Articles·02.05.2026
AI hallucination: why systems fabricate and how to stop them
AI doesn't lie — it predicts. The problem isn't the model, it's the system around it. Here's why hallucination is a systems orchestration problem, and what PE operating partners and ESG teams should require before trusting AI-generated compliance claims.
15 min readAI AdoptionDue Diligence
Research·05.04.2026
The five percent deployment problem
95% of AI pilots in private markets yield no measurable return. The problem is not the technology. It is the data infrastructure, the trust gap, and the organizational layer underneath.
Sergei Maslennikov9 min readPrivate EquityDue Diligence
Articles·31.03.2026
The transaction was always a negotiation
Private market transactions are negotiations. From the first page of the information memorandum to the last line of closing accounts, every step is positioning conducted in the language of finance — and AI is making the negotiation underneath impossible to ignore.
Sergei Maslennikov9 min readPrivate EquityDue Diligence
Research·24.03.2026
What's actually inside an AI agent system
Most people evaluating AI systems treat them as black boxes. That distinction between a carefully engineered architecture and a single model wrapped in a nice interface determines whether the system works on the 50th document or only on the demo.
Roman Evstigneev9 min readEngineeringArchitecture
Articles·10.03.2026
Why European due diligence has a structural problem that AI does not solve yet
Most conversations about AI in private equity due diligence start with speed: read documents faster, summarize 300 pages in minutes, cut the timeline from six weeks to five days.
Sergei Maslennikov·22.05.2026
SFDR Compliance Checker
Check your SFDR disclosure readiness for entity or product-level obligations with a practical, plain-English review.
2 min read
Private Equity·22.05.2026
Human-AI Collaboration in ESG Due Diligence
Combining AI scale with human judgement makes ESG due diligence faster, more accurate and auditable under EU/UK rules.
12 min readAIDue Diligence
Private Equity·15.05.2026
AI in Private Equity: Audit-Ready ESG Data
AI automates ESG data collection, creates traceable audit trails and lowers CSRD/SFDR compliance costs across the private equity lifecycle.
13 min readAIDue Diligence
Private Equity·13.05.2026
AI in Exit Planning: Key Benefits for Private Equity
AI accelerates due diligence, improves exit timing, and quantifies ESG impact to increase private equity exit value.
10 min readAIDue Diligence
Private Equity·11.05.2026
How AI Quantifies ESG Impact in PE Deals
How AI speeds ESG due diligence, ensures SFDR/CSRD compliance and turns sustainability into measurable EBITDA, ROI and IRR impacts.
10 min readAIDue Diligence
Private Equity·06.05.2026
AI Due Diligence vs EU AI Act: Compliance Guide
EU AI Act rules reshape AI due diligence, M&A valuations, costs and deadlines for high‑risk systems.
10 min readAIDue Diligence
Private Equity·04.05.2026
AI Audit Trails for ESG Compliance
AI audit trails create traceable, auditable ESG data, reduce errors, speed reporting and demonstrate CSRD & EU AI Act compliance.
11 min readAIDue Diligence
Private Equity·01.05.2026
AI in Private Markets: Lessons from Public Markets
How public market AI practices can guide private-market due diligence, risk detection, and data-driven decision making.
11 min readAIDue Diligence
Private Equity·29.04.2026
How AI Improves Post-Acquisition Integration
AI speeds post-acquisition integration by automating due diligence, unifying data, tracking synergies and predicting risks.
19 min readAIDue Diligence
Private Equity·20.04.2026
How to Define Human-AI Roles in Deal Teams
Define human and AI responsibilities across sourcing, due diligence and closing to speed deals with traceable governance.
14 min readAIDue Diligence
Private Equity·17.04.2026
Top AI Use Cases for Value Creation in PE
AI drives private equity value: faster due diligence, smarter deal sourcing, revenue growth, cost savings and real‑time financial modelling.
16 min readAIDue Diligence
Private Equity·15.04.2026
Generative AI Risks in Private Market Deals
Details data‑security, hallucination and regulatory risks of generative AI in private‑market deals and practical mitigation steps.
13 min readAIDue Diligence
Private Equity·13.04.2026
AI in Private Equity: Portfolio Monitoring Trends
AI turns quarterly reporting into continuous portfolio monitoring, flags risks early, cuts reporting time and boosts returns.
14 min readAIDue Diligence
Private Equity·10.04.2026
AI Tools for Back-Office Automation in Private Markets
AI automates private-markets back-office tasks—due diligence, document extraction, reporting and compliance—to save time and improve accuracy.
12 min readAIDue Diligence
Private Equity·25.03.2026
Human-AI Collaboration: 7 Use Cases in Due Diligence
How AI and human experts streamline private equity due diligence across seven use cases, from document review to portfolio monitoring.
19 min readAIDue Diligence
Private Equity·25.03.2026
How AI Identifies Commercial Risks in Private Markets
AI speeds due diligence in private markets, scores risks like customer concentration and saturation, and links findings to source documents.
15 min readAIDue Diligence
Private Equity·23.03.2026
How to Mitigate AI Risks in Private Market Due Diligence
Guide to identifying and managing data, model, vendor and regulatory risks when using AI in private market due diligence.
16 min readAIDue Diligence
Private Equity·20.03.2026
AI Scalability vs. Customisation: Key Trade-offs
Speed versus precision in private-market AI: scalable tools boost throughput while custom models improve accuracy — a hybrid strategy balances ROI and risk.
14 min readAIDue Diligence
Private Equity·18.03.2026
Operational Cost Analysis: AI Use Cases
How AI cuts operational costs across due diligence, portfolio monitoring and supply chains, plus implementation costs, governance risks and ROI benchmarks.
13 min readAIDue Diligence
Private Equity·16.03.2026
AI for ESG: Private vs. Public Markets
AI handles ESG differently across markets—public firms use standardised disclosures for compliance; private firms rely on NLP and tailored diligence.
14 min readAIDue Diligence
Private Equity·13.03.2026
Essential AI Skills for Deal Teams in 2026
Deal teams that master AI prompting, validation, automation and compliance will outpace competitors by cutting diligence time and improving decisions.
15 min readAIDue Diligence
Private Equity·11.03.2026
AI Due Diligence in 2026
Purpose-built AI automates full-population M&A due diligence, delivering sourced risk reports, standardised outputs and preserving human judgement.
16 min readAIDue Diligence
Private Equity·09.03.2026
Why PE Deal Teams Still Read 200-Page VDD Reports Themselves
PE teams read long VDDs because manual diligence is slow and risky; AI analyses all data-room documents in minutes, improving risk detection and saving hours.
4 min readAIDue Diligence
