We use AI tools to make our operations more efficient. Examples:

• Drafting initial market analyses on public information about a sector

• Transcribing and summarizing partner meetings and founder calls (with consent)

• Searching across our internal knowledge base of past notes and learnings

• Editing and improving the clarity of our own written work (essays, memos)

• Coding assistance for internal tooling and dashboards

AI is a tool, not a decision-maker. We do not use AI to:

• Make investment decisions — every yes/no comes from human partners

• Score, rank, or auto-reject founders algorithmically

• Generate fake testimonials, press releases, or marketing claims

• Train external AI models on founder pitch materials

• Replace human judgment in any high-stakes founder-facing decision

When founders submit pitch materials, we may use AI internally to:

• Summarize long documents for partner discussions

• Generate research questions for due diligence

• Transcribe calls (with explicit founder consent)

We never:

• Feed founder materials into models that train on user input (we disable training where possible)

• Share founder data with AI providers for product improvement

• Use founder materials to create content (essays, marketing) without permission

We are transparent about the providers we work with. Currently in use:

• OpenAI (GPT models) — with enterprise data agreements that exclude our data from training

• Anthropic (Claude) — same data exclusions

• Otter.ai or Read.ai — for transcription (with founder consent)

• Notion AI / GitHub Copilot — for internal docs and code

This list may change. We commit to choosing providers with strong data-handling commitments.

Any AI-assisted output that affects a founder relationship — investment decisions, written feedback, public posts about portfolio companies — is reviewed by a human VestedVC team member before action.

We treat AI output as a draft, never a final product.

As a founder pitching to or working with VestedVC, you can:

• Opt out of AI transcription of any call

• Request that your submitted materials not be processed by AI tools

• Ask which AI tools we used in a specific interaction

• Request deletion of AI-generated notes about your company

Email [email protected] for any of these requests.

AI technology — and the right way to use it — is changing rapidly. We will update this policy as our practices evolve.

Material changes will be reflected in the 'Last updated' date and communicated to active portfolio companies.

This operational policy sits alongside our public commitment to Responsible AI investing.

We hold ourselves to the same standards we expect of our portfolio: transparency, human oversight, and harm minimization.

Questions about how we use AI: [email protected]

We respond within 2 business days.