

Conditional · §4.2

The drill may engage because the coordinates fall within the authorized extraction zone and torque, thermal, and power conditions remain inside mission limits.

Agreement
system
Run-to-run consistency

Same agreement. Same question. AI alone may take a different path each time.

An AI model rereads and reasons over the agreement on each run. ClauseFlow follows the same saved provision path, keeping every finding tied to the same cited language for review.

Same agreement · same question · three runs May collateral leave without lender consent?
AI aloneRUN 01 / 03
AI answerMay vary by run

Yes, the agreement appears to permit it.

ClauseFlowRUN 01 / 03
Cited answerUses the saved path

Conditional: only if capacity remains. No separate consent condition appears in the cited provision path.

AI alone may reason differently on each read.ClauseFlow follows the saved provision path.
What ClauseFlow adds

Turn agreement review into reusable, cited analysis.

ClauseFlow expands the terms and interactions a team can review, brings cited evidence forward sooner, and preserves findings across the portfolio.

Structural depth800+

Agreement elements mapped

Track vulnerabilities, protections, blockers, calculations, and provision paths across each agreement.
Structural coverage5–7×

Broader agreement coverage

Compared with the seven to nine headline issues commonly prioritized in manual review.
Decision speedSame Day

Cited first-pass findings

Bring cited analysis forward before the transaction, amendment, trade, or legal queue moves.
Institutional memory0 → 1

Searchable agreement record

Create a searchable record of negotiated terms, protections, provision paths and precedent across the agreements under coverage.
How DAC works

Turn a credit agreement into a connected, reviewable analysis.

ClauseFlow connects the provisions that shape an answer and lets the reviewer check it against the agreement.

The same source-linked structure supports questions, calculations, updates, and approved workflows without rebuilding the agreement for every prompt.

Target product architecture Compile once. Reuse the understanding.
01 · Source
Governing source Agreement + version
02 · Connect
Rights + obligations
Conditions + exceptions
Representations + warranties
Events + remedies
03 · Understand
Resolved stateCovenants + restrictions
04 · Use
Improve existing AIReuse the workAPI / MCP

Every result links back to the agreement, clause path, and version.

Agreement version
Built for institutional credit.

Credit decisions depend on how the agreement is read.

ClauseFlow supports teams that originate, underwrite, manage, trade, amend, and restructure corporate credit.

01

CLO and leveraged-loan managers

Query protections, provision paths, concentrations, amendments, and precedent across large loan portfolios.

02

Private-credit and direct-lending platforms

Test negotiated protections, sponsor requests, amendment language, structural capacity, and accepted precedent.

03

Credit-focused and multi-strategy asset managers

Connect downside underwriting, relative value, distressed analysis, special situations, and legal diligence.

04

Banks and dealer platforms

Support leveraged finance, loan capital markets, trading, restructuring, legal, and risk workflows.

ClauseFlow

Follow the provisions behind the answer.

ClauseFlow connects each provision in the chain, shows the interaction visually, and links the result back to the agreement.

ClauseFlowcited agreement analysis
Ready for a questionProject Helix Credit Agreement · 412 pages
Source agreementPage 287 of 412
Execution copy · illustrative

Project Helix Credit Agreement

Dated as of March 14, 2024 · Senior secured facilities

§5.13 · Designation of subsidiaries

The Borrower may designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if, immediately after giving effect, the designation is permitted as an Investment under Section 6.04.

§6.04(q) · Investments

Investments may be made in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $500,000,000 and 26.0% of Adjusted EBITDA, subject to the conditions stated herein.

§9.09(d) · Release of collateral

Upon any Subsidiary becoming an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the Liens on its property shall be automatically released without further action by any Secured Party.

Provision path3 provisions · fully cited
Agreement Credit agreement document set
Conditional right Designation permitted? §5.13
Capacity test Capacity remains? §6.04(q)
Automatic effect Lien release automatic §9.09(d)
Missing condition If consent were required counterfactual protection
Potential exposure

Potential collateral release

Secured lendersConditional
Ask ClauseFlowAgreement scope
You

Can collateral leave without lender consent?

Following the relevant provisions
ClauseFlow

Potentially, if capacity remains. §5.13 makes designation contingent on §6.04; if that test passes, §9.09(d) automatically releases the liens. No separate lender-consent condition appears in this provision path.

§5.13§6.04(q)§9.09(d)3 provisions cited

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Product preview uses a fictional agreement and an illustrative scenario. Every answer remains subject to expert review.

Formula Composer

See how one definition changes the calculation.

Definitions, baskets, ratios, and covenants depend on one another. Change one input to see its effect on capacity, leverage compliance, headroom, and the provision path.

Every supported number remains linked to the clause behind it.

Formula Composerequations extracted from the text · chained · computed
§1.01 · Definitions Adjusted EBITDA means EBITDA for such period plus, without duplication, cost savings and synergies (uncapped)…
Eadj = E + ∑i Ai
CalculationAdjEBITDA = EBITDA + Σ Addbacks
§6.04(q) · Investments …Investments not to exceed the greater of $500,000,000 and 26.0% of Adjusted EBITDA…
B = max( 500, 0.26 Eadj ) $M
CalculationBasket = max($500M, 26% × AdjEBITDA)
§7.11 · Financial covenant …shall not permit the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio to exceed 3.50 : 1.00…
λ = DnetEadj ≤ 3.50
CalculationFLNLR = NetDebt ÷ AdjEBITDA ≤ 3.50×
E · EBITDA$1,840Minput
∑A · Addbacks$260Minput
Dnet · Net debt$6,900Minput
Eadj · Adj EBITDA$2,100M§1.01
B · Basket$546M§6.04(q)
λ · FLNLR3.29×§7.11 · cap 3.50×
⊢ compliant · 3.29× ≤ 3.50× · incremental headroom $450M

Each input and calculation links to its cited provision.

Across the portfolio

See where the same exposure repeats across the portfolio.

See whether an exposure is isolated, recurring, or concentrated.

Illustrative portfolio13 agreements · fictional data

Review priorities

Agreements ranked by material harm and compounding exposure paths

01
Asteron Consumer HoldingsSenior Secured Credit Agreement · 2024
3 critical findings
02
Meridian Energy PartnersFirst-Lien Credit Agreement · 2023
Compounding
03
Harborstone MaterialsCredit Facilities Agreement · 2024
2 high findings
04
Northline Retail GroupSecured Notes Agreement · 2022
1 critical finding

Severity by agreement

Where harm concentrates across the book

Asteron Consumer2 C · 8 H · 3 M
Meridian Energy1 C · 4 H
Harborstone Materials2 H · 2 M
Northline Retail1 C · 1 H
Hearthland Home1 M

Recurring exposures

Exposure patterns repeating across agreements

Collateral release6 / 13
Uptier priming5 / 13
Incremental debt5 / 13
Sacred rights gaps4 / 13
Double-claim structure2 / 13
29 cited findings · 13 agreementsIllustrative data · no live portfolio information

Thirteen agreements arrive as individual documents.

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Keep terms and findings together

Build a searchable record of negotiated terms, protections, connected provisions, and precedent.

02

See how provisions work together

Trace LME, covenant, collateral, priming, amendment, voting, and restructuring paths.

03

Check the source behind each finding

Inspect the controlling language, provision path, calculations, assumptions, ambiguity, and review points.

04

Reach a cited first pass sooner

Bring cited evidence forward before a financing, amendment deadline, sponsor request, or repricing event.

05

See what an amendment changes.

Connect amendments, update selected calculations and protections, and identify changed exposure.

Operational targets
10×target review throughput
24 hourstarget amendment coverage
8–10workflow layers removed
30–50%less first-pass effort targeted

Targets describe intended operating performance and remain subject to workflow, agreement, and evaluation scope.

Internal benchmark · two credit agreements

DAC produces precise, accurate, and complete analysis.

Rather than relying on a single AI model, DAC combines findings from multiple models. It then reviews the complete analysis and corrects or removes anything that does not pass review, resulting in 71 of 71 pathways found and zero failures in this benchmark.

How much each system found

More is better · DAC's 71-pathway reference set

DAC
71 / 7137
GPT-6 Astra
53 / 7133
Claude Opus 5
20 / 7133
Gemini 3.8 Flash
14 / 7115

Pathways that fail review

Smaller bars are better · Number of failed pathways

DefectiveDisprovedBlocked
DAC
0 / 710%0 defective · 0 disproved · 0 blocked
GPT-6 Astra
3 / 614.9%0 defective · 0 disproved · 3 blocked
Claude Opus 5
16 / 2857.1%10 defective · 3 disproved · 3 blocked
Gemini 3.8 Flash
10 / 1758.8%5 defective · 2 disproved · 3 blocked
Novel mechanisms
37novel mechanisms

12% more than the next best shown.37 vs 33.

Pathway coverage
34%broader coverage

71 reference pathways found.Next best shown: 53.

Fewer failures
0 / 71failed review

No DAC pathway failed review.Other systems shown: 4.9%–76.5% failed.

Scope note. Internal DAC benchmark · DAC-created reference set · Model-based review only · No human adjudication · DAC corrects or withdraws faults; competitors assessed as delivered · Results limited to systems shown · Not a production guarantee.
Review the methodology

Agreement setCoty 2015 first-lien ($4.5B) and Phreesia 2026 revolver ($275M) credit agreements.

Multi-model synthesisDAC is the consolidated output of a multi-model cohort, not a single-model result. Distinct findings surfaced across the cohort are combined into one candidate set. The resulting 71-pathway reference set makes DAC's 71 / 71 coverage a measure of the consolidated output rather than a single-model hit rate.

Coverage and noveltyThe left chart reports how many reference pathways each system found. Novel mechanisms are separate, single-provision building blocks and are not added to the pathway bars.

Failure reviewThe right chart uses a common 0–16 scale. Failed pathways are classified by their mutually exclusive worst outcome: defective, disproved, or blocked by the agreement.

DenominatorsFailure fractions and rates use each system's own asserted pathways: DAC 71, GPT-6 Astra 61, Claude Opus 5 28, Gemini 3.8 Flash 17, and the LegalTech platform 17.

Final-output reviewCandidate pathways are reviewed and either corrected or withdrawn before DAC's final output. Competitor outputs were assessed as delivered. The 0% failure rate describes DAC's final reviewed output, not guaranteed production accuracy.

Discovery contextOther systems first surfaced 67 of DAC's 71 pathways; DAC re-derived 51 in corrected form. The result reflects the breadth and quality of the consolidated output, not exclusive first discovery.

Why Fable was not includedFable declined to generate clause chains for the Coty benchmark under its safeguards. Rather than work around the refusal and risk an unreliable or non-replicable result, the team used Opus instead.

Evidence limitationInternal DAC benchmark, protocol v1.13, dated September 6, 2026. Review was model-based with no human adjudication. Two scored systems were omitted from the source; results are limited to systems shown and do not establish production accuracy, legal validity, or quantified cost savings.

First application · ClauseFlow

See how provisions work together.

Exposure can emerge when provisions interact across an agreement. ClauseFlow traces those interactions, links every finding to the source, and finds recurring exposure across a portfolio.

Explore ClauseFlow
New · Internal benchmarkDAC led on coverage and novel mechanisms. 71 / 71reference pathways found 37novel mechanisms 0pathways failed review See the evidence →
01 · Trace

Follow connected provisions through the agreement.

02 · Review

Inspect the evidence behind each finding.

03 · Compare

Find repeated risk across the portfolio.

Our mission

Empower humanity to command the intelligence it creates.

People set the rules. DAC helps intelligent systems operate within the authority people and institutions define.

Founders
Portrait of Anish Patel

Anish Patel

Founder & CEO

Saw firsthand during the financial crisis how small clauses in agreements could move billions of dollars. Was on the advisory team that supported the issuance of Lehman's final CLO the week before the bank's failure. Leads DAC's product, architecture, and institutional partnerships.

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Shalu Maheshwari, Esq.

Co-Founder & General Counsel

Senior IP litigator and strategist turned technology operator. Defines the legal and conceptual architecture that carries agreement logic into engineering and product design while overseeing IP strategy, compliance, and go-to-market frameworks.

Advisors
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Dr. Edward Hunter

Director of Engineering, Johns Hopkins DS&AI Institute

AI and computer-vision pioneer whose work in visual tracking and large-scale AI systems helped shape modern motion-capture infrastructure. Advises on technical architecture and long-term AI strategy.

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Howard Widra

Former Head of Direct Originations at Apollo; Former CEO and Chairman at MidCap Financial

Private-credit and capital-markets leader who deployed billions in capital and scaled a leading lending platform; brings deep institutional investor relationships.

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Wayne C. Plewniak

Managing Director & Head of Fixed Income, GAMCO/Gabelli

Institutional fixed-income leader with deep credit expertise and buy-side relationships.

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Jason Turner

Chief Executive Officer, Entanglement, Inc.

Quantum and AI infrastructure entrepreneur; former QED-C (NIST) workforce lead. Advises on scalable AI systems and research partnerships.

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Tyler Weiss

VFX Producer, Image Engine

Emmy-nominated producer in game and film visual effects.

VFXGame of Thrones, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Alien: Romulus, 3 Body Problem, and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.

GamingThe Lord of the Rings, FIFA, Madden NFL, Batman: Arkham Asylum, and Deus Ex.

Talk with DAC

Put agreement rules behind AI action.

Tell us where intelligent systems need clear authority, traceable decisions, and human review.

Test ClauseFlow

Test one agreement your team already knows.

Bring one signed agreement and one question your team has already answered. Compare ClauseFlow's cited answer with your existing analysis.

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Build the agreement layer.

Whether you are shaping an institution, a consequential AI system, or the next application of DAC's infrastructure, we would like to hear from you.