GenAI in private equity

EY can harness the transformational power of GenAI to help create value for better returns for PE firms and their portfolio companies.

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Janet Truncale, EY Global Chair and CEO-elect said: “Today we launched the new EY global strategy – All in – which sets out a bold ambition to create new value for EY clients, people and stakeholders.

Globally, in the first half (H1) of 2024 there were 551 listings raising US$52.2b in capital, a 12% decrease in the number of IPOs and a 16% drop in proceeds raised year-on-year (YOY).


Helping create exponential value

The rapid evolution of generative AI (GenAI) is a strategic opportunity for private equity (PE). EY professionals work with leading PE firms and their portfolio companies to make rapid, responsible and transformative use of this emerging technology at scale.

of PE firms expect AI to transform business operations.
of PE firms want to act now to maintain their advantage.
of PE portcos are already planning significant investment.

We bring the multidisciplinary skills, technology experience, business and sector insights, the people perspective and technologies needed to help create and capture tangible value from GenAI – delivered with the speed of execution that the uniquely fast-moving PE world demands.

Delivering transformative results

EY teams work with clients globally to identify the strategic disruptions that GenAI is creating.  We help firms make better, faster investment decisions and find productivity and efficiency gains across their business. We also support them in significantly increasing the value of their portfolio companies, focused on disrupting business models, growing revenue, reducing costs and improving productivity.

EY teams do this in ways that can help augment the potential of the people in a business and give leaders confidence they are making responsible use of GenAI, by creating the frameworks and governance needed to support rapid and responsible transformation.

We are recognized by our clients for translating ideas into pragmatic solutions and for execution that deliver results.

How EY can help you

EY teams can support PE firms across the full investment lifecycle by defining GenAI strategies, creating specific use cases, engineering solutions, and helping to drive their optimal and rapid implementation. We leverage our capabilities along with our partner ecosystem and alliances technologies to help deliver successful GenAI deployment.

Define strategies

Support PE firms and portfolio companies to define new strategies with the right business and operating models as well as technology architectures, so they can quickly implement leading GenAI use cases at a scale that delivers exponential value.

Prioritize use cases

Identify and prioritize specific GenAI use cases that can help drive investment decisions, improve productivity and efficiency across their business, and have a transformative impact on a portfolio company’s ability to execute its strategy, create value, and achieve its growth goals.

Quantify ROI

Define and quantify potential return on GenAI investment by creating clear and realistic business cases, using "value accelerator models" that show where, how and when a GenAI use case could deliver value and at what cost.

Define the foundations

Support the development of the governance, risk and control frameworks that enable profitable and responsible use of GenAI across the enterprise, including considerations for these frameworks to evolve as the organization’s use of GenAI evolves.

Engineer and implement solutions

Execute and enhance transformative GenAI uses cases, so the return on investment on these use cases can be achieved, inside extremely tight timescales.

Support people engagement

Help with engagement at board and leadership level, as well as change management throughout the organization.

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