AI that moves
the multiple.
We embed AI inside your portfolio companies to cut cost, modernize how they operate, and build proprietary IP they own. Production systems, grounded in their data, tied to ROI, built to show up in the exit valuation.
Named #1 AI Services Company by Clutch · Inc. AI Power Partner
The value-creation playbook is being rewritten.
Efficiency, margin, and growth still drive value. However, on their own, they no longer get you the multiple they used to.
Buyers now pay a premium for companies that own AI intellectual property, and that repricing is already underway.
Building defensible AI takes time. A portfolio company that starts now can have real, documented AI assets by the time it goes to market. The window is open today.
of PE AI initiatives meeting or exceeding the business case (FTI, 2026)
of fund leaders rank AI as a top value-creation priority (FTI)
PE deal value in AI & ML more than tripled in a single year (Accenture)
Three ways we drive enterprise value.
Every engagement ladders to the number that matters at exit.
Drive cost out
Grow revenue without growing headcount. Custom automation and AI agents take high-cost, high-volume work off the payroll: underwriting, customer service, document processing, demand forecasting, quality inspection. The result is a structural lift to EBITDA margin that buyers underwrite directly.
Transform how the business runs
Move a traditional operator into the tech-enabled category. We modernize the data and pipelines underneath it, the core workflows that move the work, and the products customers touch. AI becomes the way work gets done. That category shift is a different conversation with a buyer, and a different multiple.
Build proprietary IP they own
Owned AI becomes a defensible asset at exit. Off-the-shelf AI gives efficiency any competitor can buy tomorrow. AI gets valued as intellectual property when it is owned outright, embedded in core operations, and documented as IP. Companies with proprietary AI are commanding 15–20% valuation premiums.
One AI demand-forecasting initiative moved a distribution company's valuation from roughly 7× to 9× EBITDA, a 28% multiple expansion from a single project. (EisnerAmper)
One partner, at the fund level and inside the portfolio.
PE firms run AI at two altitudes. We work at both, with one methodology and one accountable team.
Portfolio AI strategy
We assess the portfolio and rank the highest-ROI AI opportunities company by company, so value-creation capital goes where it returns the most.
A repeatable playbook
The same methodology and certified engineers deploy across every portfolio company. What we learn in one becomes a pattern the rest inherit.
AI diligence & exit readiness
Buy-side and sell-side assessments that quantify AI upside, surface model and data risk, and document the AI assets that support a premium at exit.
Executive & team enablement
We get operating partners and portfolio leadership fluent, because adoption is where AI returns are won or lost.
Build production AI
Custom systems built on the company's data, owned by the company, shipped to production, and measured in ROI.
Forward Deployed Engineers
Senior AI engineers embedded with the team, building alongside them and leaving the team more capable than before.
Workflow & agent automation
High-cost manual processes re-engineered and run by AI agents, with governance built in.
The intelligence layer
The architecture that connects a company's data, models, and agents so AI can reason across the whole business instead of one slice of it.
Every engagement runs on Generative-Driven Development™ (GenDD), our methodology for shipping production AI, and is delivered by certified Forward Deployed Engineers.
Production AI inside PE-backed companies. Not pilots.
We have shipped production AI across PE-backed companies on behalf of sponsors including Peak Rock Capital, Sixth Street, Great Hill Partners, Apax, Battery Ventures, Align Capital Partners, Expedition Partners, and Garnett Station Partners.
Sponsors include
PE sponsors represented
PE-backed portfolio companies
of engagements in production
typical portco ARR
3,470 hours saved, a 40%+ reduction in core engineering workflows
HatchWorks applied GenDD to feature implementation, mock data generation, backlog creation, and demo builds for this PE-backed industrial marketplace. Compounding velocity and IP at every sprint.
Integration delivery cut from 20 business days to under 5
Automated maintenance reduced staffing needs while the team shipped faster, a structural operational improvement with direct impact on EBITDA and exit readiness.
Learn MoreFull SDLC coverage validated with GenDD across 41 production deliverables
GenDD applied across product, QA, architecture, and design. AI used against real organizational context for requirements, testing, and documentation. Owned IP the sponsor can document at exit.
Learn MoreIt is the jumpstart we needed to help us identify and start building POCs for Gen AI use cases across our business.
Matthew Shorts
Chief Product & Technology Officer, Cox2M
Built for how PE creates value.
The portfolio company owns the IP.
Every system we build is owned outright by the company and valued as an asset at exit.
A playbook that scales across the portfolio.
GenDD and our certified Forward Deployed Engineers deploy across ten companies as cleanly as one, the fund-level coordination buyers and LPs now expect.
Production track record in regulated industries.
We ship in HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and SOX environments with enterprise-grade governance built in at every tier, backed by SOC 2 Type I certification.
We build on frontier models and enterprise data platforms with the governance, security, and reliability enterprise portfolios require.
Official partners: Anthropic · Google Cloud · Databricks
Find the AI value hiding in your portfolio.
Portfolio AI Assessment
We rank the highest-ROI AI opportunities across your portfolio by impact, feasibility, and effect on enterprise value. You leave with a prioritized roadmap you can act on.
Learn morePE AI Innovation Workshop
We equip your operating partners and portfolio leadership with the knowledge to identify and prioritize AI use cases, turning strategy into a 100-day action plan.
Learn moreProduction AI Deployment
From ideation to a production-grade AI system inside a portfolio company: owned IP, measured ROI, documented for exit. Not a pilot. A system that ships.
Learn moreRecognized for excellence in enterprise AI
◆ Inc Power Partner for Software Development, AI & Data 2023
◆ Clutch's Top AI Companies 2023
◆ Named #1 Gen AI Solution Provider, Global Generative AI Awards 2024
◆ Official AI Partners: Anthropic · Google Cloud · Databricks
Frequently asked
Direct answers to what PE sponsors, operating partners, and portfolio CEOs ask most.
AI drives enterprise value three ways: structural EBITDA lift through automation of high-cost workflows, category transformation by modernizing how the business runs, and proprietary IP creation that commands 15–20% valuation premiums at exit.
Forward Deployed Engineers are senior AI engineers embedded directly with a portfolio company team. They build production AI systems alongside the company using GenDD, leave the team more capable, and ensure every system is owned outright by the portfolio company as a defensible asset at exit.
Yes. GenDD and our certified Forward Deployed Engineers deploy across ten portfolio companies as cleanly as one. What we learn in one company becomes a pattern the rest inherit, the fund-level coordination buyers and LPs now expect.
Our AI Solution Accelerator delivers a working pilot in 2 to 8 weeks, with measurable outcomes integrated to your systems from day one. We can kick off in as little as two weeks after initial alignment.
GenDD, Generative-Driven Development, is HatchWorks AI's methodology for shipping production AI. Applied to PE, it ensures every system built across the portfolio is owned by the portfolio company, documented as IP, and measuring ROI from day one, the foundation for a defensible exit valuation.
Find the AI value hiding in your portfolio.
Start with a Portfolio AI Assessment. We rank the highest-ROI AI opportunities across your portfolio by impact, feasibility, and effect on enterprise value. You leave with a prioritized roadmap you can act on.
Tell us about your portfolio and we'll show you where the value is.