Henry Platten.

For investors

AI diligence and portfolio value creation for funds.

Most AI diligence misses the same three questions. Is the AI proprietary, or rented from an API? Does the data advantage compound, or evaporate when a competitor calls the same endpoint? Will the compliance posture survive the EU AI Act, GDPR, and GCC data sovereignty regimes — or surface as a liability two years after the cheque clears?

I answer those questions before capital is deployed. The method comes from policing; the evidence is an operator's: I've built, scaled, and exited the kind of company funds are evaluating — and I'm still building today.

How funds engage me

Deal Diligence Sprint

5–10 days · fixed fee

Pre-investment AI diligence on a live target: technology reality, moat durability, model and data dependency, key-person risk, compliance exposure. Deliverable: an IC-ready memo with a clear recommendation — not a hedge.

Portfolio AI Readiness Review

2–3 weeks per company

Inside a portfolio company as an operator, not an observer: where AI genuinely expands margin, what's exposed, and a prioritised roadmap the management team can actually execute. Grounded in having run this transformation myself — a 70% cost reduction at scale, as a founder.

Fund AI Investment Strategy

Thesis development

Fund-level thesis work: how to evaluate AI opportunities, risks, and timing across a portfolio. I have authored a ten-year AI investment philosophy for a venture fund and pre-assessed prospective portfolio companies against it.

Operating Partner & AI-in-Residence

Retained structures

For funds wanting standing access: retained arrangements spanning deal assessment and portfolio support, with the option to convert into portfolio leadership roles where the fit is right.

Why me

  • Both sides of the table. Nine years from first line of code to all-cash exit; current AI diligence and investment strategy work for a venture fund (name confidential; reference available with consent).
  • Still an operator. CAIO across live GCC AI platforms today — multi-agent orchestration, sovereign LLM deployment, real-time voice AI. Portfolio CTOs get a peer, not a consultant.
  • The GCC edge. UAE PDPL, data sovereignty, and regional procurement fluency that generalist diligence providers cannot offer.
  • The method. Former police sergeant. Assume nothing, believe nothing, confirm everything — applied to AI claims.

Is the AI real?

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