De-risk Your Investments. Sharpen Your Conviction.
Expert-led AI Technical Due Diligence for the Private Equity Mid-Market. We distinguish genuine AI capability from hype, identifying existential risks and value creation opportunities.
Beyond Surface-Level Assessments
Inadequate technical due diligence is a common factor in mis-alignment of expectations over AI value in acquisitions.
Our diagnostic goes beyond vendor demos and marketing claims to expose the operational realities that determine success or failure post-acquisition. We stress-test what others overlook.
We Stress-Test What Others Overlook
Data Quality & Governance
Can the AI function without pristine data? How does it handle edge cases, missing data, and real-world messiness?
- •What happens when data is incomplete?
- •How does it handle data drift?
- •What are the retraining requirements?
Model Robustness
Is this genuinely innovative AI or just API wrappers? We examine architecture, training methodologies, and competitive moats.
- •Custom models or off-the-shelf?
- •Defensible IP or commodity tech?
- •Performance degradation over time?
Existential Dependencies
What breaks the entire system? We identify single points of failure, vendor lock-ins, and critical vulnerabilities.
- •Third-party API dependencies?
- •Key person dependencies?
- •Regulatory compliance risks?
Two Products. One Goal: Investment Clarity.
Choose the level of depth that matches your deal timeline and risk appetite.
AI Diagnostic
1-2 weeks
Rapid assessment for early-stage deal screening. Get a clear go/no-go recommendation with key risk flags before committing to full due diligence.
What You Get:
- Executive summary with investment recommendation
- Top 5 risk flags requiring attention
- AI capability reality check
- Questions for management deep-dive
Full AI Tech DD
2+ weeks
Comprehensive technical due diligence for deals approaching completion. Full codebase review, architecture assessment, and 100-day value creation roadmap.
What You Get:
- Everything in AI Diagnostic, plus:
- Full codebase and architecture review
- Technical team interviews and assessment
- 100-day AI value creation roadmap
- Board-ready presentation materials
Attercop's diagnostic revealed that a target's "proprietary AI" was actually 85% dependent on third-party APIs, with costs scaling exponentially.
Partner, UK Mid-Market PE Firm
The Practitioner Advantage
We're not consultants theorizing about AI. We're operators who've built it, scaled it, and know exactly where it breaks.
Operators, Not Consultants
We've built, scaled, and exited AI companies. We know the difference between a POC and production because we've lived it.
- ✓Founded and scaled AI startups
- ✓Led enterprise AI transformations
PE-Native Understanding
We speak your language. IRR, multiple expansion, bolt-on strategies—we align our assessments with your investment thesis.
- ✓Former PE operating partners
- ✓100+ PE-backed transformations
Technical Depth
PhDs and practitioners who can interrogate architectures, evaluate algorithms, and spot technical debt that others miss.
- ✓Published AI researchers
- ✓Open source contributors
Don't Let AI Hype Cloud Your Judgment
Get the technical clarity you need to make confident investment decisions. Our practitioners are ready to stress-test your next AI opportunity.