AI due diligence and value creation for private equity
We find the AI upside before you buy, and deliver it after you own.
Keops AI is the AI value-creation partner for private equity funds, sovereign funds and family offices. We quantify what AI can do to a target’s EBITDA during the deal, then build it during the hold, so the uplift shows up at exit.
Built for
- Private equity and growth funds
- Sovereign wealth funds
- Family offices
- Holding groups
- Corporate development teams
Why it matters
AI is the biggest value unlock of our generation.It is also the biggest value killer.
Every deal now carries an AI question: how much can it add, and how much can it take away?
Funds that answer it before signing buy smarter and exit higher. Those that skip it find out at exit.
How we work
From the data room to the exit.
We work alongside your financial and legal advisors.
Before you buy
After you own
Assess
AI upside and risk, from the data room and management sessions.
Quantify
An EBITDA bridge, lever by lever.
Stress-test
Which revenue lines AI could shrink, and how fast.
Decide
An investment-committee-ready view of upside and risk.
Map
Full process and systems mapping in the first weeks.
Plan
A 100-day AI plan built from the diligence.
Build
Our engineers ship the systems.
Track
Progress measured in EBITDA.
Scale
Integration support for add-on acquisitions.
Deal closes
Before you buy
01Assess
AI upside and risk, from the data room and management sessions.
- 02
Quantify
An EBITDA bridge, lever by lever.
- 03
Stress-test
Which revenue lines AI could shrink, and how fast.
- 04
Decide
An investment-committee-ready view of upside and risk.
Deal closes
After you own
05Map
Full process and systems mapping in the first weeks.
- 06
Plan
A 100-day AI plan built from the diligence.
- 07
Build
Our engineers ship the systems.
- 08
Track
Progress measured in EBITDA.
- 09
Scale
Integration support for add-on acquisitions.
Deliverables
What your investment committee gets.
An EBITDA bridge, lever by lever.
From today’s EBITDA to the target, one bar per AI lever. For each lever:
- Run-rate EBITDA impact
- One-off cost to get there
- Time until it shows up
- Our confidence level
- AI disruption exposure
- The share of revenue that pays for work AI can now do, and how quickly clients could push prices down or bring that work in-house.
- Is the target’s AI real?
- Whether the AI actually works, how dependent the margins are on a single model provider, and whether the company owns the rights to use its data.
- Regional resilience
- Data residency (GDPR, EU AI Act, Saudi PDPL, UAE, Bahrain) and continuity if a cloud region or AI provider goes down.
Powered by Shadoof
Every process mapped, every saving simulated.
After closing, Shadoof, our own AI tooling, maps every process, system and control of the company in days. To-be scenarios then simulate the savings before anything is built.
See how Shadoof worksWhy Keops
The team that sizes it builds it.
- Builders with a business edge
- Our engineers ship the systems we recommend and learn the business on every client project. The team is led by an engineer with an MBA from HEC Paris.
- One team from diligence to delivery
- The people who size the upside are the people who build it.
- Our own AI tooling
- Shadoof maps a company’s processes and systems in days.
- Ready for your AI assistant
- Every document we provide is updated in real time, and is connected in one click to your preferred AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, etc.)
- Deep delivery experience
- 15+ years of software delivery and hands-on post-merger integration.
- Certified
- Anthropic Claude Partner Network member, with 11 Claude Certified Architects.
GCC landing
Expanding into the Gulf?
For European and international portfolio companies entering the GCC, our French and Bahraini team in Manama sets up operations, systems and local partnerships.
FAQ
Questions investors ask us
What is AI due diligence?
An assessment of how AI can raise a target’s EBITDA and how it could erode its revenue. Keops AI delivers it as an EBITDA bridge and a risk view, ready for the investment committee.
How do you quantify AI’s impact on EBITDA?
Lever by lever. For each AI lever we give the run-rate EBITDA impact, the one-off cost to get there, the time until it shows up and our confidence level.
Do you work with our existing advisors?
Yes. We run alongside your financial, legal and commercial diligence teams and cover the AI questions they leave open.
What happens after the deal closes?
We map the company’s processes and systems, turn the diligence findings into a 100-day AI plan, build the systems and track progress in EBITDA.
Can we query your deliverables from our own AI assistant?
Yes. Every document we deliver, from the EBITDA bridge to the full process map in Shadoof, is updated in real time and can be queried from Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot or Gemini.
Who do you work with?
Private equity and growth funds, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, holding groups and corporate development teams.
Do you support portfolio companies entering the GCC?
Yes. Our French and Bahraini team in Manama helps European and international portfolio companies set up operations, systems and local partnerships in the Gulf.