AI infrastructure for R&D tax credit firms

Find real R&D activity — then turn every engagement into repeat revenue.

Arelvo helps R&D tax-credit firms identify companies showing relevant technical activity, reach the right finance decision-makers, build referral channels, automate client onboarding and document collection, manage project communication, detect stalled engagements, and automatically create next-cycle opportunities.

Works with your existing CRM, email, calendar, document storage and project workflows.

arelvo / live system
Running
01Company raises Series A
02Adds 14 engineers
03Technical activity signal detected
04CFO identified
05Account researched and scored
06Personalized outreach launched
07Discovery meeting booked
08Engagement signed
09Secure onboarding started
10Payroll + technical data requested
11Technical interviews scheduled
12Project milestones monitored
13Client questions handled by AI
14Next tax-cycle opportunity detected
Next action created
Existing client added 22 engineers and opened a second technical team.
What Arelvo watches for

Find companies when technical activity becomes visible.

These are prospecting signals, not eligibility determinations.

Engineering hiring

Growing engineering organizations.

Software development

Hiring and product signals suggesting software development activity.

Product-development hiring

Product, technical product and development roles.

R&D team growth

Dedicated research or technical teams expanding.

New product launches

Companies introducing new technology or products.

Funding events

Fresh capital often accompanies development investment.

Technical facility expansion

Labs, engineering centers or manufacturing facilities.

Manufacturing/process engineering

Potential technical improvement activity.

Patent/IP activity

Useful as a prospecting signal where available.

New entities

Growing organizations adding subsidiaries or entities.

Acquisitions

Potential changes to technical operations and tax structure.

Existing client engineering growth

Potential repeat-engagement signal.

R&D opportunity intelligence

Research the technical activity before your team reaches out.

Company
Atlas Robotics
93/100
Signal

Engineering growth +28% — Series B recently announced

186 employees, 61 in engineering17 open technical rolesNew autonomous platform announcedPotential technical activity: HighRobotics + embedded software hiring
Likely buyerJennifer Park — CFO
Recommended actionSend manufacturing/robotics R&D sequence
Decision-maker intelligence

Reach the person who can actually evaluate the engagement.

Depending on company size, Arelvo identifies:

CFOControllerVP FinanceTax DirectorHead of TaxFounder/CEOFinance leadership

Then enrich:

Verified work emailLinkedInCompany dataTenureRelevant context
Compound-signal scoring

One signal is useful. Multiple signals are much stronger.

Compound signal exampleOpportunity Score: 97/100
Signals detected
  • · Series A raised
  • · 14 engineers hired
  • · New product launched
  • · New CTO hired
Arelvo prioritizes compound events rather than treating every engineering company equally.
Direct acquisition engine

Turn technical signals into qualified conversations.

Signal
Company Qualification
Finance Buyer
Research
Opportunity Score
Personalized Outreach
Reply Intelligence
Meeting

AI personalization

Reference the actual technical event.

Reply classification

Interested, already claiming, accountant handles it, timing, referral, not relevant.

CRM automation

Create/update records without manual entry.

Timing intelligence

Arelvo remembers timing.

Conversation

Circle back after year-end.

Timing capturedYear-end
StatusAutomated ✓

Arelvo stores the timing and automatically resurfaces the account when it becomes relevant.

Referral partner engine

Build a repeatable referral network.

For an R&D tax credit firm, the referral channel can be just as important as direct outreach.

Partner Discovery
Partner Qualification
Decision-Maker Enrichment
Partnership Outreach
Meeting
Partner Onboarding
Referral Submission
Opportunity Attribution
Performance Tracking

CPA firms

The most common referral relationship for R&D credits.

Accounting firms

Broader accounting relationships that surface eligible clients.

Tax advisors

Independent advisors serving growth-stage companies.

Fractional CFOs & finance consultants

Embedded in exactly the companies worth qualifying.

Carter & Rowe CPA
Partner status: Active
Performance
  • · Referrals YTD: 8
  • · Qualified: 6
  • · Won: 4
  • · Revenue attributed: $74K
  • · Last interaction: 34 days ago
Recommended action: partner check-in
Sales workflow

Move qualified opportunities into signed engagements.

Arelvo does not independently make final tax-eligibility determinations.

Meeting routing

Send to the correct salesperson/tax specialist.

Pre-call brief

Technical signals, company profile, buyer, conversation history.

Discovery transcription

Capture the call.

Qualification extraction

Entities, tax year, technical team size, development functions, current provider, prior claims, decision process, timing, next steps.

CRM update

Write notes/fields.

Follow-up generation

Draft recap.

Engagement-letter workflow

Populate approved templates where appropriate.

Signature tracking

Advance stage when signed.

Stalled-deal alerts

Identify opportunities not progressing.

Client onboarding

Turn a signed engagement into a structured project automatically.

Northstar Software68% complete
  • Engagement signed
  • Project created
  • Primary finance contact confirmed
  • Payroll data received
  • Employee list received
  • Technical project list
  • Prior-year documentation
  • Engineering interview contacts
Next action: Reminder Friday
Welcome sequenceAccount/project creationSecure portal setupEntity informationPayroll informationEmployee/department dataProject listsTechnical narrativesFinancial/tax documentsPrior-year informationStakeholder mappingKickoff schedulingMissing-document remindersInternal project owner assignment
Document collection

Stop manually chasing files.

Northstar Software57% complete
  • Payroll export
  • Employee list
  • General ledger extract
  • Org chart
  • Technical project descriptions
  • Engineering time allocation
  • Two project-support documents
Next action: Reminder sent to CFO · Engineering contact copied · Internal owner notified after second reminder
Document intelligence

Make incoming documents usable automatically.

Identify document typeRename/categorize filesAssociate documents with correct project/entityDetect duplicatesExtract structured fieldsIdentify missing expected dataRoute files to the appropriate internal reviewer
Technical interview coordination

Coordinate technical interviews without endless scheduling.

Human tax/technical professionals still make substantive conclusions.

Identify who needs interviewing

Once technical contacts are identified.

Request availability

Collect scheduling windows automatically.

Schedule interviews

Book directly onto calendars.

Send reminders

Reduce no-shows.

Record/transcribe

Where approved.

Summarize discussions

Recruiter-ready technical summaries.

Create follow-up tasks

From open items in the interview.

Identify unanswered questions

Surface gaps before they stall the project.

Project delivery workflow

Know exactly where every engagement stands.

Acme Manufacturing — 2026 R&D Study81% complete · Target: October 19
  • Intake complete
  • Payroll analysis
  • Project list
  • Technical interviews
  • Technical review
  • Financial review
  • Final report
Next action: Target completion October 19
Blocker: One engineering narrative outstanding
Internal assignmentProject milestonesReview deadlinesClient dependenciesInternal dependenciesTechnical interview completionFinancial-review statusMissing-information detectionOverdue-task escalationCompletion workflow
AI client service agent

Give clients instant project visibility.

What are you still waiting on from us?
  • We've received your payroll export, employee list and project list.
  • Still waiting on: 1) Engineering time allocation 2) Project narrative for Atlas 3) Project narrative for Horizon
  • The next milestone is technical review.
When is our next meeting?
  • Approved meeting retrieved ✓
Documents receivedDocuments outstandingProject statusNext milestoneAssigned teamNext meetingUpload instructionsApproved process FAQsSupport ticket creationScheduling

Eligibility questions, credit estimates requiring professional judgment, tax interpretation, legal issues and technical conclusions are escalated to your team automatically.

Customer-service operations

Route client questions to the right place automatically.

DocumentProject statusTechnical questionSchedulingBillingTax questionUrgent issue
Request classified
Account/project identified
AI answers if approved, otherwise correct specialist assigned
SLA monitored
Client updated
Resolution recorded
Client health / churn prevention

Know which engagements are beginning to go off track.

Atlas TechnologiesAt Risk
57/ 100-21 in 30 days
Why
  • · Client hasn't responded in 12 days
  • · Three required documents missing
  • · Milestone delayed
  • · Finance contact sentiment deteriorated
  • · No client-facing update in nine days
  • Run client recovery workflow
Run client recovery workflow →
ResponsivenessDocumentation completionProject progressService issuesSentimentInternal delaysFinance-contact engagementMilestone statusRepeated questionsAccount-owner activity

Project health and relationship health are tracked separately.

A project can be behind while the client relationship is healthy — or on time while the client is unhappy.

82
Project Health
61
Client Health
Retention plays

Arelvo doesn't just flag risk. It starts the recovery process.

Risk detected
Missing requirements summarized
Account owner notified
Client status update prepared
Outstanding documents requested
Meeting scheduled if needed
Senior escalation if issue remains unresolved
Health rescored
Annual re-engagement

Turn each successful study into recurring revenue.

After completing an engagement, Arelvo remembers:

Tax yearEntitiesProject historyClient contactsPrior engagementTechnical organization

Then monitors for:

New tax cycleEngineering growthNew technical employeesNew productsFundingAcquisitionsNew entitiesNew facilities
Account refreshed
Changes summarized
Opportunity created
Account owner notified
Re-engagement launched
Existing-client growth intelligence

Know when an existing client may have changed materially.

Arelvo creates an account review opportunity, not an automatic eligibility determination.

Engineering team +22New product divisionAcquisition completedNew manufacturing facilityNew subsidiaryMajor funding roundNew technical leadership
Referral requests

Turn successful engagements into introductions.

After project completion, a positive satisfaction score, repeat engagement or a strong client outcome, Arelvo can prompt the account owner to request:

Another portfolio companyPeer company introductionCPA introductionFinance-leader introduction
Partner reactivation

Keep CPA and finance partners active.

Arelvo detects:

No referral in X monthsNo interactionNew partner contactPrior high-performing partner becoming inactive
Relationship-maintenance task created automatically
Lost prospect recycling

“Not this year” shouldn't mean forgotten forever.

Reason
Captured
Provider
Captured
Timing
Captured
Fiscal Year
Captured
Follow-Up Date
Captured
Account/contact job changes

If a CFO or client champion moves companies, one event creates both retention and potential acquisition.

Client champion changes companies
Existing client: find replacement contact and protect relationship
New company: evaluate whether their new employer fits the R&D ICP
Management dashboard

Know what's happening across every engagement.

24
Active Engagements
9
New Qualified Opportunities
3
Projects At Risk
14
Missing Document Requests
7
Technical Interviews Outstanding
5
Annual Re-Engagements Due
18
Active Referral Partners
6
Expansion Signals
This month

See what Arelvo produces across acquisition and delivery.

184
Technical activity signals detected
61
Qualified companies
24
Positive conversations
9
Meetings booked
$247K
New-business pipeline
7
Engagements onboarded
146
Document requests automated
43
Technical interviews coordinated
317
Client questions processed
6
At-risk engagements detected
11
Annual re-engagement opportunities
5
Referral opportunities

Reported separately by category

Direct acquisitionReferral acquisitionOnboardingProject deliveryClient serviceRetentionRepeat revenue
Referral attribution

Revenue by channel.

$87K
Direct outbound
$141K
CPA Partner
$56K
Fractional CFO
$38K
Existing client referral
$126K
Annual re-engagement
ROI

Kept in credible, separate categories.

$48K
Revenue won (Arelvo-attributed)
$31K
Repeat revenue attributed
$282K
Pipeline created
$94K
Referral pipeline

Operational activity automated

214
Document reminders
39
Scheduling workflows
287
Routine service interactions
Integrations

Arelvo works around your existing tax-advisory stack.

Arelvo coordinates workflows across your existing systems rather than forcing your team into another system of record. Only real, supported integrations are shown.

CRM

Syncs contacts, accounts and opportunities.

Email

Sends outreach and captures replies automatically.

Calendar

Books discovery calls and technical interviews.

Document storage

Stores and retrieves engagement documents.

E-signature

Tracks engagement-letter signature status.

Project management

Syncs milestones and task status.

Communication

Delivers alerts where your team already works.

Accounting/tax systems

Where supported.

The full system

Built around your workflow.

Discover
  • Technical hiring
  • Funding
  • Product signals
Qualify
  • Research
  • Buyer intelligence
  • Opportunity scoring
Acquire
  • Direct outreach
  • CPA/referral partners
  • Meetings
Convert
  • Discovery
  • Engagement
  • Signature
Onboard
  • Secure intake
  • Payroll
  • Employees
  • Technical documentation
Deliver
  • Document processing
  • Technical interviews
  • Milestones
  • Reviews
Serve
  • AI project service
  • Status
  • Scheduling
  • Ticket routing
Retain
  • Project health
  • Client health
  • Risk interventions
Repeat
  • Next tax cycle
  • Technical growth
  • New entities
Refer
  • Client referrals
  • CPA network
  • Finance partners

Build an R&D tax-credit practice that finds opportunities, moves engagements faster, and systematically creates repeat revenue.

See how Arelvo can connect technical-signal discovery, direct and referral acquisition, client onboarding, document collection, project communication, engagement health and annual re-engagement around the systems your team already uses.

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No rip-and-replace · Built around your current systems · Professional determinations remain with your tax team