AI is making startup pitches increasingly uniform, and investors say this is costing founders funding
Tech Funding News Sofia Chesnokova
Investor outreach for startups is failing more often because many founders use generative AI to send faster but more similar pitch decks that don’t match investors’ interests. About 90% of investor outreach fails for reasons unrelated to the pitch itself, and investors say this uniformity reduces founders’ chances of getting funded. Startups are being pushed to start PR earlier and keep human-led, authentic messaging rather than relying on AI to scale volume.
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About 90% of investor outreach fails for reasons unrelated to the pitch itself, according to Jan Verkooijen, an…
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