What's New

A clearer site. A fresh start.

The latest verified website and account updates. Earlier entries record development history; feature availability is confirmed during onboarding.

Latest releasev1.7.1
Build from evidence. Review with intent.
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v1.7.1

IntentBid returns with a clearer public website

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  • Invitation-only accounts with email verification and password sign-in.
  • Three new field notes on proposal evidence, AI review, and deadline preparation, with original editorial artwork.
ImprovedImproved
  • Recovered June homepage design, light and dark themes, and grouped navigation.
  • Consistent company contact details and footer links across the public website.
FixedFixed
  • Restored public contact and account routes on intentbid.com.
v1.7.0

Cleaner first-run setup for proposals and grants

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  • First-run setup tours now guide new users through proposal writing without a long instruction block
  • Grant setup now uses a compact walkthrough for details, source guidance, and workspace creation
  • Monthly subscription checkout is now available from account settings for eligible admins
ImprovedImproved
  • Grant creation now keeps the form and upload path visible while highlighting the next useful action
  • Proposal intake now focuses users on adding the RFP or source material first, then reviewing and drafting
  • Grant workspace progress messaging is clearer during AI preparation, review, and quality actions
FixedFixed
  • Removed oversized onboarding panels that pushed important grant setup fields down the page
  • Grant quality review and audit handling are more resilient for older workspaces and schema states
  • New grant form submission and hydration were hardened to reduce first-start interruptions
v1.6.0

Teaming, draft persistence, and production hardening

NewNew
  • Teaming workspace — maintain a private partner bench and attach teaming plans (roles, gaps, risk, evidence) to intelligence opportunities
  • Proposal create-flow drafts persist in the database so intake and draft progress survives refresh, navigation, and interruptions
  • Public What's New page at intentbid.com/whats-new mirrors in-app release notes for prospects and operators
  • Marketing and app footers now include Powered by Arcite Logic attribution
ImprovedImproved
  • Intelligence hub and opportunity workflows load faster with scoped caching for hub navigation and match-alert summaries
  • Public marketing site refresh — clearer navigation, stronger SEO/social preview metadata, and polished landing sections
  • Hosted document-processing recovery retries stale pending/processing uploads instead of leaving them stuck after interruptions
FixedFixed
  • Tenant isolation tightened across intelligence API proxies, proposal mutations, versioning, and teaming data paths
  • Legacy Excel .xls uploads are no longer accepted — use .xlsx for consistent extraction and safer file handling
  • Session boundaries normalized when moving between apex and www hosts during sign-in
v1.5.0

Pricing, Security, and Delivery Upgrades

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  • Pricing V2 launched with a 4-tier model and clearer self-serve upgrade paths
  • Google sign-in plus TOTP multi-factor authentication added for stronger account security
  • Managed delivery workspace access now supports operator-gated navigation for enabled teams
  • Opportunity intelligence expanded with pursue/watch/skip recommendations and richer agency context
ImprovedImproved
  • Proposal generation orchestration now handles throughput, retries, and finalize timing more reliably
  • Section review now shows clearer source provenance and grounding signals
  • Generation diagnostics and observability now provide better progress and troubleshooting visibility
FixedFixed
  • Multiple authentication security findings from audit were resolved
  • DOCX export cleanup fixed legacy placeholder and labeling issues in output files
  • Timeout and cutoff handling was stabilized to reduce interrupted generation runs
v1.4.0

Company Profile workspace (v2)

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  • Company Profile redesigned as a 5-tab workspace: Company Truths, Brand Assets, Past performance, Document Center, and Search
  • AI brand extraction — paste your website URL to auto-extract brand colors, fonts, and logos in seconds
  • Past performance (case studies, metrics, testimonials, certifications, awards) is fully editable inside Company Profile
  • Brand assets (logos, templates) stored securely with auto-expiring signed URLs
  • Document Center lists all uploaded reference materials and bid documents with processing status
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  • Company Truths organized by category with master-detail layout and in-tab search
  • Added Facilities & Security and Financial & Systems as new Company Truth categories
  • Brand templates accept both .docx and .dotx formats for proposal export
  • Upload a logo or template and it displays immediately — no page refresh needed
FixedFixed
  • Uploaded logos now display correctly after upload (previously showed broken image)
  • Past performance and Document Center tabs were showing empty — now load correctly
  • Brand asset deletions now clean up storage files to prevent orphaned files
v1.3.1

Opportunity Match Alerts

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  • Match alerts summary on Opportunity Matches and Saved Matches highlights high-signal opportunities and urgent saved deadlines
  • Sidebar badge on Opportunity Matches shows when new attention-worthy items are waiting
ImprovedImproved
  • Saved Matches now works as a triage queue instead of a passive list
  • High-signal match notifications are computed in-app without background jobs or extra setup
FixedFixed
  • Users no longer need to re-open the full matches feed just to spot urgent saved deadlines
v1.3.0

Reliability & UX Improvements

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  • SAM.gov workspace URL detection — paste workspace links and they auto-redirect to public format
  • Product alignment panel in bid evaluation showing per-product match scores
  • NAICS multi-select combobox with search, paste, and RFP extraction
  • In-app changelog with What's New badge
ImprovedImproved
  • Proposal generation now runs in parallel batches of 3 for faster completion
  • Progress tracking during extraction with step-by-step updates
  • Better error messages with attempt counts and retry indicators
FixedFixed
  • Steps failing silently now retry automatically (up to 2 retries with exponential backoff)
  • Extraction, bid evaluation, and section generation all have built-in retry logic
  • Empty SAM.gov pages now show helpful guidance about authentication requirements