Stripes' AI Sprint Status

Partner Update · Monday, May 18, 2026 · Phase 2: Week 7

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.

Now — Phase 2 Active · Week 7 of 8

Phase 2: Expansion to Other Teams

Rolling AI out across five functional teams. 36 skills shipped to date, 14 in active build. V2 GenAI scoring infrastructure live in beta at ai-scoring.stripes.ai — all 10 enterprise sub-pods scored, Consumer pod loading this week. Office Hours running open-builder Mon + Wed. Each box below shows skills delivered and overall completion.

Finance

13% · 68 total

35% · 31 total

Network

15% · 60 total

Cap Mkts

50% · 4 total

Talent

50% · 10 total

Next — Phase 3 & Phase 4

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

Sprint Complete — Phase 1 Delivered

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

+31 since ship · holding

Sprint Progress

100%

Phase 1 Delivered

This Week: Scoring V2 Goes Consumer + IR Catch-Up (May 18 – May 22)

SONAR Scoring V2 — Consumer pod loads this week: Enterprise universe (~9,500 cos) fully scored across all 10 sub-pods last week; Consumer ingestion is now in queue. Iterating Enterprise model with partner feedback on 4s and 5s. skill/agent sourcing

IR: 3 in-flight builds wrapping: Portfolio Management System/MCP (slipped from May 9), Preqin into LP MCP (est. May 22), Automate Board Deck processing for Portco Tracker (est. May 22). StripesAI LP Demo Materials also closing. Raemie back from OOO. skill/agent

Network: 2 active builds: Enterprise Dream List Web Page (est. May 22) and Network Sourcing Application (est. May 29) both in flight. skill/agent

Talent: Job Change Indicator + Portco Executive Map: Live Data job-change notifier (est. May 21) and Portfolio Company Executive Team Map (est. May 22) both wrapping. skill/agent

Last Week: Scoring V2 Hits All 10 Enterprise Pods (May 11 – May 15)

SONAR Scoring V2 expands from App Layer to all 10 enterprise sub-pods: ~9,500 enterprise companies scored 1–5, live at ai-scoring.stripes.ai. Each company tile shows an AI-commoditization risk tag and a data-quality tag; partners can nudge scores up/down to assert opinion. Inputs include 2026 strategy distillations, dream list, pass-regret examples, would-still-pass examples, fresh deep research per category, 90 days of news + Monday status + iLevel + dead-deal log. Previewed to Bryan, Ron, and Ken Sunday. skill/agent sourcing

Network shipped +3 — biggest team move WoW: 6 → 9 done (10% → 15%). Granola Network notes now surfacing in Stripes.ai with calendar-based people-matching, plus the Network Slack App, email-channel touchpoint check, and Gatsby Integration all confirmed live. skill/agent

Blockers & Risks

None this week.

Firm-Wide Snapshot

Total Skills

142

done across firm · +3 WoW

In Progress

active builds · +3 WoW

Queued

156

across all teams · +2 WoW