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You built on AI. Now investors want the margin.

You built on AI. Now investors want the margin.

Diligence will ask about your AI margins. Have the answer before they do, not a number they unwind.

Diligence will ask about your AI margins. Have the answer before they do, not a number they unwind.

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Experiments and production

Keep the experiments visible. Do not mistake them for product cost.

Keep the experiments visible. Do not mistake them for product cost.

What you are still testing

New models, prompts and agents you are testing before they ship. Track spend by experiment and engineer, see what graduated to production, and keep a clean R&D line.

What paying customers use

The AI inside the product people pay for, and the cost investors will grade. See cost per customer and agent run, margin month over month, and a data-room page.

Your playbook

The diligence prep guide

The ten questions investors will ask about your AI margin, from your side of the table.

The 2-minute check

Ten questions. Every "I don't know" is a finding.

No email needed. The first five are written for your role. The last five are the same for everyone.

[ 1 ]

Which of your AI features have shipped to paying customers, and which are still experiments?

[ 2 ]

Which providers and models does your product run on today?

[ 3 ]

Do you know what your largest customer costs you in AI each month?

[ 4 ]

Has a diligence request asked about AI margin yet?

[ 5 ]

Is AI cost its own line in your financial plan?

[ 6 ]

Do you know what your AI features and tools cost last month, in dollars?

[ 7 ]

Have you had a surprise AI bill or usage spike in the last six months?

[ 8 ]

Does the AI spend number on your dashboard tie to your actual provider invoices?

[ 9 ]

If a team, an app or a customer account went over budget today, would anything alert you?

[ 10 ]

Is AI cost showing up in your board decks, security questionnaires or diligence requests yet?