Inspiration

In every company, knowledge is scattered - in PDFs, Notion, Slack, Google Docs. New employees take weeks to find answers, and existing teams keep answering the same questions. We wanted to build an Enterprise Brain that actually understands your data and answers with proof, not hallucinations.

What it does

*EnterpriseIQ (Clever) is a grounded RAG-based Knowledge Management System.

  • Ingest Anything:Upload PDFs, docs, wikis - it auto-chunks and embeds them.
  • Grounded Answers: It never hallucinates. Every answer comes with the exact source document and page number.
  • Built-in Grounded RAG Engine: No external LLM dependency for retrieval, our engine does semantic search + re-ranking.
  • Public Web Service:Live, HTTPS-secured, responsive on desktop and mobile for judges to test.

Ask it "What is our refund policy?" - it answers from YOUR docs, not the internet.

How we built it

  • Backend: Python, FastAPI, Vector DB (FAISS/Chroma)
  • RAG Pipeline:Sentence-Transformers for embeddings, custom chunking, grounded prompting
  • Frontend:Clean, responsive chat UI
  • Deployment: Dockerized and deployed on Render as a public web service with Docker build
  • Auth & Storage: Persistent document store with source tracing

Challenges we ran into

  • Preventing hallucination - solved by forcing RAG to answer only if source score > threshold.
  • Docker build on Render failing due to large model size - optimized with smaller embedding models.
  • GitHub auth issues with multiple accounts (403 permission) during deployment.
  • Handling large PDFs without losing context in chunks.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

  • Built a fully working grounded RAG that cites sources - not just a ChatGPT wrapper.
  • Successfully deployed as a live public URL that judges can open instantly.
  • Response time <2s even on free tier.
  • Works on both mobile and desktop.

What we learned

  • How to build a real production RAG pipeline, not just a demo.
  • Docker + Render deployment flow.
  • Importance of grounding and evaluation in enterprise AI.
  • Git and deployment best practices under deadline.

What's next for Clever

  • Add Slack / Notion / Drive connectors for auto-sync.
  • Role-based access - HR docs only for HR team.
  • Analytics dashboard - what questions are people asking most?
  • Multi-tenant support for real enterprises.
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