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Scan, Seek & Search
Map value levers, workflows, systems, data, labor, leakage, and readiness. Quantify the opportunity portfolio.
AI value creation for private equity
Plant AI.
Grow EBITDA.
ZTelligence helps PE sponsors and their portfolio companies identify, prove, and scale AI initiatives that drive costs down, revenue up, and enterprise value higher.
The SEED™ value journey
Watch opportunity become enterprise value.
SEED™ creates a gated investment path: find the money, prove the concept, engineer the winner, and deliver an outcome the sponsor can measure.
Stage 1 — Find the money
Scan the business for value.
Map operating friction, revenue leakage, labor intensity, systems, data, and strategic priorities. Rank the opportunities by financial impact, speed, readiness, and confidence.
Output: quantified opportunity portfolio
Value confidence
25%
Opportunity identified and financially framed
The ZTelligence SEED™ methodology
From AI ambition to measurable value.
Most companies have AI activity. Few have a disciplined system for turning it into operating results. SEED™ creates a gated path from opportunity identification through adoption and value realization.
The question is not “Where can we use AI?” It is “Where should we invest the next dollar to create the most enterprise value?”
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Explore
Rapidly AI-engineer working prototypes for the highest-value ideas. Test feasibility in days and weeks.
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Engineer
Turn proven prototypes into secure, integrated, production-ready capabilities with clear value measures.
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Deliver
Deploy into the operating rhythm, drive adoption, measure realized impact, and continuously improve.
SEED Portfolio™
One operating model.
Every portfolio company.
Give investment and operating teams a common way to find AI value, govern execution, reuse proven patterns, and report impact—without building a large central AI function.
AI Value Creation Scan
A focused assessment of EBITDA levers, revenue opportunities, workflows, systems, data, and execution readiness.
2–3 weeks
to a prioritized roadmap
Rapid Value Sprints
Build working prototypes around real portfolio-company data and users before committing to production investment.
30–45 days
to validated use cases
Portfolio AI Office
Fractional AI leadership, governance, vendor orchestration, reusable playbooks, and sponsor-level value reporting.
Quarterly
EBITDA impact reporting
Commercial pathways
Start small. Prove value.
Scale what works.
Entry engagement
SEED Scan
$12.5K–$20K
2–3 week fixed-fee assessment
- Executive and functional interviews
- AI opportunity heatmap
- SEED Score and business cases
- 90-day value creation roadmap
Best starting point for sponsors
SEED Portfolio Pilot
$50K–$100K
One sponsor + 2–3 portfolio companies
- Portfolio-level opportunity baseline
- Company scans and value roadmaps
- 2–4 rapid prototypes
- Sponsor dashboard and scale plan
Recurring partnership
Portfolio AI Office
$25K–$40K/mo
Ongoing AI value creation capability
- Fractional AI executive leadership
- Governance and investment pipeline
- Implementation oversight
- Quarterly EBITDA reporting
The first 90 days
Value before theater.
Days 1–30
Baseline & prioritize
Align sponsor and management teams, quantify the opportunity portfolio, and select fast, credible value cases.
Days 31–60
Prototype & validate
Put working AI in front of real users. Test workflow fit, data readiness, adoption, and financial assumptions.
Days 61–90
Deploy & scale
Productionize winners, install governance, establish the KPI baseline, and define the portfolio reuse plan.
A practical first conversation
Find the first $1M of AI value.
Bring one portfolio company, its value creation plan, and its biggest operating constraints. We’ll identify where SEED™ can create near-term proof and a repeatable portfolio advantage.