Would an AI strategy assistant actually help… or just sound cool?

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June 04, 2025

by a professional from University of Toronto in Toronto, ON, Canada

Say you're a few weeks into diligence. Financials are fine, but you’re stuck crafting the narrative: - What would you do to grow this thing? - What does a believable 3-year plan look like? - What would your IC buy into? If a tool could help you frame your strategy, surface growth levers, and pressure-test your thinking with data — is that something you’d actually want to use (and pay for)? Or is that something you should do yourself, even if it's hard? Trying to figure out if this is vitamin or painkiller. Thoughts appreciated. Always down to chat: redacted
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from The University of Chicago in Nashville, TN, USA
If you haven't, check out Paul Roetzer, who hosts the Artificial Intelligence Show. He has what he calls a "Co-CEO" that is a custom built GPT to help with strategy that knows everything about his company. I'm under LOI and I've been using AI to build out transition plans, investigate tech stack options, build a 100 day road map, etc. but until I'm sitting in the operator seat I don't think I would have enough data to feed it to train it well enough to help with specifics. It is a very interesting topic though and I will absolutely be pursuing this in the future.
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from Columbia University in New York, NY, USA
It's useful and you definitely should be leveraging the technology. But it's also like saying: "I am using a computer to do outreach." It's table stakes at this point and is entirely unlikely to give you an edge. Focus on your unique thesis formation and outreach, that will be your edge regardless of the table stakes toolset.
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