By Arielle Pardes
Publication Date: 2026-03-09 09:00:00
Last fall, as venture capitalists poured record amounts into artificial intelligence, a group of investors gathered to evaluate a new startup. The company Infinity Artificial Intelligence Institute has developed software to automatically optimize AI models to make them faster and more cost-effective. The founding team seemed strong and the market was growing quickly. Half of investors were cautious; the other half saw dollar signs. One of them called the deal an “absolute blast.”
This startup was real, as was the $100,000 the VCs invested in their seed round. But the VCs themselves were all AI agents, part of a new platform called ADIN, the Autonomous Deal Investing Network.
Launched in 2025, ADIN uses AI to replace the human analysts involved in executing risk trades. Insert a startup’s pitch deck and receive a detailed analysis of its business model and founding team, a list of due diligence issues and compliance risks, an estimate of the total addressable market, and a proposal…