Generating AI vs preserving evidence

AI Summaries Are Not Institutional Evidence

Late 2024. A mid-market private equity firm completes a cross-border acquisition using AI-assisted due diligence. Thousands of documents are reviewed, risks are summarised, and the Investment Committee approves the transaction with confidence. Eight months later, a limited partner asks a different question. Not about the investment thesis. Not about the final decision. But about how…

Generated output vs institutional evidence

Generated Output vs Institutional Evidence

A sovereign wealth fund’s operational due diligence team is reviewing a mid-market private equity GP. The GP has invested heavily in AI across diligence, research, document review, and investment analysis.   But the due diligence team is now not asking about the AI tools. They are asking about the governance of the AI tools.  …

Non-Human Inventor

Statutory Text, Legal Personhood, and the Non-Human Inventor: Why Formalism Has (So Far) Prevailed

Abstract Can an artificial intelligence (AI) system be an “inventor” under contemporary patent statutes? Across leading jurisdictions, courts and patent offices have converged on “no,” grounding outcomes in textualist readings of inventor provisions that presuppose a natural person. This article analyzes the Full Federal Court of Australia’s reversal in Commissioner of Patents v Thaler FCAFC…

Leveraging NextGen AI for private capital deal origination: Finding the perfect fit with IDP and IIP

Leveraging NextGen AI for private capital deal origination: Finding the perfect fit with IDP and IIP

Deal origination is a cornerstone of success in private capital, yet traditional approaches – relying on manual research, existing networks, and gut feeling – are becoming inadequate in today’s data-driven world. Enter the potential of NextGen AI: transformative technology that enables firms to precisely identify Ideal Deal Profiles (IDP) and if required also Ideal Investor…