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Investing automationInternal2024 to 2026DILIGENCE

AI diligence toolkit, GroundForce Capital and AIC

In-house technical diligence at GroundForce Capital and Alpha Intelligence Capital

Results

Lower external diligence cost
70%+
Lower external diligence cost
AI companies assessed
900+
AI companies assessed
Deals to IC · exclusive LOIs ($35M each), GroundForce
7 · 2
Deals to IC · exclusive LOIs ($35M each), GroundForce
Investments closed at AIC
3 of 100+
Investments closed at AIC

External diligence costs fell 70%+. 900+ AI companies went through technical and product diligence.

At GroundForce, 7 deals reached investment committee and 2 exclusive LOIs were signed at $35M each. At AIC, 3 investments closed out of 100+ companies reviewed, Higgsfield AI among them.

The problem

Technical diligence ran on paid outside reports, and AI products had no common yardstick the investment committee could compare.

AI products scored on five axes, side by sideSeveral AI products pass through one scoring grid on accuracy, latency, security, integration depth and cost, and come out as a side-by-side comparison for investment committee.AI AAI BAI CSCORING GRIDACCURACYLATENCYSECURITYINTEGRATIONCOSTSIDE BY SIDEAI AAI BAI CLIKE-FOR-LIKE VIEW FOR IC

The build

A benchmark that scores RAG pipelines and agents on accuracy, latency, security, integration depth and inference cost, giving the investment committee a like-for-like view. Diligence covered architecture, benchmarks, unit economics, competition and risk across frontier LLMs, world models, multimodal and on-device AI.

Key calls

  1. Brought technical reviews in house.

    Paid outside reports stayed for negotiations and governance.

  2. Scored every product on the same five axes.

    The committee compared like with like.