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 — Final Sprint Week
Phase 1: Parity
Table-stakes tooling and company intelligence across investment lifecycle, followed by other Stripes teams
Next up
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
Launched on #stripes-ai last week: Milan posted the full skills catalog (17 skills live); Sam shipped FRED MCP and the macro/public data research suite (FRED, BLS, SEC EDGAR, OECD, IMF, World Bank) plus Research Hub meta-skill, Data Validation skill, and Granola→SONAR auto-sync; Basil shipped US Census integration, Google Trends, and HCUP hospital data for healthcare deals; Sam also launched the ability to add notes to SONAR directly through Claude. skill/agent
Outreach Agent fully shipped (5/5 skills): CEO Outreach Email, Follow-up, Warm Intro, Pass Note, and Newsletter→Ownership→Follow-up all live. Every investor can now draft personalized outreach directly in Claude. agent complete sourcing
Citizen developer pipeline architecture defined: anyone at the firm can now request a GitHub Enterprise account and Codespace, build apps with Claude Code, and deploy through a structured Terraform → AWS staging → BugCrowd pen test → production pipeline. infra
AlphaSense API technical evaluation: Basil led a deep technical call with AlphaSense on Mar 19 to evaluate expert transcript and proprietary research integration into Claude. team pod meeting → ic
Meeting Prep skills shipped (2/2): both Enterprise and Consumer Meeting Prep are live — Claude pulls Exa research, SONAR, Notion, Granola, and Slack context for pre-meeting briefs. skill/agent meeting prep
DCS Top List + DCS Dream List: completing the remaining Account Monitoring skills for the DCS pod. Top List in progress; Dream List scoped. skill/agent sourcing
Parallel Web Search evaluated: Milan benchmarked Parallel vs. Exa for multi-source web research; both now connected for deeper company intelligence. infra
Board deck backfill in progress: Milan shared organized board deck inventory artifact; SharePoint cleanup ongoing for last 2 years of portco materials. portfolio monitoring
Daily VC Research Digest automated: n8n workflow scrapes a16z, IVP, and other VC podcasts/publications daily and posts a curated digest to #research-digest every morning. skill/agent sourcing
Launching biweekly office hours: starting this week, we'll hold regular live sessions to walk through the prior weeks' launches, demo new skills, and answer questions from the team. team
Consumer Dream List: generalizing Enterprise Dream List to the Consumer pod. Must ship this week to complete Account Monitoring agent coverage for both pods. skill/agent sourcing
Auto Deal Workspace (Deal Prep): when a company turns into a deal, Claude automatically spins up the full workspace and first-draft materials. In progress — targeting completion this week. skill/agent pod meeting → ic
SharePoint deal folders & structure · Dedicated Slack channel · First-draft IC memo & pod materials · Financial model scaffolding · Triggered by pipeline stage change in Monday.com
Call Logger agent (Company + People Notes): auto-logging company and people notes from every call to keep CRM current without manual entry. Both sub-skills in progress. skill/agent sourcing meeting prep
IC Auditor / Agent: first-draft IC memos and pre-IC gap analysis. In progress. High partner demand — builds on Chapter Series E template work from Wk 2. pod meeting → ic
Docsend Extractor: auto-capture slides from DocSend links for deal analysis. In progress. pod meeting → ic
Harmonic MCP completion: people and company intelligence connector — in progress, targeting completion for enriched prospecting. infra
SONAR graph database + SharePoint MCP: both in progress — critical infrastructure for Phase 2 signal detection and deeper document retrieval. infra
OneNote integration exploration: institutional knowledge currently trapped in personal OneNote accounts (e.g., Melissa's notes). Exploring migration path to shared SharePoint for Claude access. infra
Whitespace Skill: market whitespace analysis for deal evaluation. In progress. pod meeting → ic
Claude org spend limit scaling: hit the org cap mid-sprint as adoption surges. We need a sustainable cap as more team members become power users. blocker
Claude desktop app access: many managed devices still unable to run the Claude desktop app. Workarounds in progress with Salah/IT. blocker
Board deck gaps: many historical board decks missing from SharePoint; manual backfill underway but labor-intensive.