Ironclad Set Up AI RFP Software in 30 Minutes with Inventive AI and got 97% accuracy

For Ironclad, a leading contract lifecycle management platform, RFPs and security questionnaires are a steady part of every enterprise deal. Its proposal team needed a faster way to answer them than a Q&A library that went stale whenever the product changed. With Inventive AI, the team was live in 30 minutes and drafting from source documents. This case study is based on conversations with Davar Saleh, Senior Solution Engineer, Marisa Bloodgood, Manager, Proposals and Demo Engineering, and Leo Ochoa, Proposal Manager, at Ironclad.

Impact at a Glance

About Ironclad

Ironclad is a leading contract lifecycle management platform. Its proposal team handles RFPs and security questionnaires covering product, technical, security and company questions for enterprise buyers.

The challenge: a solitary workflow bogged down by outdated facts

For Davar Saleh, Senior Solution Engineer at Ironclad, answering RFPs and security questionnaires was slow, solo work, and the legacy RFP software made it harder.

That tool relied on a large traditional Q&A library. Whenever Ironclad changed a service, such as expanding to 24/7 support, Davar had to find and edit every outdated mention of it by hand.

"Anything else, solution questions, product questions, company questions, technical security, you name it, is pretty much just, I work in a vacuum and solo by myself and deliver a product."
— Davar Saleh, Senior Solution Engineer, Ironclad

All that upkeep made complex documents, like 150-question spreadsheets mixing product, technical and company questions, slow and tedious.

The solution: "That was fast."

Ironclad was looking for the fastest RFP software to set up, and Inventive AI was live within 30 minutes of the first call. Instead of weeks of implementation and content curation, the team connected Google Drive through Inventive's integrations and skipped most manual data entry.

"We've been on the call for 30 minutes and I already set it up and populated it and answered some questionnaires. And definitely very, very usable... I think I have a pretty useful product in my hands right now."
— Davar Saleh, Senior Solution Engineer, Ironclad

The management team liked more than the setup speed. Assistive tagging, live dashboard updates and the side-by-side document editor, which keeps original formatting and tables, all landed well.

"I think this is great just given the reviews that are already happening across the team... This onboarding plan is really helpful just to have context of each session."
— Marisa Bloodgood, Manager, Proposals and Demo Engineering, Ironclad

How Ironclad's AI answers scored 96–97% on an independent fact-check

The real test of an AI tool is the accuracy of what it writes. After going live, Davar completed a questionnaire for a major healthcare client and exported it to Glean, Ironclad's enterprise search tool, for an independent fact-check. Over 96% of the answers checked out, and the few gaps traced back to information missing from the knowledge hub.

"I did one for Adventist Health and I exported it and I had Glean fact check it. There was a couple that were information missing in Knowledge Hub, then it was still like over like 96 or 97%, it's like, yep, this is all great... I'm like, cool."
— Davar Saleh, Senior Solution Engineer, Ironclad

Because Inventive AI drafts from source documents instead of a stale Q&A library, Ironclad now runs several complex questionnaires at the same time without losing quality.

Ironclad had compared Inventive AI against four other tools. Leo Ochoa, a Proposal Manager on the team, backed it during that evaluation because he had already launched it at his previous company.

Why Ironclad’s proposal manager chose Inventive AI a second time

"I'm very excited about Inventive. I launched Inventive in my last company back in September. I know Inventive and we bought it and it was great."
— Leo Ochoa, Proposal Manager, Ironclad

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Frequently Asked Questions

Why do RFP teams switch to Inventive AI from Q&A-library tools?

Q&A libraries hold onto old facts, so every product or service change means hunting down and editing stored answers by hand. Inventive AI drafts from current source documents, so updating the source document is what keeps answers current.

How do you fact-check AI-generated RFP answers?

Check each answer against its cited source, then run the finished document through a second system, such as an enterprise search tool, as an independent check. Track every gap the check finds and add the missing information to the knowledge base so the next draft is better.

Is AI RFP software like Inventive AI worth it for a one-person proposal team?

Yes, because a solo analyst carries every product, security and company question alone. Inventive AI drafts the first pass from approved content, so the analyst spends time reviewing and refining instead of searching and rewriting.

How accurate are AI-generated RFP responses?

As accurate as the sources behind them. When Ironclad fact-checked an Inventive AI questionnaire with Glean, 96–97% of answers checked out, and the few gaps traced back to information missing from the knowledge hub.

How long does it take to set up AI RFP software?

With a file sync instead of a manual library build, it can take minutes. Ironclad’s team was answering questionnaires within 30 minutes of its first setup call.

Can Inventive AI answer security questionnaires in Excel?

Yes. Ironclad runs 150-question Excel files that mix product and security questions through Inventive AI, sometimes three at once.

Ironclad: AI RFP response set up in 30 minutes, 97% accuracy on an independent fact-check