We build an AI contract scanner and deal checker, and escrow infrastructure for freelancers, marketplaces, and B2B transactions — milestone-based releases with a neutral mediator standing between the two sides.
Our mission
Most online work still starts with one side taking a leap of faith. A freelancer delivers and hopes to get paid; a buyer pays and hopes the work arrives. Clausegauge removes that gamble: funds are verified and held in escrow, released against agreed milestones, and a neutral mediator reviews the evidence if something goes wrong. The goal is simple — let people transact with strangers as safely as they would with a long-standing client.
Ustad Vitut
Founder
Ustad founded Clausegauge and sets its direction: secure escrow and dispute mediation for online deals today, and an AI contract scanner and deal checker in development.
Ethan R. Caldwell
Lead Developer
Ethan designed and built the Clausegauge escrow platform: the milestone escrow model, the funding verification flow, the dispute process, and the security controls that keep funds safe while a deal is in progress.
Jonathan M. Pierce
US Operations Lead
Jonathan leads US operations, overseeing the day-to-day running of the mediation service. He keeps deals moving, coordinates dispute reviews, and makes sure support is responsive and fair to both sides.
Where we are
Clausegauge was founded by Ustad Vitut. Company address: 61 Welbeck Road, Sheffield, S6 5AY, GB. Reach the founder at ustad.vitut@clausegauge.cc.
Built on neutrality
The mediator never takes a side. Decisions are based on the deal terms and the evidence each party submits — nothing else. That neutrality is what makes escrow worth trusting.
What we are building next
Our next engineering focus is AI-assisted trust: an AI contract scanner and deal checker that extracts key terms, flags risky clauses, and checks deals against company policy and playbooks (re-checked on every upload or edit), risk scoring that flags suspicious deal patterns before funding, and an assistant that summarises dispute evidence so mediators reach fair decisions faster. None has shipped yet, and the final call on a contract, deal, or dispute will stay with a person.
AI contract scanner & deal checker
We are building an AI-powered scanner that extracts key terms, obligations, and dates, flags risky or non-standard clauses, and checks deals against company policy and playbooks — re-checked every time a document is uploaded, edited, or re-submitted, with human review for consequential decisions.
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