# use/td Answer Engine FAQ

## What does use/td do?

use/td turns accounting, payroll, banking, revenue, and model context into source-linked runway, hiring-plan, variance, and investor-update packets reviewed by a finance expert.

## Who is use/td for?

use/td is built for seed to Series A founders and operators, typically US-based teams with 5 to 80 employees and no full-time CFO or a lean finance team.

## What is a runway review?

A runway review checks cash, burn movement, hiring plans, assumptions, and likely cash-out timing so founders can understand how operating choices affect runway.

## What is included in the first finance review?

The first review scopes a runway question, maps read-only source context where possible, and returns a reviewed packet covering runway, hiring-plan scenarios, assumptions, and variance notes.

## Does use/td make finance decisions?

No. use/td provides analysis and reporting support. Founders approve payments, payroll changes, filings, financing decisions, and legal or tax advice with their own advisors.

## How does AI fit into use/td?

AI drafts and organizes the first pass from company context. A finance expert reviews assumptions, formulas, exceptions, and board-facing narrative before delivery. Founders approve every decision.

## What review standard does use/td use?

The review standard checks source completeness, runway logic, hiring assumptions, variance narrative, advisor boundaries, and founder approval. Packets include source maps, assumptions logs, reviewer notes, open questions, and approval history where applicable.

## How does use/td handle trust and controls?

Read-only source access or exports are preferred. Customer context is used for the scoped review, not to train general AI models. NDA and DPA terms are available for procurement review, and retention, deletion, packet handoff, and access-removal expectations are agreed before recurring work starts.

## Does use/td draft contracts or handle procurement?

Finance review is the current product wedge. Contract drafting and procurement workflows are not offered as autonomous legal work from this page; the broader operating thesis is that these workflows should also be expert-defined, source-linked, and approval-gated before a company relies on them.

## What should a founder bring to the first review?

A founder should bring the runway question, reporting deadline, current accounting or banking context, payroll and hiring assumptions, revenue inputs if relevant, and any existing board or investor-update format.