AI Contract Evaluation - PwC

The Challenge

PwC needed to confirm whether contracts had been fully executed. The process required manual review of signatures, dates and parties across documents. This created a bottleneck that consumed specialist time and introduced the possibility of inconsistent or erroneous assessments. The solution needed to automate routine validation while ensuring uncertain cases could still be reviewed by experts.

Objectives

• Validate contract execution intelligently.
• Reduce manual document review.
• Maintain expert oversight for uncertain cases.
• Create a reusable foundation for additional document types.
• Produce consistent and auditable assessments.

What Athen Built

Athen built an AI-powered contract-evaluation system that analyses uploaded contracts, extracts relevant information and determines whether the document appears to be fully executed. Rather than simply matching keywords, the system uses AI reasoning and confidence-based workflows.

How It Works

1. Contract Upload

A contract enters the processing workflow.

2. AI Extraction

The system identifies signatures, dates and contracting parties.

3. Intelligent Validation

AI evaluates whether the contract has been fully executed.

4. Confidence-Based Decision

High-confidence results can be automatically approved. Uncertain cases are routed to an expert for review.

5. Extensible Architecture

The Azure foundation can be extended to additional document types and validation rules.

Business Impact

70% reduction in manual review time, helping accelerate contract cycles and freeing experts to focus on higher-value advisory work.

Additional benefits include:

• More consistent contract assessment
• Reduced manual workload
• Structured information from documents
• Auditable decision-making
• Reusable AI foundation

Technology

AI · Azure · Document AI

Why It Matters

The goal was not to replace professional judgement. It was to let AI handle the repeatable analysis, while experts remained responsible for cases that required judgement.