{"id":278727,"date":"2025-08-28T07:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jthelander.com\/?p=278727"},"modified":"2025-08-28T07:14:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:14:00","slug":"how-investment-firms-are-using-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/?p=278727","title":{"rendered":"How Investment Firms Are Using AI: Data from the Thelander AI in VC Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This month, we are giving you an exclusive look at the results from the AI in VC Survey.<\/a>\u00a0 Many\u00a0investment firms are already getting support from AI, but how far does this extend?\u00a0Key job roles, especially in fields like investment management, are not looking like they will be replaced by AI. There’s too much knowledge, experience and expertise that goes into these top positions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Important Is It For New Hires To Have AI Skills? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our data shows that 59% of investment firms aren’t looking to hire employees with AI skills. Of the 41% who are, AI is important for mid-level roles or for technology focused positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s just one takeaway from Thelander’s exclusive AI & Compensation Structure Report, featuring never-before-seen data about the nuanced role AI is beginning to play in investment firms. The survey is still in progress, which means you can participate today<\/a> and secure the complimentary report. Let’s dig in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participate in The Compensation Survey Today<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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85% of survey participants are VC firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The majority of funds falls into the $250 – $999 million total AUM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How Are Investment Firms Using AI? <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Source: Thelander-PitchBook Investment Firm Compensation Survey<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of those using AI, the most common (75.7%) is for general administration – note-taking, memos, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Additionally, 73% are using it to streamline due diligence tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Only 29.7% are using it for portfolio management and monitoring.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI excels in sorting complex datasets, which makes the technology helpful for due diligence. It can also take notes and create meeting minutes, freeing up administrative personel for other tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source: Thelander-PitchBook Investment Firm Compensation Survey<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Most (75%) are using off-the-shelf only tools vs. custom tools developed in-house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These survey results show that while AI has already begun to leave its mark on investment firms, there’s still plenty of room for growth and adoption of AI tools within the space. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To find out exactly what roles investment firms are looking to hire, participate in the Thelander-PitchBook Investment Firm Compensation Survey here<\/a>. You will receive access to real-time compensation data for all the job titles you complete as well as the the full AI in VC report. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click Here to Complete the Compensation Survey Today<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This month, we are giving you an exclusive look at the results from the AI in VC Survey.\u00a0 Many\u00a0investment firms are already getting support from AI, but how far does this extend?\u00a0Key job roles, especially in fields like investment management, are not looking like they will be replaced by AI. There’s too much knowledge, experience […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5,3],"class_list":["post-278727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter","tag-investment-firm","tag-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=278727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=278727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=278727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=278727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}