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M&A Desk AI Agent Team

Take an M&A mandate from first screen to decision. Build and profile target lists, quantify synergies and accretion/dilution, run the diligence tracker, and assemble decision-ready materials with the risks stated plainly.

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What is an M&A Desk AI Agent Team?

An M&A Desk AI Agent Team is a group of specialised AI agents that work together on acquisition target screening, deal economics, due diligence coordination and decision-ready deal materials.

In Brexy, the team takes an M&A objective and breaks it into specialist tasks. It then screens, quantifies and tracks the work, and returns structured deal materials for you to review.

Overview

An M&A mandate is not one job. Framing the strategic rationale, screening targets, quantifying synergies, chasing diligence items and pulling it all into one recommendation are connected, but each one needs a different kind of work.

Instead of asking a general-purpose AI to do everything, Brexy gives each part of the mandate to a specialised agent. An M&A lead frames the rationale and assembles the decision materials. That makes the work easier to review and gives you clearer visibility into the criteria, assumptions, open items and sources.

Your deal team specialises. Your AI team should too.

Meet the M&A Desk AI team

SLSkyler, M&A Lead

Frames the strategic rationale and screening criteria with the client context, then assembles the decision materials: rationale, economics, diligence status and risks, stated plainly.

Best forframing the strategic rationalesetting screening criteriadecision materialsrisks stated plainly
TSTarget Screening Analyst

Builds long lists of acquisition candidates against explicit criteria, such as sector, size, geography and technology fit, and filters them down to profiled short lists.

Best fortarget screeninglong listscriteria-based filteringprofiled short lists
SASynergy Analyst

Quantifies synergies, integration costs and accretion/dilution under explicit, stated assumptions.

Best forsynergy quantificationintegration costsaccretion/dilutiondeal economics
DDDue Diligence Coordinator

Runs the diligence tracker: request lists, open items, owners and red flags.

Best fordiligence request listsopen item trackingownersred flags

One question can use multiple agents

Example: summarise two precedent deals, each figure sourced and dated, with anything not publicly confirmed labelled as such.

@BREXY Summarise NVIDIA’s acquisitions of Mellanox and Run:ai. Cite the source and date for every figure, and clearly label anything that isn’t publicly confirmed.
  1. SLSkyler, M&A Lead

    Frame what the summaries need to cover and set the standard of evidence.

  2. MDM&A Desk

    Research each deal from filings and other public sources, with every figure tied to its source and as-of date.

  3. MDM&A Desk

    Label anything that is not publicly confirmed, instead of presenting it as fact.

  4. SLSkyler, M&A Lead

    Assemble the deal summaries for your review.

You review. You approve.Waiting for you

From a question to finished work

@BREXY We want to acquire a company in [sector] to add [capability]. Screen the market against our criteria, quantify the synergies for the priority targets, and open a diligence tracker for the one we advance.
1Rationale2Screening3Short list4Economics5Diligence6Decision materials

Skyler frames the strategic rationale and screening criteria with your context. The Target Screening Analyst delivers a profiled short list. For the priority targets, the Synergy Analyst quantifies the economics under explicit assumptions. Once a target advances, the Due Diligence Coordinator opens the tracker and chases open items. Skyler then assembles the decision materials.

The goal is not just an answer. It is sourced, reviewable work you can take to the next step.

Another example: deal economics

@BREXY For the priority target, quantify the synergies, integration costs and accretion/dilution. State every assumption explicitly, and show how the results change if the key assumptions move.
Deal economics · Priority targetIllustrative layout
1
Revenue synergies

Cross-sell into the acquirer’s customer base.

Assumption stated ✓
2
Cost synergies

Overlapping infrastructure and functions.

Assumption stated ✓
3
Integration costs

One-off costs to combine the businesses.

Assumption stated ✓
4
Accretion / dilution

Shown at different levels of synergy delivery.

Sensitivity shown ✓
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Not publicly confirmed

A figure from an unverified report, labelled as such rather than stated as fact.

Labelled

The Synergy Analyst builds the economics on assumptions that are stated openly, not buried, so you can challenge each one. The numbers come back with their sources and as-of dates, ready for the decision materials.

A typical M&A Desk workflow

The workflow moves from a strategic idea to a decision-ready recommendation.

  1. Frame the rationale

    Skyler, M&A Lead

    Set the strategic rationale and the screening criteria with the client context.

  2. Screen the targets

    Target Screening Analyst

    Deliver the profiled short list, built against explicit criteria.

  3. Quantify the economics

    Synergy Analyst

    For priority targets, quantify synergies, integration costs and accretion/dilution under explicit assumptions.

  4. Run the diligence

    Due Diligence Coordinator

    Once a target advances, open the tracker and chase open items, owners and red flags.

  5. Assemble the decision

    Skyler, M&A Lead

    Combine the rationale, economics, diligence status and risks into one recommendation for your review.

Sources, assumptions, open items and labelling

Deal work is only as useful as the evidence and assumptions behind it.

01Sources

Every figure in a deliverable carries its source.

02As-of dates

Every figure carries its as-of date.

03No unsupported claims

Nothing is presented as fact without the specific deal, filing or data point behind it.

04Explicit assumptions

Synergies, integration costs and accretion/dilution are quantified under assumptions that are clearly stated.

05Honest labelling

Anything not publicly confirmed is labelled as such.

06Tracked diligence

Request lists, open items, owners and red flags sit in one tracker, so nothing waits in someone’s inbox.

Who is it for?

Investment Bankers

Support M&A mandates from target screening to decision materials, with sourced precedent research and explicit deal economics.

Corporate Development Teams

Screen acquisition candidates against your own criteria and quantify what a deal could be worth.

Private Equity & Investment Teams

Build long lists, profile short lists and keep diligence organised across live opportunities.

Corporate Finance Teams

Support strategic and financial decisions with stated assumptions you can challenge.

Analysts & Associates

Reduce repetitive screening, modelling and tracker work while keeping control over the final recommendation.

Work with the context you already have

Brexy can work with the context available through your projects, knowledge, files, connectors and previous work. Your AI team starts from the client context, criteria and information relevant to the mandate.

Confidentiality and control

Deal information stays confidential. Material non-public information never moves between deals or channels.

You stay in control. The AI team does the screening, quantification and tracking, and prepares the work. Anything external-facing goes to a human for approval before it leaves the team. You review the output, check the sources, challenge the assumptions and approve what moves forward.

Brexy does not make investment decisions. It removes the repetitive work around them.

What can you ask Brexy to do?

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Target Screening

Deal Economics

Due Diligence

Decision Materials & Precedents

Frequently asked questions

An M&A AI Agent is an AI system specialised in M&A work such as target screening, synergy analysis and due diligence coordination. In Brexy, it works as part of a larger M&A Desk Agent Team.

Yes. Brexy’s Target Screening Analyst builds long lists of acquisition candidates against explicit criteria, such as sector, size, geography and technology fit, and filters them down to profiled short lists.

Yes. The Synergy Analyst quantifies synergies and integration costs under explicit, stated assumptions, so you can see and challenge what drives the numbers.

Yes. The team quantifies accretion/dilution under explicit assumptions, and shows the sources and as-of dates behind its figures.

Yes. The Due Diligence Coordinator runs the tracker, including request lists, open items, owners and red flags, and chases open items once a target advances.

Yes. The team supports precedent-transaction research, with each figure sourced and dated, and anything not publicly confirmed labelled honestly.

Yes. Deal information stays confidential, and material non-public information never moves between deals or channels.

An agent team divides a complex mandate among specialised agents. Separate agents handle screening, deal economics and diligence tracking, while an M&A lead frames the rationale and assembles the decision materials. That makes the work easier to review.

No. The AI team does the work and prepares the materials. You review, challenge and approve the output.

No. Describe your M&A objective, and Brexy brings the relevant specialist agents into the workflow.

Start with the mandate. Build the deal around it.

Give Brexy the strategic rationale, the screening criteria and the client context you have. The M&A Desk Agent Team brings together the screening, economics, diligence and decision-ready assembly work required.

Ready to put the team to work?

Open Brexy Agent Studio, describe your M&A objective, and the right agents join the workflow.

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