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Pre-seed in the UK has been inflating for years. But something has shifted recently - investors are using AI tools to build due diligence processes they were never equipped to design themselves. The result is a wider experience gap, better hidden, hitting founders at the worst possible moment. aArticle by Vasily Alekseenko, Mar 25, 2026 Let me say the quiet part out loud. Pre-seed changing its meaning in the UK is not new. That ship sailed years ago. Most founders raising tod

McKinsey lost major clients in recent months. Not to Bain or EY. To small, agile consultancies who are not household names. The Big Management Consultancy model, consultancies like McKinsey, Bain, Deloitte, EY and BCG, is certainly breaking down. It's built on countless junior analysts, 800-page slide presentations and “we’ll-get-back-to-you-with-a-strategy-in 6-8 months” cycles. Not to mention huge fees to cover massive costs. AI has commoditised this part. It's all now pos

Fresh off the mic! I joined Dustin Robinson on his podcast 𝘌𝘜'𝘳𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴, to talk about what's really holding businesses back from making AI work, and why the answer isn't what most leaders expect. Here's the honest truth from the ground: 𝐀𝐈 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭. A few things that s

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