How Jerry Cedicci Turned Bank Rejections Into a $3M Loan
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Due diligence: what the top podcasts are saying.
What buyers and investors check before they write the check. 24 write-ups from 14 shows so far, the newest from September 2026.
24 write-ups14 shows
The short version
Shows detail how AI tools process unstructured data to cut commercial loan approval times. Standard checklists remain ineffective, forcing deal teams to scrutinize physical assets and operational behavior directly.
Top talking points
AI agents accelerate underwriting and data aggregation.
Sequence Holdings cut commercial loan underwriting cycles from 30 days to 11 days. At J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management, autonomous tools analyze private placement memorandums, while junior deal teams use rapid generation models to master subsectors in minutes.
- How BankSouth Cut Underwriting Times 94% with AI No Priors · Sep 27
- J.P. Morgan's $250B Playbook for AI Due Diligence Capital Allocators · Sep 20
- Why AI Slices PE Research Time but Fails at Conviction Private Equity Funcast · Aug 30
Backward-looking audits miss operational risks.
Standard checklists measure policy existence and examine historical liabilities. The Fund Shack write-ups report that injecting growth capital alters organizational behavior, introducing management friction that automated verification loops miss.
- Rupert Evill: Why ESG Checklists Fail Private Equity Fund Shack · Sep 13
- Why Retrospective Due Diligence Fails Growth Deals Fund Shack · Sep 13
- Rupert Evill on Why ESG Compliance Became an AI Racket Fund Shack · Sep 13
Deal exclusivity triggers aggressive price renegotiations.
M&A Science reports buyers approach late-stage reviews like residential home inspections to extract price cuts. A delayed $2 million enterprise contract prompted one acquirer to attempt a 50% price reduction 24 hours before exclusivity expired.
- How HiddenLevers Beat a 50% Retrade 24 Hours Before Closing M&A Science · Sep 6
- Defeating a $600K SaaS Sales Tax Retrade in QoE Diligence M&A Science · Sep 6
Physical inspections expose hidden organizational flaws.
Carr Preston describes solo plant tours as a red flag. Acquisitions Anonymous notes financial statements frequently inflate inventory figures by valuing old equipment at original cost, obscuring the true physical count.
- Why PE Investors Watch the CEO on Plant Tours Karma School of Business · Sep 6
- Don't Trust Inventory Numbers: Ask for the Hard Count Acquisitions Anonymous · Jul 12
Operational specialists validate investment models early.
Audax Private Equity pairs functional experts with deal teams before signing a letter of intent. Dry Powder highlights that committees demand verbatim feedback from prospective strategic acquirers to confirm future exit routes.
- Why Audax Embeds 60 Operators in Deal Diligence Karma School of Business · Aug 9
- Advent Validates Strategic Exits at Underwriting Dry Powder · Aug 23
Most interesting insights
Sequence Holdings reduced BankSouth's consumer loan underwriting turnaround times by 94% within six months of starting work in March.
From How BankSouth Cut Underwriting Times 94% with AI, No Priors · Sep 27
Target companies feed 500-question investor surveys into models like Claude to instantly generate compliance policy suites, pebble-dashing data rooms with synthetic documentation.
From Rupert Evill on Why ESG Compliance Became an AI Racket, Fund Shack · Sep 13
Regional build costs vary across Asia-Pacific: India and Southeast Asia average $7 million per megawatt, Australia reaches $15 million, and Japan peaks at $20 million per megawatt.
From Data Center Yields: Underwriting Hyperscale vs. Urban Colocation, The Infrastructure Investor Podcast · Sep 13
Anthropic terminated its reported $6 billion acquisition of Descartes after the deal failed during technical due diligence.
From Index, Anthropic, and Why AI Diligence Is Killing Deals, 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Sep 13
Latest write-ups
How BankSouth Cut Underwriting Times 94% with AI
Sequence Holdings reduced BankSouth's consumer loan underwriting turnaround times by 94% within six months of starting work in March.
J.P. Morgan's $250B Playbook for AI Due Diligence
J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management tracks $250 billion in alternative assets by applying autonomous agents directly to unstructured documents, from private placement memorandums to bespoke side letters.
Index, Anthropic, and Why AI Diligence Is Killing Deals
Index Ventures withdrew its planned investment in AI assistant startup Town after existing portfolio company Instinct raised conflict objections.
Rupert Evill: Why ESG Checklists Fail Private Equity
Standard ESG checklists fail in private equity due diligence because they measure policy existence rather than actual operational behavior.
Data Center Yields: Underwriting Hyperscale vs. Urban Colocation
Hyperscale campuses require 100 megawatts or more of capacity, with build costs running from $10 million to $15 million per megawatt in the United States.
Why Retrospective Due Diligence Fails Growth Deals
Standard private equity due diligence focuses backward on historical liabilities, ignoring the operational friction created by new capital.
Rupert Evill on Why ESG Compliance Became an AI Racket
Portfolio companies face conflicting LP requirements: one circular economy firm reported spending half its management bandwidth filling out disparate ESG spreadsheets and online portals for four separate investors rather than add…
Byron Ling on Underwriting $100B Inputs and VC Scar Tissue
Byron Ling has evaluated roughly 30,000 founder meetings over the past decade at Twelve Below.
Defeating a $600K SaaS Sales Tax Retrade in QoE Diligence
Orion Advisor Solutions' diligence team claimed HiddenLevers owed $600,000 in uncollected state sales taxes following shifting state tax rules for SaaS companies.
How HiddenLevers Beat a 50% Retrade 24 Hours Before Closing
Sell-side bargaining power peaks the moment before signing a letter of intent (LOI), when the seller can run a competitive process with multiple bidders.
Why PE Investors Watch the CEO on Plant Tours
Akoya Capital Managing Director Carr Preston treats solo plant tours as a major red flag when evaluating founder-owned businesses.