M&A technical due diligence

Know what you're buying before you sign.

Assay delivers technical due-diligence memos on a target's codebase at LOI stage — in days, with every finding cited to the file and commit that proves it.

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$15kLOI-stage screen, fixed fee
Daysnot the weeks a consulting DD takes
100%of findings cited to verifiable evidence
Why it holds up

A memo you can put in front of an investment committee.

Most tech DD is opinion with a logo on it. Assay's findings are generated under an evidence discipline: a claim either traces to something checkable in the repo, or it doesn't ship.

Allow-listed evidence

Findings can only cite verifiable evidence types — commits, files, dependency manifests, test output. Vibes are not an admissible source.

Bus-factor analysis

Who actually holds the system in their head? We quantify key-person concentration from the commit history — before those people take the earn-out and leave.

Typed confidence

Every finding carries an explicit 0–1 confidence, so your team can weigh a strong signal differently from a suggestive one. No false certainty.

AI-claims verification

The target says "AI-powered." We check whether the models, the data rights, and the margins actually exist — the diligence gap of this deal cycle.

How an engagement runs

LOI to memo in days, under NDA.

Scoped access

Read-only repo access under NDA. We never need production systems or customer data to run a screen.

Automated pass, human judgment

Tooling extracts the evidence; a senior reviewer decides what it means for your deal thesis.

The memo

Findings ranked by deal impact, each cited, each with confidence — plus the questions your team should ask management.

Pricing

Fixed fees, scoped to the deal stage.

Screen

$15,000
fixed fee · LOI stage
  • Full codebase screen with cited findings
  • Bus-factor and key-person analysis
  • Dependency and license exposure
  • Memo delivered in days
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Screen + AI-claims verification

$25–35k
scoped to the target's AI surface
  • Everything in Screen
  • Verification of the target's AI claims
  • Model, data-rights, and margin reality check
  • Follow-up session with your deal team
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Three weeks from close is the wrong time to find out.

Tell us about the deal. If a screen isn't the right instrument, we'll say so.

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