{"id":95241,"title":"DiligenceSquared - AI-powered market due diligence for investment decisions","tagline":"Our AI agents conduct expert interviews and synthesize insights into fully auditable reports – replacing the $500K+ due diligence work from McKinsey, BCG, and Bain. ","body":"Hey everyone!\n\nWe're Frederik, Soren, and Harshil – co-founders of DiligenceSquared.\n\n**TL;DR**\n\n[DiligenceSquared ](https://diligencesquared.com/)automates **market due diligence for private equity funds**. Our AI agents conduct expert interviews and synthesize insights into fully auditable reports – replacing the $500K+ due diligence work from McKinsey, BCG, and Bain.\n\nWe have deep expertise from senior industry positions at **Blackstone, BCG and Google**. Frederik bought this research at Blackstone, and Soren sold it at BCG.\n\nOur clients already include **two of the world's five largest PE funds** and several mid-market funds demonstrating the broad appeal of our technology.\n\n**Ask:** Can you introduce us to private equity funds, hedge funds or private credit funds that need credible market intelligence? Contact us at [founders@diligencesquared.com](mailto:founders@diligencesquared.com)\n\nhttps://youtu.be/DwNAEVXpv8c?si=qIkt0KSTylIdBg4T\n\n**❌ The Problem**\n\nPrivate equity funds spend **\u0026gt;$10B annually** on commercial due diligence. A standard engagement:\n\n* **Costs $500K-$1M** per project\n* **Takes 2-4 weeks** to deliver\n* **Relies on junior Associates** often only 1-2 years out of university\n* **Provides zero transparency** – no way to trace PowerPoint conclusions back to underlying evidence\n\nThe result: Funds delay diligence until the last minute because it's too expensive to do early or skip it entirely on smaller deals. In increasingly competitive capital markets, this creates a real disadvantage.\n\n**✅ Our Solution**\n\nOur AI agents autonomously conduct expert interviews and synthesize insights with **every claim linked directly to source transcripts**. The advantages are significant:\n\n* **Speed \u0026 Scale**: Parallel process interviews in local language and instantly synthesize insights with AI.\n* **Transparency and depth**: Trace any insight back to its underlying source, such as exact quote in interview transcripts. No black box, no \"trust me\" slides.\n* **Cost**: Fraction of traditional fees—making diligence economical for deals that couldn't justify it before.\n\nAs one Managing Director at a PE fund told us: _\"80% of the insight at 5% of the cost. It's a no-brainer for early-stage Commercial Due Diligence.\"_\n\n**🤝 The Team**\n\nOur team has spent years in private equity, consulting, and tech. We know what great due diligence looks like and how to automate it.\n\n* **Frederik** was a Principal at Blackstone's Private Equity team across London, NYC, and San Francisco. He spent 6 years buying these $500K+ reports and knows exactly what investors find valuable versus unnecessary bloat.\n* **Soren** was a Principal at BCG in NYC and spent 7 years leading commercial due diligence projects for the world's largest funds. He knows exactly which process and analytical steps can be automated.\n* **Harshil** was a Software Engineer at Google, leading AI systems in Google Ads. He's a repeat founder with 10 years of experience building production ML systems and knows how to operationalize them at scale.\n\n**🙏 Our Ask**\n\n**Can you introduce us to:**\n\n* Private Equity, Growth Equity, Private Credit, and Hedge Funds\n* Portfolio companies or corporates that need market intelligence\n* Deal professionals frustrated with traditional market due diligence\n\n👉**Contact us at [founders@diligencesquared.com](mailto:founders@diligencesquared.com)** or visit [**www.diligencesquared.com**](http://www.diligencesquared.com)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=95241\u0026key=user_uploads/2296969/7a5d64a9-8895-4b80-98d1-a3ac69b338d9)\n\n","slug":"Om9-diligencesquared-ai-powered-market-due-diligence-for-investment-decisions","created_at":"2025-11-06T18:42:49.767Z","updated_at":"2026-05-25T01:53:46.614Z","total_vote_count":52,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Om9-diligencesquared-ai-powered-market-due-diligence-for-investment-decisions","share_image_url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/media/?type=post\u0026id=95241\u0026key=user_uploads/2296969/7a5d64a9-8895-4b80-98d1-a3ac69b338d9","company":{"id":30993,"name":"DiligenceSquared","slug":"diligencesquared-inc","url":"https://diligencesquared.com/","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/e75ae93d8e056556c69cc8d6215f5c6787ea95eb.png","batch":"Fall 2025","industry":"B2B","tags":["Artificial Intelligence","Analytics","Market Research"],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/30993"}}