Your engineers are creating IP your team will never find out about.
Excavaite captures every IP asset your team creates — inventions, processes, and ideas — from documents, meetings, and AI workspaces — and structures it into documented, decision-ready IP. Before it disappears.
More Ideas. More Noise.
Harder Decisions.
AI-assisted teams now generate 5–10× more documentation, ideas, and disclosures than before. The signal-to-noise ratio is collapsing. Without a layer that filters, deduplicates, and scores — IP leads are drowning. And as AI adoption accelerates, this problem compounds every quarter.
It's invisible
Nobody knows what IP they have or where it lives. It's buried in engineering specs, research documents, emails, and AI workspaces — invisible to the people whose job it is to protect it.
It's duplicated
Teams reinvent ideas that already exist inside the organization. The same invention shows up across docs, repos, and chats — disconnected and unrecognized, wasting R&D investment.
It's unfiled
IP that qualifies for patent or trade secret protection never gets found, never gets filed, and never becomes an asset. By the time legal hears about it, the window has often passed.
The rules just changed. Most companies aren't ready.
In plain terms: if AI helped your team invent something, you need a clear record of human contribution, AI involvement, and the evidence behind every protection decision — before counsel needs it.
Inventorship diligence is now a business risk
USPTO guidance confirms that only natural persons can be inventors and that AI systems are tools used by human inventors. AI-assisted invention creates a documentation and diligence challenge — not a separate inventorship standard. Companies that cannot reconstruct who contributed what, how AI was used, and what evidence supports each filing decision face real legal and competitive risk. Excavaite builds that record automatically.
The signal-to-noise collapse
AI-assisted teams generate 5–10× more documentation than before. Most of it is low-signal — fragments, duplicates, and half-formed ideas scattered across tools. Without a layer that filters, deduplicates, and scores — IP leads are drowning in volume while genuinely valuable inventions go unprotected. The problem gets worse every quarter as AI adoption accelerates.
Excavaite gives counsel a defensible record of what was created, who contributed, how AI was used, and why a particular protection path was recommended.
From Documents to IP Units
Excavaite transforms scattered documents into structured IP Units — your true innovation assets. One unit may emerge from many documents. One document may belong to many units.
Nothing leaves your environment except the AI processing calls required to analyze it — and even those never store your data.
What you actually get
Every IP Unit is a decision-ready record — not just an AI summary.
Adaptive Routing Algorithm
This IP asset shows elevated exposure risk — AI workspace conversations and an unreviewed contractor interaction detected. Recommend immediate access restriction and trade secret documentation.
High novelty score. Trade secret protection recommended pending counsel review of prior art candidates.
Sample output. Actual IP Units include full source document links, reviewer sign-off history, and audit trail. All decisions are counsel-led.
Four steps, end to end
Ingest Signals
Connect Excavaite to your approved sources — SharePoint, Drive, Confluence, Git, inbound email, or AI workspaces. Excavaite captures every signal your innovation touches, continuously and automatically.
Document & Structure
Signals are deduplicated, clustered by semantic similarity, and assembled into structured IP assets. An IP Disclosure Document is generated automatically — title, inventors, prior art, and claims pre-populated for attorney review. AI contribution is tagged on every asset for inventorship diligence.
Analyze & Score
Each IP Unit is scored for novelty, confidence, and strategic fit against your existing portfolio. Candidate prior art, CPC search areas, and claim-mapping leads are surfaced automatically to accelerate attorney and analyst review. Excavaite gives reviewers a better starting point — not a substitute for legal judgment.
Decide & Act
Choose Patent, Trade Secret, or No Action — with full source provenance, human-vs-AI contribution documented, confidence scores, and a built-in reviewer sign-off with complete audit trail.
Every IP Unit ends in a clear call.
Excavaite doesn't just analyze — it helps you decide what to do with every idea. Three actions. One source of truth. Zero ambiguity.
- Confidence-scored recommendations
- Full provenance from source docs
- Reviewer & legal sign-off built in
Example output from a 90-day pilot.
Adaptive routing algorithm
Clustered from 6 source documents
Lock down internally. Tag, restrict access, and monitor for accidental disclosure.
Signal, not noise.
AI-assisted teams generate more IP than any team can review. Excavaite filters the volume, scores what matters, generates IP Disclosure Documents for the inventions worth protecting, and surfaces the assets that deserve action — so your team focuses judgment where it counts.
Three capabilities. One IP lifecycle.
Capture, structure, decide — Excavaite is built as a deliberate progression, not a tool soup.
IP Discovery & Extraction
Watches every innovation surface — docs, repos, chats, AI tools — and captures the signal.
- Connects to SharePoint, Drive, Confluence, Git, AI workspaces, email
- Scoped access — folders and repos you explicitly approve
- Continuous capture — new documents ingested automatically
- AI-tool output capture via email or MCP integration
- AI-assistance flagging for inventorship documentation
- Leakage Risk Score — flags IP assets at risk of leaving the organization before protection is in place
IP Documentation, Collaboration & Decision
Turns fragments into coherent IP Units — deduplicated, clustered, and ready for review.
- Auto-deduplication across all ingested sources
- Confidence scoring — novelty and strategic fit per IP Unit
- Candidate prior art and search leads surfaced to accelerate counsel review
- AI-assistance indicators preserved for inventorship diligence
- AI-assisted disclosure drafting
- Generates IP Disclosure Document (IDF) automatically — title, inventors, prior art, and claims pre-populated for attorney review and refinement
- Tracks every disclosure from Draft to Active to In Review to Filed
Every IP Unit is scored across three dimensions
IP Filing, Storage & Due Diligence
The decision surface. Patent, Trade Secret, or No Action — with full visibility and audit. Excavaite supports counsel-led decisions — it does not replace attorney or analyst judgment.
- Three clear paths: Trade Secret · Patent · No Action
- Full audit trail — every decision logged and attributable
- Human contribution and AI-assistance evidence preserved for counsel-led review
- Role-based review: IP Lead, Security Admin, Analyst, Viewer
- Portfolio dashboard across all activity and findings
- Due diligence ready — share your portfolio with external reviewers via time-limited, access-controlled data room with complete audit trail
Different roles. One shared problem.
Know what your team owns. Protect what matters. Arrive prepared.
From the engineer who invents to the acquirer who evaluates — Excavaite serves every stakeholder in the IP lifecycle.
IP Counsel & Patent Attorneys
In-house counsel · Patent prosecution · IP strategy
Arrive at every review already prepared.
- Every invention reaches you as a structured IP Unit with source documents and prior art candidates already organized
- Complete audit trail for every disposition — patent, trade secret, or no action
- Spend time on strategy, not discovery — Excavaite handles the triage so you focus on the 12 high-value inventions, not the 180 fragments that needed sorting first
- Prior art searches cost $400-$800/hr in outside counsel fees — Excavaite surfaces candidate references automatically before it hits your desk
IP Leads & Innovation Teams
VP Innovation · IP strategy · Portfolio management
IP as a competitive weapon, not a cost center.
- Real-time visibility across every invention your organization has captured and decided
- Strategic fit scoring aligns IP decisions to your competitive position
- Scale without scaling headcount — handle 5–10× more innovation signals without adding paralegal or analyst resources
- One dashboard. Full portfolio. Always current. IP count, scores, and filing status in real time.
CTOs & Engineering Leaders
CTO · VP Engineering · Head of R&D
Your engineers keep building. Nothing valuable disappears.
- Excavaite captures IP from GitHub, Slack, Jira, and AI workspaces — no new tool for engineers
- Inventions flow to counsel automatically, structured and ready for review
- No more quarterly IP disclosure drives — every invention flows to counsel as a structured IP Unit the moment it's captured
- Engineers get visibility and recognition for the IP they create — innovation becomes attributable and rewarded, not invisible
M&A & Due Diligence Teams
Acquirers · Investors · Transaction counsel
Arrive at M&A diligence with a documented, auditable IP portfolio — no surprises, no scramble.
- Every IP Unit includes inventorship evidence, AI-assistance records, and decision rationale
- Companies running Excavaite arrive at acquisition diligence with no IP surprises
- Companies running Excavaite command higher valuations — documented IP reduces buyer risk and accelerates deal close
- External reviewers — acquirers, investors, and auditors — get secure, time-limited access to IP records with complete audit visibility and zero standing permissions
Your IP portfolio, ready for scrutiny at any time
External reviewers — acquirers, investors, and auditors — get secure, time-limited access to IP records with complete audit visibility and zero standing permissions.
Structured IP Registry
Every invention captured, scored, and decided — organized and searchable from day one of diligence.
Controlled External Access
Time-limited data room access for external reviewers. Permissions expire automatically. No standing access.
Complete Audit Trail
Every decision, every reviewer action, every AI-assistance record — logged and exportable.
Companies running Excavaite arrive at acquisition diligence with no IP surprises — and command higher valuations as a result.
Capture innovation wherever it happens
From cloud repositories to AI workspaces to meeting transcripts — Excavaite connects to every surface your team works in.
Each connector is scoped to the folders, spaces, or repos you explicitly approve — not organization-wide access.
Choose where Excavaite runs
Start in our cloud. Move to your environment when ready. Same capabilities. Same AI quality. Your data never leaves your environment.
Excavaite Cloud
Hosted by Excavaite. Start in minutes.
- Excavaite manages all infrastructure
- Ideal for pilots and early evaluation
- 10–20 document trial — no setup required
- Upgrade to Excavaite Vault at any time
Excavaite Vault
Private deployment
Runs inside your environment. Full data sovereignty.
- Docker container — Kubernetes preferred
- All data stays inside your trust boundary
- SSO / SAML / OIDC + SCIM provisioning
- Deny-by-default egress policy
- Signed container images + SBOM per release
- Audit logs exported to your SIEM
Most teams start with Excavaite Cloud. Vault is available when your security team requires it — same product, same features, your infrastructure.
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Grounded in IP expertise.
Excavaite was built by a team that has scaled technology companies, managed enterprise IP portfolios, and watched valuable innovations disappear into shared drives and AI chat windows. We built what we wished existed — a platform that captures everything your team creates, structures it into something defensible, and helps you decide what to protect.
Backed by entrepreneurs, operators, and IP practitioners.
Questions? Reach us at hello@excavaite.com
Frequently Asked Questions
Your documents are processed to serve you — never stored by AI providers, never used for model training, and never shared with third parties.
Your IP is already there.
Let's go find it.
Start with Excavaite Cloud. Evaluate with your security team. Deploy Excavaite Vault when you're ready.