Services — Depend.AI

Advisory Track

AI Due Diligence & Strategy

PE/VC funds · Operating partners · Portfolio company boards

Technical and strategic AI assessment for investors who need to know whether the AI in a business is real. Across buy-side and sell-side transactions, post-investment strategy, and board-level governance. The output is a position the fund can act on. Not a report that needs translating.

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Buy-Side & Sell-Side AI Due Diligence A structured technical assessment of AI architecture, data practices, team capability, and how the system is structured for regulatory scrutiny, delivered before an investment decision or at exit.
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AI Governance Architecture Review An assessment of whether an AI system has the architectural scaffolding — traceability, accountability, auditability — that regulated environments require. Identifies where the principles are intact, and where they aren't.
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Board-Level AI Strategy Translating AI capability and risk into precise terms that boards, audit committees, and investment committees can evaluate and act on.
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Fund-Level AI Posture & Portfolio Oversight A consistent AI assessment framework applied across a PE/VC portfolio, with ongoing advisory support at fund level.

Engineering Track

AI Engineering

CTOs · Heads of Engineering · Boards with an AI mandate

Production-grade AI systems for regulated environments, from architecture through deployment. Safety, auditability, and regulatory readiness are part of the architecture, not a later layer. The result is AI your organisation can explain, defend, and build on.

AI System Architecture Designing AI systems from first principles for regulated environments: data lineage, model governance, auditability, and the specific constraints of NHS, FCA, or insurance oversight.
AI Safety & Auditability Frameworks Audit trails and explainability built into the system. Human-in-the-loop design where the regulator requires it. The documentation that regulators and boards need to see.
Agentic AI Design & Deployment Multi-step, tool-using AI architectures designed with the safety boundaries and human oversight that regulated contexts require.
Production Deployment From prototype to production in environments where failure has real consequences. Validation rigour and accountability architecture, scoped to the stakes.

How To Engage

How to engage

Every engagement starts from a clear question and ends with a position your organisation can act on. Scope is agreed upfront.

01 — AI Readiness Assessment

Fixed-scope, fixed-fee. From a defined question to a board-ready traffic-light scorecard in two weeks. The standard entry point for new advisory relationships.
02 — Strategic AI Oversight

Monthly advisory above an internal team or external delivery partner. A forcing function, a fresh pair of eyes, and a risk escalation layer when the stakes warrant it.
03 — Embedded AI Advisor

Fractional Chief AI Officer or Chief AI Advisor. Continuity, named leadership, and board-level presence for organisations where AI is central to the business.
04 — AI Architecture & Build

Design and build of AI systems for high-stakes deployment. Auditability, safety, and regulatory readiness designed in from the start.

Work With Us

Build AI your organisation can depend on.

Depend.AI works with investors and operators where the quality of AI advice materially affects the outcome. If that's your situation, get in touch.

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AI Due Diligence & Strategy

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Build AI your organisation can depend on.