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Share of PE funds using AI consistently in diligence

By fund tier, European private equity professionals

Bar chart of the share of private equity funds using AI consistently in diligence: 70% of Tier 1 funds, 41% of large funds and 28% of mid-sized funds.
Smaller deal teams are the ones still catching up Source: Alvarez & Marsal, European PE diligence report, 2026

Share of European private equity funds that use AI consistently in diligence, split by fund tier. The figures come from a survey of more than 80 senior European PE professionals. Tier 1 funds are at 70%, large funds at 41% and mid-sized funds at 28%. Use it to show where a deal team sits against its peers. Koji lets a mid-sized team interview the people at its target's top accounts without a consultancy engagement.

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Use AI consistently
Tier 1 funds70%
Large funds41%
Mid-sized funds28%

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