Over our 9-year history, we’ve worked with over 30 companies backed by these leading PE firms
Expert Led Private Equity Practice
KUNGFU.AI’s private equity practice is led by Dr. Benjamin Herndon. Prior, Ben was the first Head of AI Strategy at Vista Equity Partners, where he identified and led initiatives to apply AI at scale across one of the world’s leading private equity portfolios, materially increasing portfolio value.
In his career in private equity, Ben has:
- Developed a pioneering approach to applied-AI strategies specifically tailored to the unique needs of private equity portfolios.
- Led over thirty engagements with PE firms and portfolio companies.
- Spoken at over twenty private equity CXO events.
Private Equity Focused AI Service Offerings
Firm-Focused Offerings
AI Diligence
Three staged tiers, from first-pass filter to deep-dive assessment.
Value Creation Planning
Working directly with deal team to advance the investment thesis through AI-based value creation opportunities.
Playbook Development
Developing AI-focused investment theses and repeatable approaches for scaling AI across the portfolio.
Portfolio Triage
Prioritizing AI investment across the current portfolio based on opportunity, risk, and fund-level goals.
Firm-Specific AI Workflows
Building repeatable AI workflows into how your investment team already works, including due diligence, IC prep, and portfolio monitoring.
Deal flow augmentation
Improving pipeline quality and speed with AI-assisted sourcing and screening.
Portfolio Company Offerings
Kickstarting
Accelerating a company’s AI journey through value-creating POCs and tooling.
Accountability as a Service
Governance, data collection, and value measurement built into one system, so AI adoption is tracked, risk is remediated, and realized value is provable, not assumed.
Prioritized Workflows
A sequenced plan for AI investment: what to pilot now, the expected impact, what to fund later, and how to harden and deploy what works. Built to identify differentiation, close AI exposures, and drive EBITDA impact.
Exit Prep
Validating your AI ambition withevidence a buyer will credit. We size the opportunity, demonstrate execution credibility, and make the upside legible before you go to market.
Practical, Stage-Specific Diligence
Tied directly to your investment decision, not a broad market study
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First-Pass AI Filter
A fast, pre-interest rubric that screens targets before you commit diligence resources.
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Investment-Summary AI Diligence
Deal-team-ready AI assessment sized to the investment summary stage.
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Deep Dive AI Assessment
Third-party, on-site evaluation for confirmatory diligence as a deal nears signing.
The New AI Playbook for Private Equity
This whitepaper outlines a practical framework for navigating the shift to AI-based competition and addresses two key questions: how exposed is an industry to AI-driven disruption, and does a specific company have the assets required to build a defensible and sustainable AI advantage?
“We love working with the KUNGFU.AI team. They bring a great blend of strategic and technical/in-the-weeds experience that is ideal for any company that is looking to introduce AI into their business model. We would not have been able to do it ourselves and are well positioned to see strong return on investment on our partnership with KUNGFU.AI.”
