AI Residency for Private Equity and Growth Equity Professionals

About Mentis AI

Mentis AI operates at the unique intersection of private markets expertise and frontier AI systems. Our team brings together institutional finance experience from firms like Lazard and Partners Group, combined with advanced machine learning and applied AI research. With operations spanning London and San Francisco, we actively collaborate with leading AI labs to enhance how models reason, generalize, and make critical decisions within high-stakes financial contexts.

The Opportunity: AI Residency for Private Equity and Growth Equity Professionals

Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming integrated into core investment workflows, impacting everything from screening, diligence, and underwriting to portfolio management and exit analysis. This residency is specifically designed for private equity and growth equity professionals who seek early, practical exposure to the construction, evaluation, and improvement of advanced AI systems. As a resident, you will:

• Construct expert benchmarks: Build and validate real-world financial models, conduct returns analyses, and develop investment cases specifically used to evaluate frontier AI systems.
• Stress-test model reasoning: Diagnose weaknesses in AI-generated analyses, pinpointing where logic, assumptions, or market intuition may falter.
• Design frameworks: Translate the methodologies investors use to navigate uncertainty, stress assumptions, and structure transactions into problems that push the boundaries of AI reasoning.
• Compare human vs machine judgment: Systematically evaluate the divergence between professional investment reasoning and outputs generated by AI.

Why This Experience Is Valuable

• You will be among the pioneering investment professionals directly shaping how frontier AI models reason about private markets.
• This experience offers a distinctive profile for anyone aiming to be at the forefront of investing and AI, whether within a fund, an AI company, or an entrepreneurial venture.
• Gain hands-on exposure to the rapid evolution of AI in reshaping deal workflows, from initial screening and due diligence to ongoing portfolio monitoring and preparing for exits.

Who You Are

• 3 to 7 years of experience in Private Equity or Growth Equity at a renowned large-cap or upper-middle market fund in Europe or the US.
• Currently at an Associate, VP, or Principal level; industry agnostic.
• Possess strong modeling and valuation skills with comprehensive experience across the full deal lifecycle.
• Demonstrate genuine intellectual curiosity about the application of AI in finance.

Residency Structure

• Commitment: 15+ hours/week, with flexible scheduling options.
• Location: Remote globally, with an option for in-person work if based in London.
• Compensation: Paid professional engagement.
• Start date: Immediate / Rolling.

Key skills/competency

• Private Equity
• Growth Equity
• Financial Modeling
• Valuation
• Investment Analysis
• AI Reasoning
• Machine Learning
• Deal Lifecycle Management
• Portfolio Management
• Due Diligence