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ONE ACQUISITION TARGET

AI & Technical
Due Diligence

Understand what you are buying.

Connect product, AI and technical evidence to your investment questions. Record what remains unproven.

What it is
A product, AI and technology assessment of one acquisition target.
Who it is for
Investors, acquisition teams and corporate development leaders with a defined target.
Investment required
Scope-based fees and timing agreed in a proposal. A deal sponsor, decision date and authorized management and technical evidence are needed. Implementation is separate.
Transformation
Turn product claims and technical evidence into an executive assessment of risks, opportunities, unanswered questions and priorities after acquisition.
Intended benefit
A clearer investment discussion and better-focused further diligence. The assessment does not guarantee a transaction decision or business return.

WHAT YOU RECEIVE

Three useful outputs.

  1. Executive decision summary

    Findings against investment questions, material risks and opportunities, and limitations of the evidence.

  2. Product and technology assessment

    Agreed capabilities and foundations, evidence references, dependencies, gaps and questions for management or specialists.

  3. Priorities after acquisition

    Further validation, product and engineering priorities, sequencing and ownership. Planning inputs, not a committed implementation.

The scope

  • Review agreed product and AI capabilities.
  • Assess data, architecture, infrastructure, engineering practices and roadmap dependencies.
  • Examine relevant alternatives and commercial implications.

Distinguish demonstrated capability from prototypes and roadmap claims.

What you bring

  • A deal sponsor, investment questions and decision date.
  • Authorized management and demonstration access.
  • Agreed architecture, data, engineering and commercial evidence.

Record access limits. Share only information you are authorized to provide.

Clear boundaries

Excludes valuation opinions, legal, financial, tax and regulatory diligence, penetration testing, security certification and specialist security audits. No transaction or business outcome is promised.

After the assessment. Product definition, a validation prototype or implementation needs a separate proposal, responsibilities, access and acceptance criteria. A prototype does not establish production readiness.

Start with three answers

  1. Which target and investment questions need assessment?
  2. What is the decision date, and what evidence is accessible?
  3. Which claims need validation or specialist review?

RELATED EXPERIENCE

AI capability before acquisition

As product lead for a generative AI assessment, Sean reviewed a content business’s product and technical foundations and delivered an executive summary and detailed report. The anonymized public case is self-reported. It does not claim a transaction decision or later business result.

Read the AI acquisition case

Discuss the decision first.

Email a nonconfidential overview. Scope, fees and timing agreed in a proposal. Implementation is scoped separately.

Discuss your target
sean@evergences.comevergences.com/services/ai-technical-due-diligence/