AI Document Q&A for Contracts
Ask a contract questions and get answers with the exact clause quoted back.
Problem & target users
Founders and freelancers sign contracts they only skim, and paying a lawyer to read every MSA and NDA is not realistic.
Who it's for: Freelancers, small agencies, early-stage founders, procurement staff.
Proposed solution
Upload a contract, get a plain-English summary of obligations, payment terms, termination and liability, then ask free-form questions answered with the quoted clause and page number.
Features
- PDF and DOCX upload with clause-level chunking
- Risk summary across standard contract sections
- Question answering with quoted clause and page reference
- Comparison against a saved baseline template
- Export summary to PDF for a client or lawyer
Difficulty & tech stack
Difficulty: Intermediate
Monetization & pricing
- Subscription
- Pay-per-document credits for occasional users
Suggested pricing: Free 2 documents, Solo $15/mo (25 docs), Team $69/mo (unlimited, 5 seats).
Customer acquisition
SEO on 'what does this clause mean' style questions, freelancer communities, and a free NDA reviewer that requires no signup.
First 10 customers: Post the free NDA reviewer in r/freelance and two Slack communities for consultants, then offer the paid tier to anyone who uploads more than three documents.
Build steps
- Build the upload and parsing pipeline with clause-aware chunking
- Write the structured summary prompt and validate on 30 real contracts
- Add citation-backed Q&A
- Add baseline comparison
- Add PDF export and document history
- Add credits and subscription billing
Risks & challenges
- Users may treat output as legal advice — disclaimers and scoping are essential
- Confidential documents raise storage and retention expectations
- Scanned PDFs need OCR and degrade answer quality
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