AIR Framework™
The standard for AI Readiness, AI Risk, and AI Opportunity scoring in private equity due diligence.
An investment intelligence platform by Diligence. Per-deal access. No subscriptions.
AIR Framework™
EnterpriseAssessment · Target: Project Apex
AI Readiness
72
AI Disruption Risk
48
AI Opportunity
84
EBITDA Impact Band
+$3.2M – $5.8M
+180–320 bps
Top Initiative
Embed predictive churn model in customer success workflows
12-month payback · cited from CS-platform audit, p.14
An online, non-downloadable platform for AI-era investment decisions.
AIR Framework™ is online, non-downloadable computer software that evaluates and scores companies on artificial intelligence readiness, AI-related business disruption risk, and AI-driven value creation opportunity — purpose-built for private equity due diligence, mergers and acquisitions analysis, and investment decision-making.
AI Readiness
Operational, data, talent, and infrastructure preparedness for AI deployment across the target company.
AI Disruption Risk
Exposure to AI-driven competitive disruption in the target’s sector, with confidence-rated scoring.
AI Opportunity
Value-creation potential through AI adoption — quantified EBITDA bands and prioritized initiatives.
Cited, evidence-based scoring — not generic AI hype.
AIR Framework™ generates cited, evidence-based scoring of target companies across operational departments and industry sectors, with respect to AI preparedness, disruption exposure, and return potential.
Departmental Scoring
Every Score is Cited
Each finding in AIR Framework™ is evidence-based and linked back to a specific document, page, and excerpt from the investment data room.
"Customer concentration risk: 38% of FY revenue from top-3 logos with no documented retention model in CS playbook."
Source · Sales-Ops-Audit-Q3.pdf · p.27
Sector-Aware
AIR Framework™ scoring adapts to the target’s industry sector — software, industrial services, consumer products, healthcare IT — with sector-specific AI exposure dimensions surfaced alongside the seven fixed operational departments.
Built for the investment professionals who can’t guess on AI.
Private Equity Deal Teams
Score AI readiness, disruption risk, and value-creation opportunity during private equity due diligence — before the IC meeting.
M&A Advisors
Evaluate target companies on AI preparedness and disruption exposure as part of mergers and acquisitions analysis for buy- and sell-side mandates.
Investment Committees
Surface a cited, evidence-based AI assessment alongside QoE and IC memo materials for investment decision-making.
IC-ready output from a single AIR Framework™ run.
Three-dimensional score
AI Readiness, AI Disruption Risk, and AI Opportunity — each scored 0–100 with confidence bands.
EBITDA impact bands
Low / mid / high impact ranges in dollars + basis points, mapped to specific AI initiatives.
Department + sector breakdown
Per-department scoring across seven operational functions, with industry-sector overlays.
Executive narrative
Board-grade written assessment of AI preparedness, disruption exposure, and return potential.
Prioritized initiatives
Ranked post-acquisition AI plays with effort, payback period, and dependency mapping.
Cited evidence trail
Every score and finding linked to source documents, pages, and excerpts in the data room.
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AIR Framework™ is a trademark of Diligence. AIR Framework™ is provided as online, non-downloadable computer software accessed through a web browser, on a per-deal basis.