VC lpolovets now ignores any pitch deck that is 90+% AI
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-08-18
Investor Leonid Polovets says he now ignores all inbound decks & pitches that are 90+% AI. He was open-minded at first, but as the aphorism goes, how you do anything is how you do everything — if a founder is sloppy or lazy with a high-leverage fundraise, it's hard to build conviction on their execution elsewhere.
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