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Published
August 2026

AI Due Diligence Framework for Investors

Ecliptic Capital used PressW's 5-pillar AI-competency framework to technically vet a healthcare-AI investment, closing the gap where the deal team lacked deep AI expertise.

5 pillars

In the AI-competency assessment

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Project Cost
the challenge

Ecliptic's investment team lacked deep technical AI expertise to properly evaluate a target from a technology perspective, and had no systematic framework for assessing AI-specific maturity and risk.

what they built

PressW applied its 5 Pillars of AI Competency framework, covering data quality, governance, modeling, testing, and scalability, conducted direct technical interviews with the target, and delivered a findings report with positive and negative technical flags.

PressW met with the Ecliptic team to understand investment criteria, generated structured questions from the 5-pillar framework, interviewed the target healthcare company's technical team, and distilled the findings into a comprehensive report.

best fit for

Private equity and venture capital firms evaluating AI-focused investments that lack internal technical AI expertise and want a repeatable diligence framework.

Ai ROLE
impact

5-Pillar AI Competency Assessment

The target was assessed across data quality, governance, modeling, testing, and scalability.

Direct Technical Interviews

PressW interviewed the target company's technical team to surface real flags.

Informed the Investment Decision

The findings report gave Ecliptic a clearer, technically grounded view of the opportunity.

Bryson Greenwood

Founder & Head of AI
Ecliptic Capital
Founder and Head of AI at PressW, an AI consultancy in Austin. Ten-plus years building production AI, from custom NLP and computer vision to LLM retrieval pipelines.
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Financial Services
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Decision Support & Scoring
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Risk & Compliance
frequently asked questions
How does a venture capital firm run technical due diligence on an AI investment?

Ecliptic Capital used a structured 5-pillar AI competency framework covering data quality, governance, modeling, testing and scalability. The experts generated assessment questions from that framework, interviewed the target healthcare company's technical team directly, and distilled the findings into a report with positive and negative technical flags.

What AI due diligence framework was used?

The 5 Pillars of AI Competency framework: data quality, governance, modeling, testing and scalability. It was applied as a structured interview and assessment process rather than a software build, so no specific models were involved.

What results did Ecliptic Capital get from the AI due diligence?

The target was assessed across all five competency pillars, direct technical interviews with the target's engineering team surfaced real flags, and the findings report gave the deal team a technically grounded view of the opportunity to inform the investment decision.

How long does an AI due diligence assessment take?

The record does not state a timeline. The engagement covered a criteria-setting session with the investment team, structured question generation, technical interviews with the target, and a written findings report.

Who is this AI due diligence framework best for?

Private equity and venture capital firms evaluating AI-focused investments that lack internal technical AI expertise and want a repeatable diligence framework.

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