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White papers drawn from our work inside private equity firms and their portfolio companies: what it takes to make AI work, and what it’s worth. Each one is opinionated; where our view differs from common practice, we say so.
White paper · For investors · October 2026
Buy behind, sell ahead
Why the mid-market companies furthest behind on AI are often the best ones to buy, and how sponsors close that gap and get paid for it at exit.
Imtisal Qadir and Talha Shaikh · 7 min read
Read the paperWhite paper · For operators · October 2026
After the demo
Why AI pilots stall after a good demo, and the five things that get them into production.
Imtisal Qadir and Talha Shaikh
7 min readWhite paper · For investors and operators · June 2026
The company brain
AI assistants plateau after year one because the knowledge underneath them is scattered. Here’s how companies consolidate it into a governed intelligence layer their existing tools can draw on.
Talha Shaikh, Imtisal Qadir and Umer Khan
7 min read
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