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The AI Startup Pitch Deck Template
A slide-by-slide pitch deck template built for AI companies — what each slide must accomplish, what to include, and the mistakes that lose the room.
A pitch deck is a sequenced argument, not a brochure. This template walks you through the 16 slides that move a frontier AI company from cold inbox to warm conversation — including the five AI-specific slides most decks skip and the diligence questions investors will ask anyway.
What's inside
- 01Start with the arc, not the slides
- 02Slide 1 — Title and one-line positioning
- 03Slide 2 — The why-now (Fourth Turning narrative)
- 04Slide 3 — The problem
- 05Slide 4 — The solution
- 06Slide 5 — The market (TAM / SAM / SOM)
- 07Slide 6 — AI moat and defensibility
- 08Slide 7 — Data strategy
- 09Slide 8 — Model and technical architecture
- 10Slide 9 — Business model
- 11Slide 10 — Traction
- 12Slide 11 — Competition
- 13Slide 12 — Responsible AI and risk
- 14Slide 13 — The team
- 15Slide 14 — Financials and projections
- 16Slide 15 — The ask and use of funds
- 17Slide 16 — Vision and close
- 18Design and delivery
- 19The slide checklist
Includes 8 cited references and worked examples, written in plain language you can act on.
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