> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.getvirtualbrain.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Welcome to VirtualBrain

> Enterprise-grade AI for consulting, strategy, and investment professionals

VirtualBrain is the AI Factory for consulting, strategy, and investment teams. Your firm encodes its expertise into AI workflows that turn documents into client-ready deliverables (proposals, due diligence, market sizings, valuation decks), with every claim traced back to its source.

If you want the **why** behind VirtualBrain, see [Why VirtualBrain](/introduction/why-virtualbrain). If you want to start using it, the [Quickstart](/introduction/quickstart) takes about 5 minutes.

## What is VirtualBrain?

VirtualBrain serves professionals who work with complex documents and need reliable, sourced answers. It:

* **Sources every answer**: Every insight links directly to your documents
* **Understands your industry**: Built for proposals, due diligence, and client deliverables
* **Reasons across your sources**: A reasoning engine, the [Mainframe](/features/mainframe), searches your documents and the web, computes on your spreadsheets, then assembles one sourced deliverable
* **Meets enterprise security standards**: ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR compliant

For a deeper look at how Brains, Chats, and Apps work together, see [Features Overview](/features/overview)

## Who VirtualBrain is for

VirtualBrain is built for teams whose work product goes in front of clients, investment committees, and boards:

* **Management consultants** at boutique, mid-size, and global firms
* **Investment analysts** in PE, VC, M\&A, and corporate development
* **Strategy teams** at enterprises
* **Research and knowledge management** professionals

If you produce client-ready documents that combine your firm's knowledge with external sources, VirtualBrain is for you.

## Get started

Three steps from signup to first finished deliverable:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Create your first Brain">
    Upload documents and let VirtualBrain index them
  </Step>

  <Step title="Ask your first question">
    Get a sourced answer in seconds
  </Step>

  <Step title="Run your first App">
    Turn a workflow into a finished deliverable
  </Step>
</Steps>

→ [Start the Quickstart guide](/introduction/quickstart) (about 5 minutes)