I built a tool that shows what a contract could cost you before signing
Most founders don’t lose money because they didn’t read the contract.
They lose money because they didn’t understand what was risky.
I’ve been working on something for the past ~7 weeks - trying to make that part clearer.
You upload a contract, and it highlights things like:
– financial risk
– one-sided clauses
– what might actually matter before signing
After going through real agreements (from ~$40k to multi-million deals), one thing keeps repeating:
The biggest risks are usually not obvious.
One example:
I looked at a multi-million partnership agreement that seemed fine at first — but control and exit terms were heavily skewed toward one side.
What’s been interesting is how people use it:
not for “analysis”, but right before signing - asking:
“is this safe?”
If you’ve dealt with contracts before, I’d be curious what you think.
You can try it here:
https://joyful-granita-8415bc.netlify.app/
Excellent idea. But I want to know how you managed the context. Some AI models are not capable of analysing and remembering the bad points, especially if you upload a contract that is 100s of pages long. It deviates easily. So, wondering how you managed it.
This is one of those problems where you don't realize how much it matters until you've been burned by it. I signed a SaaS vendor agreement last year that had an auto-renewal clause buried in paragraph 14 that locked us in for another year before we even noticed. Would've been nice to have something flag that before I signed.
Curious about the UX - when someone uploads a contract, how quickly does the analysis come back? And do you highlight the specific clauses inline or is it more of a summary report? I think the inline approach would be killer for people who are skimming contracts right before a deadline (which let's be honest is most of us).
Curious - what’s the hardest part when reviewing a contract before signing?
for me - understanding what it actually means in real life, not just legally
a lot of things look fine on paper, but the risk shows up later
Yeah, exactly - that gap between “looks fine” and real impact is what I’m seeing a lot.
This is really useful. I feel like a lot of people sign contracts without fully understanding the risks this could save people a lot of money.
"The biggest risks are usually not obvious" — this is exactly right. Most people skim contracts looking for obvious red flags, but the dangerous parts are buried in exit clauses and liability caps.
Smart to focus on the "is this safe?" moment right before signing. That's when people actually need help, not during a theoretical review.
this is cool. I wonder how this works exactly. Does it analyze the wording and there's an algorithm in the background that determines the risk based on one sided clauses etc?
This is interesting — especially the “right before signing” use case.
Feels like that moment is less about analysis and more about confidence / reassurance. Almost like people want a second brain to sanity-check what they’re about to commit to.
Curious — have you seen people hesitate because of trust (like relying on it for something high-stakes), or are they pretty quick to use it once they land there?
this is great keep going, also depending upon the type of contract what is essential should be given as a reference because most of the time the problem comes from the fact that neither party pays attention to the details which results in scope creep later, also an Advisory section would be great too
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Appreciate it - trying to keep this thread focused on contracts and risk for now.
Interesting angle!
In my experience, the risk often comes from what's missing in the contract. Have you considered building detection for absent clauses, and if so, how would you tackle that?
That’s a great point - I’m starting to see that as well. Missing clauses can be just as risky as what’s written, still figuring out the best way to surface that clearly.
Coming from fintech, I’ve seen how the real risk is almost never in the obvious clauses — it’s always buried in edge cases like exit terms, liability, or control
Yeah, exactly - it’s almost always in those edge cases, not the obvious parts.
this is a real problem
from business side - most mistakes come from “looks fine” contracts
what you’re building makes sense, especially before signing
keep going 👍
Appreciate it - that’s exactly the kind of situation I’m trying to catch before signing.
Makes sense 👍