Private Equity
Crack the code on AI value creation
Strategy and Consulting Services for Private Equity
Strategy and Consulting Services for Private Equity
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:
Accelerating a company’s AI journey through value-creating POCs and tooling.
Detailed investment and ROI plans to identify opportunities for differentiation and address AI exposures.
Identifying opportunities for revenue growth and operational efficiencies.
Implementing best practices to ensure effective adoption, realized value and remediate risk.
Prioritizing AI investment across the current portfolio based on AI opportunities, risks and goals.
Developing AI-focused investment theses and repeatable approaches for AI at scale across the portfolio.
Supporting deal teams with AI-specific due diligence, from pre-LOI CIM reviews to full on-site evaluation of AI capabilities.
Working with deal team to advance the investment thesis based on AI-based value creation opportunities.
Recommending and implementing tools to increase speed and accuracy in deal flow management.
Firm-level organizational transformation strategy and change management to become an AI-centric PE firm.
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?
