Automatically turn the work your team already does into R&D tax credits
Everything you need to claim your R&D tax credit in minutes.
R&D Explorer connects to the tools your engineers already use, automatically discovers your qualifying research, estimates effort and cost, and packages everything into a substantiation packet - ready for the IRS.
Access to CPAs to help you complete your filing end to end.
FinchEverything you need to claim your credit with confidence
From the first commit to a signed evidence bundle, R&D Explorer runs the entire R&D tax credit pipeline, with no spreadsheets and no manual evidence gathering.
One-click integrations
Connect GitHub, Jira, Slack, Trello, Gmail and Finch with secure OAuth. Incremental sync keeps every source current.
AI classification on the 4-part test
Every commit, ticket and thread is scored against IRS Section 41 as qualifying, supporting or excluded, each with reasoning and a confidence score.
Cross-source activity discovery
Clustering unifies work that spans repos, projects and channels into single research activities. No fragments, no double-counting.
Automated effort estimation
A heuristic-plus-LLM pipeline turns raw activity into defensible man-hour ranges, each tagged high, medium or low confidence.
Personnel & cost attribution
Authors are matched to payroll to allocate real wages per person, per activity, turning hours into dollars automatically.
Audit-defensible evidence
Native artifacts are captured and packaged into a signed BagIt bundle with SHA-256 manifests and FRE 902(14) certification.
From connected tools to filed credit in four steps
Connect your sources
Authorize GitHub, Jira, Slack and more, then set your fiscal year. R&D Explorer syncs everything in the background.
Classify & cluster
AI labels each item against the 4-part test and groups them into unified research activities across every source.
Estimate & attribute
Effort is estimated per activity and matched to payroll, turning engineering work into per-person QRE dollars.
Export your evidence
Generate a Form 6765-ready report and a signed, audit-defensible evidence bundle, ready to file or hand to an auditor.
Evidence that holds up when the IRS asks
Screenshots and links to SaaS tools don't survive an audit. R&D Explorer captures the original artifact behind every qualifying item and packages it into a cryptographically signed bundle an examiner can verify independently, with no foundation witness required.
Built to meet Treas. Reg. § 1.41-4(d) and admissible under Federal Rule of Evidence 902(14).