How investors evaluate AI startups differently

While VCs have turned SaaS investments into a near science over the last decade-plus, many of our assumptions do not hold up for AI investments. F-Prime's Rocio Wu and Eight Roads' Michael Treskow investigated how investors' diligence methods are changing when evaluating AI startups for Forbes. They found ten key changes, and they range from rethinking defensibility to questioning velocity, scrutinizing true gross margins, and understanding why “customer love” doesn’t always mean retention. Check out the full list via the link in the comments👇