DiligenceSquared

AI-powered market due diligence for investment decisions

3.5Score#250 of 999 agents#4 of 14 in Investment analyst

Why it ranks #250

DiligenceSquared, an AI investment analyst from YC F25, ranks #250 of 999 AI agents and #4 of 14 in Investment analyst, with a score of 3.5 of 10. Data as of 3 Oct 2026.

The score adds four parts, each 0 to 10, by weight. Every point comes from public evidence. How scoring works ·

Proof 4 × 30% 1.2
Scale 2 × 30% 0.6
Momentum 3 × 25% 0.8
Autonomy 6 × 15% 0.9
= 3.5

Proof
Do customers use it? 30% of the score
4
Claims a customer result and a customer count.
- +2
  A customer result
  “As one Managing Director at a PE fund told us: "80% of the insight at 5% of the cost.”
  Launch YC post · 6 Nov 2025
- +2
  A customer count
  “Our clients already include two of the world's five largest PE funds and several mid-market funds demonstrating the broad appeal of our technology.”
  Launch YC post · 6 Nov 2025 · 2 claims
Not found: revenue or growth (+4), named customers (+3), work done at scale (+2)
Scale
Is there a real company behind it? 30% of the score
2
3 people.
- +2
  3 people on its YC page3 or 4 people
Not found: funding round in its news (+3)
Momentum
Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score
3
Shows hiring.
- +3
  Hiring: 11 open rolesEngineer - Frontend, Engineer - Backend, Engineer - FullstackYC page
Not found: launch YC post in the last 6 months (+3), new traction claim in the last 6 months (+2), funding news in the last year (+2), a batch in the last year (it is YC Fall 2025) (+1)
Autonomy
How much of the job does it do on its own? 15% of the score
6
Supervised agent: takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
- +6
  Level 2 of 4: Supervised agentTakes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
What the model read
- Acts in other systems: 29% likely
- Finishes whole tasks: 39% likely
- Calls itself an agent: 97% likely
- Level 1 from the model's reading of its pages; the evidence review found, with quotes, that its AI acts in the work, so the level is 2
Level 2: Takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.

About DiligenceSquared

DiligenceSquared delivers AI-powered market due diligence for investment decisions - like the $500k McKinsey reports, but automated, auditable, and at a fraction of the cost.

When Private Equity funds evaluate deals, they pay firms like McKinsey, BCG, and Bain $500K-$1M for market due diligence. The process takes weeks, and the output is a static PowerPoint that's impossible to audit. A single large-cap PE fund can spend >$30M annually on this and the total market is $10B per year.

Our AI agents conduct expert interviews and synthesize insights with every claim linked to source transcripts. No black box, no "trust me" slides, and no 10x mark-up for human labor.

Frederik bought these reports as a Principal at Blackstone. Soren sold them as a Principal at BCG. Harshil is a repeat founder and former Software Engineer at Google. We've seen both sides and know what matters in due diligence - and now we automate it.

Our clients already include 8 leading private equity funds with over $2.4 trillion in combined AUM.