Stripes' AI Sprint Status

Partner Update · Monday, March 16, 2026 · Sprint: March 3 → April 1
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, Stripe, Brex, and Klarna: 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 1: Parity
Table-stakes tooling and company intelligence across investment lifecycle, followed by other Stripes teams
Phase 2: Alpha
Scoring, signal detection, and pattern recognition that generate information advantages
Phase 3: Portfolio
Direct AI work with portcos: e.g. demand forecasting, workflow automation, and product enhancement
Wk 1 · Mar 3–7
Wk 2 · Mar 10–14
Wk 3 · Mar 16–21 Wk 4 · Mar 23–28
Ship · Apr 1
Skills Done
13
of 37 total
In Progress
20
across 10 agents
Not Started
4
queued for Wk 3–4
Sprint Progress
35%
2 weeks remaining
Done (13) In progress (20) Not started (4)

Last Week: Shipped & Accomplished

Board meetings skill live: Claude reads your board decks, pulls IC memos, and compares management projections vs. actuals so you walk into board meetings with sharper questions. Announced to partners Mon 3/10. shipped portfolio monitoring pod meeting → ic
Enterprise Dream List completed: tracks highest-priority target companies across the Enterprise pod with funding alerts and headcount signals from Monday.com. shipped pod meeting → ic
SEC filings now searchable in Claude: team can pull 10-Ks, ownership data, and run full-text searches across public filings directly in Claude. shipped pod meeting → ic
Milan embedded on Los Tacos end-to-end: learning what the key automatable parts of the deal process actually are, so we can design tools that solve real problems. shipped pod meeting → ic
Exa deep research connected: AI-native search engine for deeper company research. Validated against Baseten with high-quality founder and team intelligence. shipped sourcing
Stripes branding auto-applied: all Claude outputs now generate with our logo, brand colors, and typography by default. No extra prompting needed. infra
Connector rollout to full team: setup walkthrough posted to #stripes-ai so every team member can connect Claude to Slack, Notion, Monday, Granola, Outlook, and SONAR. infra
Harmonic integration underway: people and company intelligence platform being connected to Claude for richer prospecting and signal detection. infra
Head of AI search launched: Artico Search engaged, scorecard finalized, targeting Google/Meta/Palantir backgrounds. team
Ramp validation: Seb Goddijn spoke with Ramp's Head of Internal AI; confirmed our approach is directionally aligned with best-in-class. team

This Week: Priorities (Mar 16–21, Week 3 of 4)

Auto Deal Workspace generation: when a company turns into a deal, Claude automatically spins up the full workspace and first-draft materials. pod meeting → ic
SharePoint deal folders & structure · Dedicated Slack channel · First-draft IC memo & pod materials · Financial model scaffolding · Valuation sensitivity analysis · All triggered by pipeline stage change in Monday.com
Call Logger agent: auto-logging company and people notes from every call to keep CRM current without manual entry. sourcing meeting prep pod meeting → ic
IC Auditor / Agent: first-draft IC memos and pre-IC gap analysis. High partner demand. pod meeting → ic
SharePoint board deck backfill: organizing and centralizing historical board decks. Last 2 years of portcos prioritized. portfolio monitoring pod meeting → ic
DCS Top List + Docsend Extractor: rounding out the Account Monitoring and Deal Analysis agents. sourcing pod meeting → ic
Consumer Dream List: generalizing Enterprise Dream List to the Consumer pod. sourcing pod meeting → ic
AlphaSense integration: connecting expert transcripts and proprietary research directly into Claude, giving the team instant access to expert network insights during diligence and IC prep. pod meeting → ic
Newsletter → Monday → Outreach pipeline: end-to-end automation from newsletter signals to outreach emails. sourcing
SONAR graph database + multi-source research: connecting our proprietary SONAR data and enabling parallel web research for deeper company intelligence. infra

Blockers & Risks

Claude desktop app access: many managed devices are currently unable to run the Claude desktop app. Workarounds in progress. blocker
Board deck gaps: many historical board decks missing from SharePoint; manual backfill underway but labor-intensive.