VCs Are Using AI to Evaluate Founders — and Talking About It Publicly

A VC's post on using AI to assess founder fit points to broader adoption of AI-assisted diligence in investment decisions.

@PaulAsel published a framework describing how AI tools can identify "cardinal sins" of founding teams — pattern-matching on founder-market fit, team dynamics, and red flags that historically predict startup failure. The post signals a shift from using AI for deal sourcing (which has been common for years) to using it for qualitative diligence — the kind of judgment calls that VCs have traditionally considered irreducibly human.

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