AI Vendor Due Diligence Tool

A comprehensive checklist covers nine key investigation areas: (1) company verification — confirming the vendor is a registered, active legal entity with a verifiable registration number, (2) sanctions screening — checking against OFAC, EU, UN, and other international sanctions lists, (3) ownership and UBO investigation — identifying directors, shareholders, and ultimate beneficial owners by name, (4) PEP screening — determining whether any owners or officers are politically exposed persons, (5) financial health assessment — evaluating revenue, credit ratings, and bankruptcy risk, (6) legal history — searching court records across relevant jurisdictions, (7) regulatory compliance — checking for fines, enforcement actions, and debarments, (8) adverse media review — scanning global news for fraud, corruption, or other negative coverage, and (9) operational verification — confirming the vendor has a functioning website, verifiable address, and evidence of real business operations. Our AI platform automates every item on this checklist.

A traditional questionnaire relies on vendors to self-report their compliance status, ownership structure, and business details — but vendors control what they disclose. Our platform takes the opposite approach, independently investigating each vendor using authoritative external sources (government registries, sanctions databases, court records, financial databases, and global media) to verify claims and surface information that self-reported data typically misses. Rather than replacing your existing questionnaire entirely, the platform complements it by providing independent verification of responses and uncovering risks that manual processes overlook.

Third-party due diligence is the broader practice of investigating any external party your organization does business with — vendors, suppliers, distributors, agents, joint venture partners, and subcontractors. Vendor due diligence is a subset focused specifically on the vendor and supplier relationship. Both processes share the same investigative methodology: verifying entity legitimacy, screening against sanctions and watchlists, investigating ownership structures, assessing financial health, and reviewing legal and regulatory history. Organizations with mature risk management programs conduct investigations proportional to the risk level of each relationship — applying enhanced scrutiny to high-value or sanctions-sensitive partnerships.

Most investigations complete in one to three minutes. This compares to days or weeks for manual processes that require analysts to search individual databases, send questionnaires, and compile findings into reports. Complex cases with extensive legal or media footprints may take slightly longer. For organizations managing hundreds or thousands of vendor relationships, the time savings are transformative — enabling systematic supplier due diligence across the entire portfolio rather than just the highest-tier vendors.

Supplier due diligence is the process of investigating suppliers — a specific category of vendor — before onboarding or during periodic reviews. While the terms are often used interchangeably, supplier due diligence may place additional emphasis on supply chain-specific risks such as production capacity, delivery reliability, quality certifications, and ESG compliance. Our platform handles both vendor and supplier investigations through the same comprehensive framework, covering all nine investigation areas from company verification to operational assessment.

The automated investigation checks OFAC SDN, EU and UN sanctions lists, World Bank debarment lists, ICIJ offshore leaks (Panama Papers, Paradise Papers, Pandora Papers), US federal and state court records, global news archives in 65+ languages, and public company registries — plus AI-powered web search for additional sources including financial databases, ownership records, and regulatory filings not covered by structured datasets.