Interesting disconnect between what funds say about AI and what they're actually doing

We sell into PE funds (portfolio analytics), and I've noticed something interesting.

At conferences and in LP materials, AI is everywhere - every fund is "leveraging AI for value creation."

But in actual implementation conversations, it's much more mixed. Some funds are genuinely embedding AI into their workflows and portco operations. Others are basically doing the same thing they did 5 years ago with slightly better dashboards.

No judgment either way - curious if this matches what people here are seeing internally. 

Is the AI push real at your fund or is it more of a marketing/IR thing for now?

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