Precedent-first contract intelligence
Draft from your firm's own precedent bank
August reviews and drafts contracts against how your firm has always papered a deal, cites every source, and flags every clause that looks different.
The gap generic AI leaves open
Your firm has papered thousands of deals. Generic AI has never read a single one.
No historical context
Off-the-shelf models draft from public templates, not from the hundreds of agreements your partners have negotiated and closed.
No deviation awareness
When a counterparty moves off your standard form, nothing flags it. Your associate has to catch every drift manually, clause by clause.
No source traceability
Generic output has no footnotes. You cannot tell whether a drafted clause reflects your firm's practice or something the model hallucinated.
How August works
Three things no generic model does
Drafts from your own bank
August indexes your firm's closed deal library and drafts every clause against how your firm has historically papered the same transaction type. The output reflects your partners' language, your standard positions, your preferred fallbacks.
Flags every deviation
When a counterparty redlines a clause that departs from your firm's standard, August marks it immediately, cites the percentage of past deals that used your preferred language, and surfaces the relevant precedent paragraphs.
Cites every source
Every drafted or reviewed clause carries a citation to the specific past agreement it draws from. You can trace every word back to a real deal your firm closed.
The August workbench
See the August workbench.
DRAFT AGREEMENT
This Consulting Services Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into as of March 3, 2026, by and between Hartwick Capital LLC ("Client") and Meridian Advisory Group Inc. ("Consultant").
1. Services. Consultant shall provide financial advisory services as described in Schedule A, including due diligence support, valuation analysis, and transaction structuring advice.
§ 7. Indemnification. Client shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Consultant from any claims arising from Client's use of the deliverables, including claims related to intellectual property infringement, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
§ 9. Limitation of Liability. In no event shall either party be liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages. Consultant's aggregate liability shall not exceed three times (3x) the fees paid in the preceding twelve months.
10. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict of law provisions.
§ 12. Notices. All notices shall be delivered by overnight courier to the addresses set forth on the signature page. Email notice is not sufficient unless followed by physical delivery within two business days.
AUGUST REVIEW
Pemberton v. Hartwick LLC, 2023
Indemnification scope matches firm standard. Used in 6 of 7 comparable advisory agreements this firm has closed since 2021.
DEVIATION FLAGGED
Liability cap is 3x fees. Firm standard in 4 of 5 similar deals is 2x. See Meridian Capital APA, 2022 and Novabridge MSA, 2023.
Meridian Capital APA, 2022
Notices clause requires courier delivery. This firm used email-permitted notices in 3 of 4 deals after 2022. Consider aligning.
Design partner program
Work with us from day one.
We are building August alongside a small group of transactional practices who want to shape what precedent-first drafting looks like in practice. Design partners get early access, a direct line to the founders, and a product built around their actual deal flow.
- Early product access before public launch
- Direct input on the product roadmap
- Weekly calls with the founding team
Pricing
Straightforward per-attorney pricing
Starter
$299/mo
Up to 5 attorneys
Growth
$799/mo
Up to 20 attorneys
Firm
$1,899/mo
Unlimited attorneys
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