Last updated: 2026-10-13
AutogenAI organises proposal work into five modules, from RFP shredding to final review: Qualify and Extract, Manage, Write, Research and Review. Its Federal edition runs in a closed government environment, and integrations include SharePoint, Salesforce, Zapier and a public API. It is built for bid, tender and grant teams rather than general writing.
About AutogenAI
AutogenAI is an AI proposal-writing platform that launched in February 2022 and is headquartered in New York, with offices in London and Brisbane. Founder and CEO Sean Williams started his career as a bid writer, and the product is aimed at the teams who answer RFPs, tenders, grant applications and pre-qualification questionnaires for a living. The investors the company names are Blossom Capital, Spark Capital and Salesforce Ventures, and its December 2023 Series B announcement put total funding at $65.3M.
The platform splits a bid into five modules. Extract pulls every requirement out of an RFP, and Research Assistant helps a team decide whether to bid at all. Manage turns requirements into a project outline that carries win themes and shared inputs. Write holds the editor, where built-in transformations expand text, add case studies or change tone, and Source Finder traces a sourced sentence back to the library document behind it. Review runs a checking pass before the draft exports to Word or PowerPoint. All of it draws on a knowledge library the customer builds from past bids. A general assistant can draft text, whether that is ChatGPT from OpenAI or Claude from Anthropic, but neither ships with RFP shredding, a requirement-mapped outline or a review pass built for bids.
The company sells three editions: Federal for government contractors, Enterprise for commercial bid teams, and Grant Writer for nonprofits and universities that also write donor reports. Its customer page lists case studies from Serco, Careium and a construction firm. Compare it with GovDash, which concentrates on US government contracting and adds capture and post-award contract management, or look at Jasper, and at the go-to-market focus of Copy.ai, if the job is marketing copy rather than compliance-mapped bid answers. AutogenAI sits in the writing assistant category of the content and writing group, while GovDash is filed under sales assistant tools. For choosing among general writing tools, read Best AI Writing Assistant in 2026; Microsoft Copilot is another general assistant to price against for occasional bids.
Integrations cover SharePoint (from Microsoft), Salesforce and Zapier, plus a public API for uploading documents and managing workflows, so a library can sync from where the content already lives. The vendor says its Federal edition runs in a FedRAMP High environment through Palantir FedStart on AWS GovCloud (see Amazon Web Services), and its trust center also lists SOC 2, ISO/IEC 27001 and GDPR. To compare it with other products that publish the same claims, open the SOC 2 facet, the ISO 27001 facet or the GDPR facet. The vendor's trust center describes it as a Software-as-a-Service platform, and no desktop or mobile app is advertised on the pages HokAI read.
Pricing
Custom, quote-only pricing. AutogenAI publishes no price list or plan table on the pages HokAI read (its /pricing address returns a 404), and the route to a price is booking a demo. It sells Federal, Enterprise and Grant Writer editions, so ask each quote to state the seat minimum, contract term and which modules are included.
GovDash also sells by quote, so request both quotes against the same RFP.
Key Features
- Extract and go/no-go: Shreds an RFP into a requirements list and lets Research Assistant weigh the opportunity against the knowledge library before writers are committed.
- Answer Bank and Q&A Workbooks: Maps stored past answers onto large questionnaires such as PQQs so repeat questions start from approved text.
- Manage and Storyboard: Builds a project outline from requirements, with Project Inputs for win themes and keywords that keep every section aligned to the RFP.
- Editor with Ideator and Ask AI: Turns an outline into a first draft with transformations that expand text, add case studies and statistics, insert win themes or change tone.
- Source Finder: Traces any sourced sentence back to the library document it came from without leaving the Editor.
- Research Assistant: Searches the knowledge library and the internet, with Pro Mode, version Comparison, Black Hat Review and Variables for multi-category queries.
- Gamma Review and export: Checks a draft in one review workflow, then exports to Word or to a pre-formatted PowerPoint deck.
- Integrations and public API: Syncs a library from SharePoint, connects to Salesforce, reaches 8,000+ apps through Zapier and exposes an API for uploads and workflows.
Pros
- G2 lists a 4.3 out of 5 average across 172 reviews (read 2026-10-13), and time saving, efficiency and ease of use are the most-tagged strengths.
- Covers the whole bid in one product, which saves buyers from joining an RFP shredder, a writing tool and a review checklist by hand.
- The vendor states customer data is never used to train public or shared AI models, and publishes a trust center listing SOC 2, ISO/IEC 27001 and GDPR.
- Ships three purpose-built editions, so a nonprofit grant writer and a defence contractor are not forced onto the same configuration.
Cons
- G2 reviewers say drafts can read generic when source material is thin and need human tailoring and word-count trimming, so it speeds first drafts more than it replaces bid judgement.
- Reviewer tags include learning curve and not intuitive, which fits a multi-module platform that needs onboarding; the vendor offers an e-learning Academy to offset that.
- FedRAMP High is described by the vendor as running through Palantir FedStart for the Federal edition only, and HokAI has not confirmed a FedRAMP Marketplace listing, so federal buyers should ask for the authorization package.
- The underlying language models are not disclosed on the vendor site, which names only an in-house engine called Genny-1.
Data Handling
- Training-data policy
- Per the vendor security page, customer proposals stay inside the customer environment and do not feed any public or shared model.
- Compliance
- SOC 2 · ISO/IEC 27001 · ISO/IEC 27017 · GDPR · EU AI Act (all listed on the vendor trust center); FedRAMP High and CMMC for the Federal edition (vendor-stated)
Frequently Asked Questions
How much do you pay for AutogenAI?
AutogenAI does not publish prices: there is no pricing page on its site, and quotes come from a sales demo. Seat counts, term and modules are set per customer across its three editions. Treat any per-seat figure from a third-party blog as an estimate, and ask whether onboarding and support are included in the quote.
Is AutogenAI free to use?
No free plan or self-serve trial appears on the vendor pages HokAI read, where every call to action is Book a Demo or Talk to Our Experts. Evaluation starts with a demo, so bring one real RFP and ask to see Extract and Gamma Review run on it. Ask about a time-boxed pilot on a single live bid.
What should you use instead of AutogenAI?
Pick [GovDash](/hub/tools/govdash) if most of your bids are US federal and you want capture and post-award contract management in one system. Pick [Jasper](/hub/tools/jasper) when the work is brand and campaign content for a marketing team. A general assistant like [ChatGPT](/hub/tools/chatgpt) has public plans and suits occasional bids, but it has no RFP shredding or review pass.
AutogenAI or GovDash: which should you pick?
AutogenAI is the wider fit, because its Enterprise and Grant Writer editions serve commercial tenders and nonprofits. GovDash is built for government contractors and also tracks opportunities and post-award contracts. Choose AutogenAI if you write commercial and public-sector bids, and GovDash if your pipeline is almost entirely US federal.
How do you set up AutogenAI?
The vendor publishes no setup timeline, so ask for one when you book the demo. The first job is loading the knowledge library: past bids, case studies and company documents are what the Write and Research modules draw on, and SharePoint sync can keep it current. A G2 reviewer calls the onboarding and support helpful, and the company runs an on-demand Academy for self-paced courses. Run a pilot on one live RFP before rolling it out to the whole bid team.
Top Alternatives
- GovDash: Pick GovDash if your pipeline is mostly US federal and you want capture and contract management in one system; pick AutogenAI if you also write commercial or nonprofit bids.
- Jasper: Pick Jasper for brand and campaign copy written by a marketing team; pick AutogenAI when answers must map to RFP requirements.
- Copy.ai: Pick Copy.ai if you need go-to-market content workflows and a free tier to start; pick AutogenAI for bid responses built from a past-answer library.
- ChatGPT: Pick ChatGPT if you write the occasional bid and want public plans; pick AutogenAI when a team needs RFP shredding, shared outlines and a review pass.