CASE STUDIES21 May 2026· 18 min
AI Due Diligence: The Complete Methodology for Investment Funds in 2025
As AI investments surpass $200B annually, traditional due diligence frameworks are dangerously obsolete. This premium guide delivers a 5-pillar methodology with quantitative scoring, real fund case studies, and actionable checklists to accurately assess AI ventures and avoid the 73% failure rate plaguing uninformed capital allocation.
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[1]CB Insights Global AI Investment Report 2024 — AI startup failure rates and capital allocation analysis
[2]Pitchbook AI Benchmarking Report Q1 2025 — Due diligence process correlation with portfolio performance metrics
[3]Stanford AI Index 2024 — Open-source model commoditization analysis and competitive timeline data
[4]Gunderson Dettmer AI Legal Practice Report 2024 — Training data legal vulnerability survey across 215 AI companies
[5]EU AI Act Official Text and Annexes (Regulation EU 2024/1689) — Risk classification framework and compliance timeline
[6]SEC Release No. IA-6383 (2024) — Predictive Data Analytics and AI in Investment Advisory
[7]MLOps Community Maturity Model Framework v3.1 (2024) — MLOps scoring methodology and industry benchmarks