Your business,
planned with you

Start with a conversation about your business. BizChat drafts the plan, checks it against what you shared, and helps you prepare for grants, loans, and pitches.

How BizChat works

See how BizChat helps entrepreneurs create, refine, and use their business plans to take practical next steps.

Step 1

Tell us about your business

Answer guided questions about your business while staying in control. Choose the open-source AI model that works for you and keep your business information private.

Step 2

Generate your first draft

BizChat uses your answers to generate a complete first draft of your business plan that you can review and shape.

Step 3

Refine your business plan

Evaluate and improve your business plan with BizChat's Evaluation Portal and Business Plan Assistant while building practical AI skills along the way.

Step 4

Export and share your plan

Export your business plan and share it with mentors, advisors, or others for feedback.

Step 5

Move your business forward

Explore BizChat's Local Grants and Prepare to Pitch features, and find business support organizations that offer personalized guidance.

See BizChat in action

Watch how you can create, revise, and prepare to pitch your business plan.

Beyond your business plan

BizChat helps you find real funding opportunities and walk into meetings prepared.

Find funding

Explore Local Grants

Our research team maintains a curated list of grants and loans for small business owners in your area, so you can spend less time searching and more time applying.

  • Find opportunities personalized to your business and filter by type of funding, deadline, industry, location, and more
  • Compare different grants side-by-side so you can prioritize what to apply for first
  • Bookmark promising opportunities to review and apply for later

Prepare for funding

Prepare to Pitch

BizChat turns your business plan into a tailored list of questions a loan officer or funder may ask, so you can walk into that conversation prepared.

  • Practice answering questions based on your business plan and build confidence in your responses
  • Review sample answers and practical guidance to understand what funders may look for
  • Review your plan side-by-side as you work through each question

Research team

Meet the team behind BizChat.

Marjory Pineda

Marjory Pineda

Graduate Research Assistant

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Qi Zhao

Qi Zhao

Graduate Research Engineer

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Ketul Chhaya

Ketul Chhaya

Graduate Research Engineer

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Quentin Romero Lauro

Quentin Romero Lauro

Prior Lead Research Engineer

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Dr. Aakash Gautam

Dr. Aakash Gautam

Faculty Collaborator

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Dr. Yasmine Kotturi

Dr. Yasmine Kotturi

PI, Faculty Lead

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Contact us

Have questions? Reach out to us at bizchatllm@gmail.com

Incentive program data on BizChat is sourced from the Maryland Community Compass, a neighborhood development platform created by the Maryland State Innovation Team in the Office of Governor Wes Moore that centralizes data insights, funding resources, and support to foster thriving businesses and communities statewide.

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