After Interviewing 20 PE Operating Partners, a Repeating Pattern: Portfolio Firms Use AI for Email
alex_verem · x · 2026-09-04
Over six weeks, the author interviewed 20 private equity operating partners about AI adoption in their portfolio companies. The specifics are confidential, but the pattern repeats: most portfolio companies use AI mainly for email and other shallow tasks. The article proposes an 'AI transformation loop' framework for how PE partners can push portfolio companies toward deeper AI adoption.
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