In theory, artificial intelligence should slash costs and ramp up productivity at the GP level, but achieving a return on that investment is proving to be a slow process. Fully implementing AI as a private equity manager is easier said than done.

As many firms will have discovered by now, AI upgrades typically require significant investment. Two-thirds of PE managers expect to spend at least 25 percent of their total budget on AI tools this year, according to EY’s Q4 2025 AI Pulse report.

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