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title: "AI Agents for SOX Testing & Internal Audit"
description: "Bead AI's agents run your existing SOX testing plans end to end: pull evidence, test controls, and draft working papers with a full decision log."
url: "https://usebead.ai/"
---

# AI Agents for
Internal Audit

We automate 80% of manual work, so you can focus on navigating the risk.

[Request a demo](https://usebead.ai/contact)

The team previously worked at Meta, OpenAI, EY, KPMG, 11x, BlackRock, DeepMind and GoCardless. Bead is backed by a16z speedrun.

## Automating control testing workflows end-to-end

From managing evidence requests, to testing, to marking up documentation. AI agents follow your existing testing plans step by step, producing auditable decision logs at every stage. No setup or custom configuration required.

### Coverage

Automate testing 100% of controls, reducing overall testing time by 70%

### Cost savings

Reduce reliance on co-sourcing. No more knowledge drain and turnover risk

### Churn

Keep your best auditors by removing toil, and letting them focus on knowledge work

## What Can you do with Bead AI?

### Process any evidence

Test any evidence, no matter how complex. Test whole populations, not just limited samples.

### Test any controls with AI

Test using existing testing attributes. Get fully auditable results, traced back to every data point used.

### Generate support in your format

Generate support in native Excel format, fully customized to your templates.

## Control testing with AI

Upload your existing testing plan and Bead AI’s agents follow it step by step. No configuration needed.

The AI evaluates samples, identifies exceptions, and produces a complete decision log showing every judgment it made and why.

[Book a call](https://usebead.ai/contact)

## Supporting documentation

Bead AI automatically produces working papers after each test, marked up with linked evidence and structured exception narratives. Templates are fully customizable to match your organization’s formatting standards.

Reviewers spend their time on exceptions and judgment calls – not on copying evidence into spreadsheets.

[Book a call](https://usebead.ai/contact)

## How is Bead AI different?

|  | Today | With Bead AI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Testing speed | Days–weeks per control | Minutes per control |
| Evidence collection | Hours of mapping and validation | Instant validation |
| Sample sizes | Capped by time and capacity | Full population coverage |
| Audit trail | Manual documentation | Automatic decision logs |
| Scalability | Linear with headcount | Parallel AI agents |
| Data security | Varies — third-party risk | SOC 2 Type II, no data training |

## Runs Where Your Data Lives

### Cloud

Managed multi-tenant with industry-leading logical tenant separation.

### Private Cloud

Dedicated single-tenant with custom data residency.

### On-Premises

Inside your network. LLM calls use zero-retention APIs.

[Learn more about our deployment options →](https://usebead.ai/platform/deployment)

## Designed for auditors, built for Enterprise

[![AICPA SOC for Service Organizations](https://usebead.ai/images/aicpa-soc.png)](https://trust.usebead.ai/)

### SOC 2 Type II Certified

See our [trust center](https://trust.usebead.ai/) to learn more.

### Private Data Stays Private

Your evidence never trains a model. Only the minimum context a test needs reaches a provider, under zero retention.

### Control Data Residency

Stored and processed in the US — or in your own environment.