BeadComply is a compliance platform purpose-built for ISPs managing Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program awards. It tracks 901+ federal and state requirements across seven compliance domains, using AI to monitor obligations and mitigate risks like False Claims Act liability and clawbacks. The platform helps award recipients navigate the program's 10-year deployment lifecycle.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
BEAD program awardees face a complex web of over 6,000 federal and state requirements across a 10-year deployment lifecycle. Compliance failures can trigger severe financial penalties, including up to 3× award clawbacks under the False Claims Act, immediate Letter of Credit seizures, and retroactive disallowance of already-spent funds, threatening the economic viability of entire broadband projects.
Solution
BeadComply provides a purpose-built compliance intelligence platform that tracks every obligation across the entire BEAD deployment lifecycle. The platform uses an AI-powered engine to ingest and analyze source documents from federal and state programs, extracting and classifying requirements into actionable obligations. It maps each requirement to specific evidence specifications and compliance domains, offering six integrated modules covering pre-award through post-deployment monitoring. The system provides real-time tracking, automated change detection, and financial exposure calculations, enabling ISPs to proactively manage compliance and avoid costly penalties.
Target Audience
Primary customers are ISPs and broadband providers that have received or are applying for BEAD program funding, particularly those managing multi-million dollar awards across multiple states.
Features
- AI-powered compliance engine that extracts and classifies requirements from 800+ federal and state source documents across a 6-stage pipeline
- Tracks 901+ requirements across 7 compliance domains including Financial & Audit, Network Performance, Cybersecurity, BABA, Environmental, Labor, and Low-Cost Service Plans
- Automated change detection with 3-tier document analysis (federal architecture, federal operational, state-specific) and cross-reference mapping between NTIA NOFO, 2 CFR 200, BABA, Davis-Bacon, and NIST CSF 2.0
- Financial exposure calculator that quantifies False Claims Act liability, required Letters of Credit, and clawback exposure based on award amount
- Searchable database of 500+ BEAD award recipients with printable one-page exposure reports
- Dynamic sync and contract matching that maps every requirement to evidence specifications and compliance domains