--- title: "Technology, product & AI due diligence for private equity | Anyway Ventures" description: "Tech, product and AI due diligence for PE deal teams. Fixed quote in 48 hours, IC session inside 4 weeks, and a costed AI value-creation plan in the IC pack." url: https://anywayventures.com/ai-due-diligence updated: 2026-09-25 --- 01 · TECHNOLOGY, PRODUCT & AI DUE DILIGENCE LAST UPDATED SEP 2026 # Diligence on what the business is — and a plan for what AI makes it. Most technical diligence tells you what could go wrong. We cover that properly — then go further, with a costed plan for how AI changes the target's cost base and growth in the first hundred days of ownership. Led by someone who has built, run and sold the kind of business you're buying, with specialist security and data reviewers where the target warrants it. [Book 30 minutes](https://anywayventures.com/contact) FIXED QUOTE IN 48 HOURS · IC SESSION INSIDE 4 WEEKS ## Three strands Commissioned together or separately. Together is better: the AI plan is only credible if it rests on an honest read of the platform and the product. TECHNOLOGY ### Is the platform what they say it is? Architecture, code quality, scalability, security and data posture, third-party dependency, and the engineering team — capability, key-person risk, and how they actually ship. Answers: what breaks at 3× scale, and what it costs to fix. PRODUCT ### Does the product earn the growth story? Usage and retention behind the headline numbers, roadmap realism, competitive position, pricing power, and whether product leadership can take it to the next stage. Answers: whether the plan in the model is buildable. AI VALUE CREATION ### What does AI make this business worth? A function-by-function plan of attack: where AI takes cost out, where it accelerates revenue, what the data and systems will support, and what it costs to deliver. Plus a hard look at any AI claims the target already makes. Answers: the upside you can underwrite, and when it lands. THE NEW ANGLE ## AI diligence is a value-creation plan, not a risk register Every buyer now assumes AI is part of the thesis. Very few reach completion knowing where, how much, or how fast. This closes that gap before the price is set. AOpportunity map Every function walked — ops, finance, sales, service, product — and ranked by where AI moves cost or revenue most, with the evidence behind each call. BCost-out and growth model Hours, headcount and margin impact per opportunity, in a form your deal team can drop into the model — conservative, base and stretch cases. CReadiness Whether the data, systems and people can support it today, and what has to change first. Most plans fail here, not on the technology. DAI claims, tested If the target is selling an AI story: what's real, what's a wrapper, what's defensible, and what it costs to run at scale. EThe first hundred days A sequenced, costed delivery plan — quick wins in the first quarter, structural change after — ready for the incoming management team. SAMPLE · REDACTED ## See what an AI value-creation plan actually looks like A redacted plan from a recent engagement: the opportunity map, the cost-out model in three cases, readiness findings and the first-hundred-days sequence. Twelve pages, PDF. [Request the sample plan →](mailto:brannan@anywayventures.com?subject=Request%3A%20sample%20AI%20value-creation%20plan) ## How it runs Built around your deal timetable. 001Scoping call Deal context, access, timetable and which strands you need. Fixed quote the same week. DAY 1 002Fieldwork Data room, code and systems review, and sessions with the CTO, product and operational leads. 1–2 WEEKS 003Report and IC session A red/amber/green findings report, the AI value-creation plan, and a walkthrough with the deal team or committee. 2–3 DAYS 004Post-completion, optional Delivery of the plan alongside management, as a retained or embedded engagement. ON COMPLETION ## The person who writes the plan can deliver it After completion, the AI plan moves straight into a [retained operating-partner role](https://anywayventures.com/ai-operating-partner) or an [embedded engagement](https://anywayventures.com/embedded-ai-delivery) — no re-briefing, no second firm. [Book 30 minutes](https://anywayventures.com/contact)