Stripes' AI Sprint Status

Partner Update · Monday, May 11, 2026 · Phase 2: Week 6
We're building an AI-native investment platform made up of skills and agents that give every Stripes investor an edge at every stage of the deal lifecycle. The vision is validated by best-in-class like Ramp and Stripe: Our central AI team builds and maintains the platform, so every team member across Stripes can solve their own problems with AI they build themselves.
Phase 2: Expansion to Other Teams
Rolling AI out across five functional teams. 37 skills in flight, 33 shipped so far. Forge + Claude Design fully operational firm-wide — Office Hours pivoted from demo to hands-on builder support. Each box below shows skills delivered and overall completion.
Finance
9
13% · 68 total
IR
11
35% · 31 total
Network
6
10% · 60 total
Cap Mkts
2
50% · 4 total
Talent
5
50% · 10 total
Phase 3: Alpha
Scoring, signal detection, and pattern recognition that generate information advantages
Phase 4: Portfolio
Direct AI work with portcos: e.g. demand forecasting, workflow automation, and product enhancement
Phase 1: Parity and Investment Team ✓
Table-stakes tooling and company intelligence across investment lifecycle — delivered April 1
Wk 1 · Mar 3–7
Wk 2 · Mar 10–14
Wk 3 · Mar 16–21
Wk 4 · Mar 23–28
Ship · Apr 1 ✓
Phase 1 Skills
70
+31 since ship
Sprint Progress
100%
Phase 1 Delivered

This Week: Scoring v2 + IR Follow-Through (May 11 – May 15)

SONAR Scoring v2 build continues: Hardening the App Layer model and expanding to other enterprise pods. skill/agent sourcing
Head of AI Search: Reviewing the newest Artico-introduced candidate; full pipeline scorecards now live in Thrive. team
Office Hours: Mon May 11 + Wed May 13, open builder format. Forge setup pass essentially complete. team
IR: board deck automation + Finance data MCP: Board note template alignment for Portco Tracker (high priority); Finance data → MCP connector wrapping; Granola IR Slack alerts in active queue; LP dream list + scoring criteria drafting. skill/agent
Network: outreach conflict-detection bot wrapping: Checks Thrive candidacy + network DB before cold email goes out, firm-wide. Expanding trigger surface beyond #email-inquire. skill/agent

Last Week: Scoring v2 Kicks Off + With Intelligence Lands (May 4 – May 8)

SONAR Scoring v2 beta kicked off: LLM-driven scorer replaces the old quant-thresholds model — reads firm strategy live, ingests pod research, news, engagement, and AI-commoditization risk. App Layer pod online; ~6,000 enterprise companies scored 1–5. skill/agent sourcing
With Intelligence fully ingested into the LP & Fundraising Management connector: Full PE/SFO universe now queryable in Claude — 15.7K LPs, 251K commitments, 40K funds, 32K mandates, 72K contacts — stitched with DealCloud, Granola IR notes, and Office365 activity logs. skill/agent
Stripes Scribe fully rolled out: Weekly auto-digest of all Granola Consumer + Enterprise meetings now hits partner inboxes Friday EOD. skill/agent
IR shipped +5 skills — biggest team move WoW: 6 → 11 done (21% → 35%). Headlined by With Intelligence ingestion, plus IR Core Finance Data Ingestion, Granola weekly digest plumbing, and DealCloud push-back. skill/agent
Cap Markets shipped Liquidity Dashboard: 1 → 2 done (33% → 50%). skill/agent
Network shipped +1: 5 → 6 done. Outreach conflict-detection bot in final-stage build; auto-pause on founder meeting already live. skill/agent
Head of AI Search: In-person 1st-meeting interviews with Arun Narayanan and Steven Shi (Wed May 6); bi-weekly Artico check-in May 7. team

Blockers & Risks

Scout signal calibration: Pick quality on first-week sends needs sharpening; training set and inclusion criteria being iterated with each sub-pod. risk

Firm-Wide Snapshot

Total Skills
139
done across firm · +7 WoW
In Progress
38
active builds · +7 WoW
Queued
154
across all teams · +7 WoW