FounderPilot / Documents

Documents

Documents explained before you act.

Upload architecture for OCR, classification, founder-friendly interpretation, timeline impact, and calm next steps.

Use in filings

Upload for understanding

Phase 10 architecture accepts PDFs, images, screenshots, scanned notices, quotes, and startup records. Uploads do not submit official forms or get treated as legal conclusions.

Future secure upload area

Firebase stores the source file. PostgreSQL stores classification, extraction, confidence, action state, and audit-safe guidance.

Startup document vault

Organized by founder relevance. This is a document-readiness view, not a submission checklist.

Certificate of incorporation

Recommended

Core company proof used across bank, benefit, provider, and filing conversations.

Useful from day one.

Company PAN

Recommended

Basic tax identity document for operational setup and banking.

Important for most post-incorporation setup steps.

GST certificate

Future

Only relevant if GST is already active or a verified later workflow confirms it is needed.

Not required for the current mock startup state.

Founder agreement

Optional

A founder alignment document that can reduce confusion before growth or fundraising.

Helpful for multi-founder startups, but not an immediate action item.

Bookkeeping summary

Future

A simple operational record for invoices, expenses, and basic financial readiness.

Can wait until transactions begin.

Startup recognition draft

Future

A future editable draft package for Startup India or DPIIT readiness workflows.

Useful after company basics are clean and source-backed checks exist.

Document intelligence that explains what to do next.

Phase 10 turns uploads into operational understanding: classify, extract, explain, link, and guide without auto-filing or unsupported certainty.

1

Upload

Founder uploads a PDF, image, screenshot, scanned notice, quote, or certificate into Firebase Storage.

Architecture readynone
2

Classify

FounderPilot identifies document type, startup relevance, urgency, and whether it belongs in quote review.

Architecture readylightweight
3

Extract

Document intelligence handles OCR, multimodal extraction, dates, identifiers, names, references, and missing-field signals.

Future integrationmid level
4

Explain

Operational intelligence turns extracted structure into calm founder language without presenting extraction as official guidance.

Future integrationlightweight
5

Guide

The record becomes a next-step card: matters now, can wait, verify first, or expert review useful.

Architecture readynone
6

Link

PostgreSQL connects document meaning to startup profile, roadmap, compliance, benefits, filings, and experts.

Architecture readynone
Mock/dev document intelligence

Operational explanation

FounderPilot explains the document before asking a founder to act.

Expert review useful

What this is

This appears to be a service quote or message about GST and startup compliance support.

Why it matters

It may affect whether a founder pays for services before understanding what is actually relevant to the current stage.

Does this matter now?

For a pre-revenue startup, this may be a review item rather than an immediate purchase decision.

What to do next

Ask for itemized pricing, source-backed timing, and whether each item is mandatory now, recommended, or optional later.

Common founder confusion

Many founders treat every compliance-looking message as equally urgent. FounderPilot separates document meaning from the decision to act.

Timeline impact

GST evaluation

Recommended

The document may be useful input, but the timing should be checked against current startup activity first.

Provider decision

Optional

FounderPilot should help separate what is required now from optional service choices.

Expert review boundary

Expert review is useful before submitting official forms, responding to notices, or relying on tax/legal interpretation.

Document OCR architecture

Structured extraction, not raw text dumps.

OCR output is converted into reviewable fields, missing information, confidence levels, and founder confirmation prompts.

Extracted field preview

Document appears to be

medium

Provider quote or service proposal

Founder confirmation required before action

Mentions

needs source verification

GST registration, certificate wording, annual compliance package

Founder confirmation required before action

Possible action date

low

Not verified from official source

Founder confirmation required before action

Missing information

  • Official source or rule supporting timing
  • Separate price for each service
  • Startup stage context: revenue, interstate sales, GST status

Storage separation

Files stay in Firebase Storage. PostgreSQL stores category, extraction, state, search fields, timeline links, and audit-safe guidance.

Search and indexing

Search by operational meaning.

The vault should help founders find what matters now, not browse a folder full of uncertain filenames.

Document type

GST, MCA, Startup India, agreement, quote, notice

Find records by operational category instead of file name guesswork.

Action state

Informational, action recommended, future relevance, expert review

Filter by what the founder should do next.

Startup relevance

Profile, roadmap, compliance, benefits, filings, experts

See where a document changes the operating path.

Date and identifiers

Issue date, deadline, CIN, GSTIN, PAN/TAN, application reference

Search structured extraction fields without exposing raw OCR output.

Startup linking

Documents become startup context.

Every interpreted record can connect to roadmap, compliance, benefits, filings, and quote review.

Quote review

The upload looks like a provider proposal and should be interpreted before payment.

GST stage check

GST relevance depends on revenue, sales geography, registration status, and official thresholds.

Document readiness

If founder chooses to proceed, required documents should be prepared calmly before submission.

Cost control

OCR activates only when upload type and package policy justify it.

Export ready

Summaries can become founder-ready snapshots, not official filings.