I’m building an AI tool for federal tax research (IRC, regs, case law) – looking for feedback

Hi r/tax,

My team and I are developing a new platform, valim.ai, and I wanted to get your professional opinion on one of our core features: the USA Tax Expert.

We designed this tool to be a powerful AI assistant for tax research. You can ask it complex questions in plain English, and it will deep-dive into federal tax law to find the answer for you.

Here’s what it covers right now:

• Comprehensive Federal Law: It’s trained on the Internal Revenue Code, Treasury regulations, and relevant case law.
• Official Citations: Most importantly, it provides answers with official citations, so you can verify the source and use it in your work with confidence.

Our goal is to make tax research faster and more efficient. We're actively working on expanding its knowledge base and will be adding state tax laws soon.

Data security is, of course, a top priority. Our infrastructure is private and sandboxed, and your data is never used for training our models.

I'm reaching out to this community specifically because your expertise is exactly what we need. Could you take a look and give us some feedback?

• How does this compare to your current research process (e.g., Checkpoint, CCH, etc.)?
• Would an AI tool that can instantly pull up answers with citations be useful in your practice?
• Are there specific areas of tax law you'd find most valuable for a tool like this?

Any and all feedback would be incredibly helpful as we continue to build this out. Thanks for your time!