Key Findings
What seven frontier models found, and missed, reviewing the same onboarding file.
- All seven rejected the file, so the verdict alone tells you nothing.
- They found between seven and twelve of the fourteen planted defects.
- Two defects were missed by every single model.
- No model cried wolf on the two legitimate facts built to look suspicious.
- Only one of seven wrote down why it cleared the clean controls.
What’s inside
17 chapters across 31 pages, covering what each model found, what it means for your controls, and exactly how we tested.
- 1.They all get the headline right
- 2.Recall diverges sharply
- 3.Two defects the seven all missed
- 4.The controls came back clean
- 5.Price is not judgment
- 6.Effort is not judgment
- 7.What the judges can and cannot grade
- 8.What a newer model buys you
- 9.Can they even read the file?
- 10.Necessary but not sufficient
- 11.How Steward closes the gap
- 12.What we are not claiming
- 13.About the author
- 14.See it on your own file
- 15.How we tested it
- 16.How to read the scores
- 17.What we planted in the file
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Their AI handles the scale, our team handles the judgment.
“Service providers in the Compliance space often slow you down. Steward does the opposite. Their AI handles screening, document analysis, and entity validation at scale, letting our team focus on judgment calls. During our recent fundraise, we had a very short window to close, and Steward’s team went into overdrive. That responsiveness and anticipation separates a tool from a true compliance partner.”
Document-first onboarding that removes blockers, even for complex structures.
“Steward’s document-first onboarding quickly extracts required information, flagging gaps, and removing blockers, even for complex structures.”
Less review time, stronger audit defensibility, higher-value work.
“Steward cuts manual review time, improves decision consistency, and strengthens audit defensibility, freeing compliance teams to focus on higher-value work.”
One fund became our entire portfolio on Steward.
“What started with one fund led us to move our entire portfolio to Steward, delivering seamless, AI-powered onboarding with a highly responsive team.”
Their AI handles the scale, our team handles the judgment.
“Service providers in the Compliance space often slow you down. Steward does the opposite. Their AI handles screening, document analysis, and entity validation at scale, letting our team focus on judgment calls. During our recent fundraise, we had a very short window to close, and Steward’s team went into overdrive. That responsiveness and anticipation separates a tool from a true compliance partner.”
Document-first onboarding that removes blockers, even for complex structures.
“Steward’s document-first onboarding quickly extracts required information, flagging gaps, and removing blockers, even for complex structures.”
Less review time, stronger audit defensibility, higher-value work.
“Steward cuts manual review time, improves decision consistency, and strengthens audit defensibility, freeing compliance teams to focus on higher-value work.”
One fund became our entire portfolio on Steward.
“What started with one fund led us to move our entire portfolio to Steward, delivering seamless, AI-powered onboarding with a highly responsive team.”