Leadership Education
Align deal and operating partners on where AI creates value and how to govern it before capital and attention are committed.
AI Consulting & Engineering
Automation and AI for due diligence, reporting, and portfolio management
We embed AI officers and engineers alongside your operators and within portfolio companies to scale operations with software automation and AI
Why This Matters Now
Embedding AI SMEs across the portfolio unlocks scaling bottlenecks, accelerating thesis realization. Automate and enrich your firm's analysis and management so you can focus on the next strategy.
How We Help
We pair leadership education and power-user training with bespoke AI-native software, so your people gain both the knowledge and the means to scale your best work.
AI Power User Training
Equip operating teams to run AI inside the workflows that move the value-creation plan.
Bespoke AI-Native Software
Build automations inside critical portfolio workflows that accelerate throughput and enrich analysis.
Ideal For
Sponsors that need a clear AI value-creation plan before broad rollout.
Ideal For
Operating partners managing portfolio companies with uneven AI maturity and varied reporting methods.
Ideal For
Deal teams that want sharper pre-close and post-close AI due diligence assistance and SME assessments of AI opportunities.
What You Get
- - AI strategies aligned with business strategies.
- - AI-native dashboards that enable chatting with and visualizing data.
- - AI steering committees that drive education, adoption, and opportunity identification.
First 90 Days
- - AI strategy and education program launch to drive adoption and opportunities.
- - Tangible prototypes and project plans detailing value, feasibility, and speed to impact.
- - Launch one bespoke software solution within a critical workflow.
Built For Your Sector
Built for private equity, with hands-on operating experience across manufacturing, industrial, supply chain, and distribution portfolio companies.
Proof Over Promises
Our work ties to value levers and milestones a value-creation team can defend in an investment committee, from optimized analyst workdays and material FTE-equivalent capacity recovered.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does AI consulting for private equity typically include?
It usually covers portfolio AI strategy aligned to the value-creation plan, readiness assessment across holdings, prioritization of use cases by EBITDA impact, governance (including steering committees), and execution support through training and bespoke software.
How is this different from a generic AI pilot program?
Pilots often sit outside the value-creation plan. We sequence work against sponsor priorities, put ownership with operating partners and management, and measure progress in levers an investment committee can defend.
Can LightSight work across multiple portfolio companies?
Yes. We commonly start with one high-confidence company or workflow, then productize playbooks, dashboards, and systems so gains compound across the portfolio.
When should PE bring in a Fractional Chief AI Officer vs this engagement?
When you need portfolio-level strategy and execution design. Add a Fractional Chief AI Officer when a specific company needs an owner in the seat to stand up committees, drive adoption, and critically inform investment decisions.
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