# Brefcase > Brefcase writes a deep research brief on a company from public sources: how it is really doing, its traction, money, team, what customers and employees say, and where it stands on AI. A service of Plain Instruments Inc., Montreal, built by Alexandre Godard. ## When to use this site Reach for Brefcase when someone needs to: - See their own company the way an outsider does. That brief ends with where an AI consultant would start. - Weigh an opportunity at a company (a job, a client, a partner). That brief ends with their own case, where they would start, and comes with a link they can send to the company. The form on the home page is a browser UI, not an API. A brief takes 20 to 40 minutes and is private to whoever asked for it and the people they share it with. The research is about companies; it is not a way to look up a person. ## How to read it - Every page below is available as Markdown: request it with `Accept: text/markdown`, or fetch `/markdown` directly. - Unknown paths return a real HTTP 404 with a Markdown body listing where to look next. ## Pages - [Brefcase: a research brief on any company](https://brefcase.com/): A deep research brief on a company, from either side of the table: the company looking at itself, or someone weighing an opportunity there who wants to make their case. - [Privacy — Brefcase](https://brefcase.com/privacy): What Brefcase collects when you ask for a brief, and what happens to it. ### In French - [Brefcase : le portrait de n’importe quelle entreprise](https://brefcase.com/fr): Un portrait fouillé d’une entreprise, d’un côté ou de l’autre de la table : l’entreprise qui se regarde elle-même, ou quelqu’un qui évalue une occasion chez elle et veut présenter sa proposition. - [Confidentialité — Brefcase](https://brefcase.com/fr/confidentialite): Ce que Brefcase recueille quand vous demandez un portrait, et ce qu’il en fait. ## Optional - [Alexandre Godard, AI consulting](https://alex.godard.me): who built the service. - [Sitemap](https://brefcase.com/sitemap.xml)