What risks does AI DD uncover?
Five categories come up most often.
AI capabilities that exist only as demos, not production systems. Data quality problems that break AI accuracy the moment you scale. Model bias that creates regulatory exposure your legal team has not priced in. Teams that built the system but cannot maintain it post-close, especially when key engineers leave during the transition. And technical debt that doubles your expected integration costs.
The gap between what CIMs claim about AI and what actually runs in production is where deal value gets destroyed. The DD closes that gap before you close the deal.