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Deal Sourcing Jan 14, 2026 · By DeepDive Editorial Team

How AI Agents Like Argus Remove the Pre-Diligence Grunt Work From M&A

Pre-diligence research on an acquisition target used to take 4-8 hours of manual work per company. DeepDive's Argus AI agent compresses this to approximately 30 seconds by querying 20+ data sources simultaneously and delivering a structured Target Report.

How AI Agents Like Argus Remove the Pre-Diligence Grunt Work From M&A

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Argus and how does it help with pre-diligence?

Argus is an AI pre-diligence agent built into DeepDive by BrokerHero. You enter a company name and Argus queries 20+ data sources simultaneously — including business filings, news, social media, property records, patent databases, and litigation signals — and delivers a structured Target Report in approximately 30 seconds.

What is a Target Report in M&A pre-diligence?

A Target Report is a structured research document generated by Argus covering a company's snapshot, business profile, key people and contacts, properties, local market demographics, patents and IP, litigation signals, corporate filings, web and social footprint, and recent news. It replaces hours of manual analyst research with a 30-second AI-generated briefing.

How does AI remove the grunt work from pre-diligence?

Instead of an analyst spending 4-8 hours manually cross-referencing public registries, news sources, LinkedIn, property records, and court filings, AI agents like Argus query all of those sources in parallel and synthesize findings into a structured report. This lets M&A professionals focus on judgment and relationship work rather than data gathering.

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