diff --git a/src/Init/Grind/Module/Basic.lean b/src/Init/Grind/Module/Basic.lean
index c50b9e1ccc..77fdaa1a43 100644
--- a/src/Init/Grind/Module/Basic.lean
+++ b/src/Init/Grind/Module/Basic.lean
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ import Init.Grind.ToInt
 
 namespace Lean.Grind
 
+class AddRightCancel (M : Type u) [Add M] where
+  add_right_cancel : ∀ a b c : M, a + c = b + c → a = b
+
 class NatModule (M : Type u) extends Zero M, Add M, HMul Nat M M where
   add_zero : ∀ a : M, a + 0 = a
   add_comm : ∀ a b : M, a + b = b + a
diff --git a/src/Init/Grind/Ring.lean b/src/Init/Grind/Ring.lean
index eaa3eb2233..eb28925eb8 100644
--- a/src/Init/Grind/Ring.lean
+++ b/src/Init/Grind/Ring.lean
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ prelude
 import Init.Grind.Ring.Basic
 import Init.Grind.Ring.Poly
 import Init.Grind.Ring.Field
+import Init.Grind.Ring.Envelope
diff --git a/src/Init/Grind/Ring/Envelope.lean b/src/Init/Grind/Ring/Envelope.lean
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc6ef99b4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Init/Grind/Ring/Envelope.lean
@@ -0,0 +1,310 @@
+/-
+Copyright (c) 2025 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
+Authors: Leonardo de Moura, Kim Morrison
+-/
+module
+
+prelude
+import Init.Grind.Ring.Basic
+import all Init.Data.AC
+
+namespace Lean.Grind.CommRing
+
+namespace OfCommSemiring
+variable (α : Type u)
+attribute [local instance] Semiring.natCast Ring.intCast
+variable [CommSemiring α]
+
+-- Helper instance for `ac_rfl`
+local instance : Std.Associative (· + · : α → α → α) where
+  assoc := Semiring.add_assoc
+local instance : Std.Commutative (· + · : α → α → α) where
+  comm := Semiring.add_comm
+local instance : Std.Associative (· * · : α → α → α) where
+  assoc := Semiring.mul_assoc
+local instance : Std.Commutative (· * · : α → α → α) where
+  comm := CommSemiring.mul_comm
+
+@[local simp] private theorem exists_true : ∃ (_ : α), True := ⟨0, trivial⟩
+
+@[local simp] def r : (α × α) → (α × α) → Prop
+  | (a, b), (c, d) => ∃ k, a + d + k = b + c + k
+
+def Q := Quot (r α)
+
+variable {α}
+
+theorem r_rfl (a : α × α) : r α a a := by
+  cases a; refine ⟨0, ?_⟩; simp [Semiring.add_comm]
+
+theorem r_sym {a b : α × α} : r α a b → r α b a := by
+  cases a; cases b; simp [r]; intro h w; refine ⟨h, ?_⟩; simp [w, Semiring.add_comm]
+
+theorem r_trans {a b c : α × α} : r α a b → r α b c → r α a c := by
+  cases a; cases b; cases c;
+  next a₁ a₂ b₁ b₂ c₁ c₂ =>
+  simp [r]
+  intro k₁ h₁ k₂ h₂
+  refine ⟨(k₁ + k₂ + b₁ + b₂), ?_⟩
+  replace h₁ := congrArg (· + (b₁ + c₂ + k₂)) h₁; simp at h₁
+  have haux₁ : a₁ + b₂ + k₁ + (b₁ + c₂ + k₂) = (a₁ + c₂) + (k₁ + k₂ + b₁ + b₂) := by ac_rfl
+  have haux₂ : a₂ + b₁ + k₁ + (b₁ + c₂ + k₂) = (a₂ + c₁) + (k₁ + k₂ + b₁ + b₂) := by rw [h₂]; ac_rfl
+  rw [haux₁, haux₂] at h₁
+  exact h₁
+
+theorem mul_helper {α} [CommSemiring α]
+    {a₁ b₁ a₂ b₂ a₃ b₃ a₄ b₄ k₁ k₂ : α}
+    (h₁ : a₁ + b₃ + k₁ = b₁ + a₃ + k₁)
+    (h₂ : a₂ + b₄ + k₂ = b₂ + a₄ + k₂)
+    : ∃ k, (a₁ * a₂ + b₁ * b₂) + (a₃ * b₄ + b₃ * a₄) + k = (a₁ * b₂ + b₁ * a₂) + (a₃ * a₄ + b₃ * b₄) + k := by
+  refine ⟨b₃ * a₂ + k₁ * a₂ + a₃ * b₄ + a₃ * k₂ + k₁ * b₂ + b₃ * k₂, ?_⟩
+  have h := congrArg (· * a₂) h₁
+  simp [Semiring.right_distrib] at h
+  have : a₁ * a₂ + b₁ * b₂ + (a₃ * b₄ + b₃ * a₄) + (b₃ * a₂ + k₁ * a₂ + a₃ * b₄ + a₃ * k₂ + k₁ * b₂ + b₃ * k₂) =
+         a₁ * a₂ + b₃ * a₂ + k₁ * a₂ + (b₁ * b₂ + a₃ * b₄ + b₃ * a₄ + a₃ * b₄ + a₃ * k₂ + k₁ * b₂ + b₃ * k₂) := by ac_rfl
+  rw [this, h]
+  clear this h
+  have h := congrArg (a₃ * ·) h₂
+  simp [Semiring.left_distrib] at h
+  have : b₁ * a₂ + a₃ * a₂ + k₁ * a₂ + (b₁ * b₂ + a₃ * b₄ + b₃ * a₄ + a₃ * b₄ + a₃ * k₂ + k₁ * b₂ + b₃ * k₂) =
+         a₃ * a₂ + a₃ * b₄ + a₃ * k₂ + (b₁ * a₂ + k₁ * a₂ + b₁ * b₂ + b₃ * a₄ + a₃ * b₄ + k₁ * b₂ + b₃ * k₂) := by ac_rfl
+  rw [this, h]
+  clear this h
+  have h := congrArg (· * b₂) h₁
+  simp [Semiring.right_distrib] at h
+  have : a₃ * b₂ + a₃ * a₄ + a₃ * k₂ + (b₁ * a₂ + k₁ * a₂ + b₁ * b₂ + b₃ * a₄ + a₃ * b₄ + k₁ * b₂ + b₃ * k₂) =
+         b₁ * b₂ + a₃ * b₂ + k₁ * b₂ + (a₃ * a₄ + a₃ * k₂ + b₁ * a₂ + k₁ * a₂ + b₃ * a₄ + a₃ * b₄ + b₃ * k₂) := by ac_rfl
+  rw [this, ← h]
+  clear this h
+  have h := congrArg (b₃ * ·) h₂
+  simp [Semiring.left_distrib] at h
+  have : a₁ * b₂ + b₃ * b₂ + k₁ * b₂ + (a₃ * a₄ + a₃ * k₂ + b₁ * a₂ + k₁ * a₂ + b₃ * a₄ + a₃ * b₄ + b₃ * k₂) =
+         b₃ * b₂ + b₃ * a₄ + b₃ * k₂ + (a₁ * b₂ + k₁ * b₂ + a₃ * a₄ + a₃ * k₂ + b₁ * a₂ + k₁ * a₂ + a₃ * b₄) := by ac_rfl
+  rw [this, ← h]
+  clear this h
+  ac_rfl
+
+def Q.mk (p : α × α) : Q α :=
+  Quot.mk (r α) p
+
+def Q.liftOn₂ (q₁ q₂ : Q α)
+    (f : α × α → α × α → β)
+    (h : ∀ {a₁ b₁ a₂ b₂}, r α a₁ a₂ → r α b₁ b₂ → f a₁ b₁ = f a₂ b₂)
+    : β := by
+  apply Quot.lift (fun (a₁ : α × α) => Quot.lift (f a₁)
+    (fun (a b : α × α) => @h a₁ a a₁ b (r_rfl a₁)) q₂) _ q₁
+  intros
+  induction q₂ using Quot.ind
+  apply h; assumption; apply r_rfl
+
+attribute [local simp] Q.mk Q.liftOn₂
+
+@[local simp] def natCast (n : Nat) : Q α :=
+  Q.mk (n, 0)
+
+@[local simp] def intCast (n : Int) : Q α :=
+  if n < 0 then Q.mk (0, n.natAbs) else Q.mk (n.natAbs, 0)
+
+@[local simp] def sub (q₁ q₂ : Q α) : Q α :=
+  Q.liftOn₂ q₁ q₂ (fun (a, b) (c, d) => Q.mk (a + d, c + b))
+    (by intro (a₁, b₁) (a₂, b₂) (a₃, b₃) (a₄, b₄)
+        simp; intro k₁ h₁ k₂ h₂; apply Quot.sound; simp
+        refine ⟨k₁ + k₂, ?_⟩
+        have : a₁ + b₂ + (a₄ + b₃) + (k₁ + k₂) = a₁ + b₃ + k₁ + (b₂ + a₄ + k₂) := by ac_rfl
+        rw [this, h₁, ← h₂]
+        ac_rfl)
+
+@[local simp] def add (q₁ q₂ : Q α) : Q α :=
+  Q.liftOn₂ q₁ q₂ (fun (a, b) (c, d) => Q.mk (a + c, b + d))
+    (by intro (a₁, b₁) (a₂, b₂) (a₃, b₃) (a₄, b₄)
+        simp; intro k₁ h₁ k₂ h₂; apply Quot.sound; simp
+        refine ⟨k₁ + k₂, ?_⟩
+        have : a₁ + a₂ + (b₃ + b₄) + (k₁ + k₂) = a₁ + b₃ + k₁ + (a₂ + b₄ + k₂) := by ac_rfl
+        rw [this, h₁, h₂]
+        ac_rfl)
+
+@[local simp] def mul (q₁ q₂ : Q α) : Q α :=
+  Q.liftOn₂ q₁ q₂ (fun (a, b) (c, d) => Q.mk (a*c + b*d, a*d + b*c))
+    (by intro (a₁, b₁) (a₂, b₂) (a₃, b₃) (a₄, b₄)
+        simp; intro k₁ h₁ k₂ h₂; apply Quot.sound; simp
+        apply mul_helper h₁ h₂)
+
+@[local simp] def neg (q : Q α) : Q α :=
+  q.liftOn (fun (a, b) => Q.mk (b, a))
+    (by intro (a₁, b₁) (a₂, b₂)
+        simp; intro k h; apply Quot.sound; simp
+        exact ⟨k, h.symm⟩)
+
+attribute [local simp]
+  Quot.liftOn Semiring.add_zero Semiring.zero_add Semiring.mul_one Semiring.one_mul
+  Semiring.natCast_zero Semiring.natCast_one Semiring.mul_zero Semiring.zero_mul
+
+theorem neg_add_cancel (a : Q α) : add (neg a) a = natCast 0 := by
+  induction a using Quot.ind
+  next a =>
+  cases a; simp
+  apply Quot.sound; simp; refine ⟨0, ?_⟩; ac_rfl
+
+theorem add_comm (a b : Q α) : add a b = add b a := by
+  induction a using Quot.ind
+  induction b using Quot.ind
+  next a b =>
+  cases a; cases b; simp; apply Quot.sound; simp; refine ⟨0, ?_⟩; ac_rfl
+
+theorem add_zero (a : Q α) : add a (natCast 0) = a := by
+  induction a using Quot.ind
+  next a => cases a; simp
+
+theorem add_assoc (a b c : Q α) : add (add a b) c = add a (add b c) := by
+  induction a using Quot.ind
+  induction b using Quot.ind
+  induction c using Quot.ind
+  next a b c =>
+  cases a; cases b; cases c; simp; apply Quot.sound; simp; refine ⟨0, ?_⟩; ac_rfl
+
+theorem sub_eq_add_neg (a b : Q α) : sub a b = add a (neg b) := by
+  induction a using Quot.ind
+  induction b using Quot.ind
+  next a b =>
+  cases a; cases b; simp; apply Quot.sound; simp; refine ⟨0, ?_⟩; ac_rfl
+
+theorem intCast_neg (i : Int) : intCast (α := α) (-i) = neg (intCast i) := by
+  simp; split <;> split <;> simp
+  next => omega
+  next =>
+    apply Quot.sound; simp; refine ⟨0, ?_⟩; simp at *
+    have : i = 0 := by apply Int.le_antisymm <;> assumption
+    simp [this]
+
+theorem intCast_ofNat (n : Nat) : intCast (α := α) (OfNat.ofNat (α := Int) n) = natCast n := by
+  rfl
+
+theorem ofNat_succ (a : Nat) : natCast (α := α) (a + 1) = add (natCast a) (natCast 1) := by
+  simp; apply Quot.sound; simp [Semiring.natCast_add]
+
+theorem mul_comm (a b : Q α) : mul a b = mul b a := by
+  induction a using Quot.ind
+  induction b using Quot.ind
+  next a b =>
+  cases a; cases b; simp; apply Quot.sound; simp; refine ⟨0, ?_⟩; ac_rfl
+
+theorem mul_assoc (a b c : Q α) : mul (mul a b) c = mul a (mul b c) := by
+  induction a using Quot.ind
+  induction b using Quot.ind
+  induction c using Quot.ind
+  next a b c =>
+  cases a; cases b; cases c; simp; apply Quot.sound
+  simp [Semiring.left_distrib, Semiring.right_distrib]; refine ⟨0, ?_⟩; ac_rfl
+
+theorem mul_one (a : Q α) : mul a (natCast 1) = a := by
+  induction a using Quot.ind
+  next a => cases a; simp
+
+theorem one_mul (a : Q α) : mul (natCast 1) a = a := by
+  induction a using Quot.ind
+  next a => cases a; simp
+
+theorem zero_mul (a : Q α) : mul (natCast 0) a = natCast 0 := by
+  induction a using Quot.ind
+  next a => cases a; simp
+
+theorem mul_zero (a : Q α) : mul a (natCast 0) = natCast 0 := by
+  induction a using Quot.ind
+  next a => cases a; simp
+
+theorem left_distrib (a b c : Q α) : mul a (add b c) = add (mul a b) (mul a c) := by
+  induction a using Quot.ind
+  induction b using Quot.ind
+  induction c using Quot.ind
+  next a b c =>
+  cases a; cases b; cases c; simp; apply Quot.sound
+  simp [Semiring.left_distrib, Semiring.right_distrib]; refine ⟨0, ?_⟩; ac_rfl
+
+theorem right_distrib (a b c : Q α) : mul (add a b) c = add (mul a c) (mul b c) := by
+  induction a using Quot.ind
+  induction b using Quot.ind
+  induction c using Quot.ind
+  next a b c =>
+  cases a; cases b; cases c; simp; apply Quot.sound
+  simp [Semiring.left_distrib, Semiring.right_distrib]; refine ⟨0, ?_⟩; ac_rfl
+
+def hPow (a : Q α) (n : Nat)  : Q α :=
+  match n with
+  | 0 => natCast 1
+  | n+1 => mul (hPow a n) a
+
+private theorem pow_zero (a : Q α) : hPow a 0 = natCast 1 := rfl
+
+private theorem pow_succ (a : Q α) (n : Nat) : hPow a (n+1) = mul (hPow a n) a := rfl
+
+def ofCommSemiring : CommRing (Q α) := {
+  ofNat   := fun n => ⟨natCast n⟩
+  natCast := ⟨natCast⟩
+  intCast := ⟨intCast⟩
+  add, sub, mul, neg, hPow
+  add_comm, add_assoc, add_zero
+  neg_add_cancel, sub_eq_add_neg
+  mul_one, one_mul, zero_mul, mul_zero, mul_assoc, mul_comm,
+  left_distrib, right_distrib, pow_zero, pow_succ,
+  intCast_neg, ofNat_succ
+}
+
+attribute [local instance] ofCommSemiring
+
+@[local simp] def toQ (a : α) : Q α :=
+  Q.mk (a, 0)
+
+/-! Embedding theorems -/
+
+theorem toQ_add (a b : α) : toQ (a + b) = toQ a + toQ b := by
+  simp; apply Quot.sound; simp
+
+theorem toQ_mul (a b : α) : toQ (a * b) = toQ a * toQ b := by
+  simp; apply Quot.sound; simp
+
+theorem toQ_natCast (n : Nat) : toQ (natCast (α := α) n) = natCast n := by
+  simp; apply Quot.sound; simp [natCast]; refine ⟨0, ?_⟩; rfl
+
+theorem toQ_ofNat (n : Nat) : toQ (OfNat.ofNat (α := α) n) = natCast n := by
+  simp; apply Quot.sound; rw [Semiring.ofNat_eq_natCast]; simp
+
+theorem toQ_pow (a : α) (n : Nat) : toQ (a ^ n) = toQ a ^ n := by
+  induction n
+  next => simp; apply Quot.sound; simp [Semiring.pow_zero]
+  next n ih => simp [-toQ, Semiring.pow_succ, toQ_mul, ih]
+
+/-!
+Helper definitions and theorems for proving `toQ` is injective when
+`CommSemiring` has the right_cancel property
+-/
+
+private def rel (h : Equivalence (r α)) (q₁ q₂ : Q α) : Prop :=
+  Q.liftOn₂ q₁ q₂
+    (fun a₁ a₂ => r α a₁ a₂)
+    (by intro a₁ b₁ a₂ b₂ h₁ h₂
+        simp [-r]; constructor
+        next => intro h₃; exact h.trans (h.symm h₁) (h.trans h₃ h₂)
+        next => intro h₃; exact h.trans h₁ (h.trans h₃ (h.symm h₂)))
+
+private theorem rel_rfl (h : Equivalence (r α)) (q : Q α) : rel h q q := by
+  induction q using Quot.ind
+  simp [rel, Semiring.add_comm]
+
+private theorem helper (h : Equivalence (r α)) (q₁ q₂ : Q α) : q₁ = q₂ → rel h q₁ q₂ := by
+  intro h; subst q₁; apply rel_rfl h
+
+theorem Q.exact : Q.mk a = Q.mk b → r α a b := by
+  apply helper
+  constructor; exact r_rfl; exact r_sym; exact r_trans
+
+-- If the CommSemiring has the `AddRightCancel` property then `toQ` is injective
+theorem toQ_inj [AddRightCancel α] (a b : α) : toQ a = toQ b → a = b := by
+  simp; intro h₁
+  replace h₁ := Q.exact h₁
+  simp at h₁
+  obtain ⟨k, h₁⟩ := h₁
+  exact AddRightCancel.add_right_cancel a b k h₁
+
+end OfCommSemiring
+end Lean.Grind.CommRing
diff --git a/src/Init/GrindInstances.lean b/src/Init/GrindInstances.lean
index f6a988b0eb..d48f26f512 100644
--- a/src/Init/GrindInstances.lean
+++ b/src/Init/GrindInstances.lean
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ module
 prelude
 import Init.GrindInstances.ToInt
 import Init.GrindInstances.Ring
+import Init.GrindInstances.Nat
diff --git a/src/Init/GrindInstances/Nat.lean b/src/Init/GrindInstances/Nat.lean
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..356ca5f2b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Init/GrindInstances/Nat.lean
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/-
+Copyright (c) 2025 Lean FRO, LLC. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
+Authors: Kim Morrison
+-/
+module
+prelude
+
+import Init.Grind.Module.Basic
+
+namespace Lean.Grind
+
+instance : AddRightCancel Nat where
+  add_right_cancel _ _ _ := Nat.add_right_cancel
+
+end Lean.Grind