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Portco Brief

Technology, AI, and value creation insights for PE-backed companies.

Why Do Some AI-Assisted Modernization Estimates Come In Too Low?

Sep 22, 2026

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6 min read

Why Do Some AI-Assisted Modernization Estimates Come In Too Low?

AI can cut the cost of writing code. Some estimates assume the rest of the program got cheaper too.

Sujit Maharana
Sujit Maharana
How Much of Your Revenue Is Earned by Work AI Can Do Now?

Sep 15, 2026

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8 min read

How Much of Your Revenue Is Earned by Work AI Can Do Now?

The Revenue Substitution Score rates each revenue line on three dimensions the general ledger does not report, and the band it produces sets what the operating plan may assume about that line.

Sujit Maharana
Sujit Maharana
What Raises Your AI Bill When Nobody Changed Anything?

Sep 8, 2026

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7 min read

What Raises Your AI Bill When Nobody Changed Anything?

Running the same agent on the same task can consume up to thirty times more tokens on one run than another. The Authorship Split separates the spending somebody inside the company decided from the spending nobody there did, because only one of the two can be approved.

Sujit Maharana
Sujit Maharana
The AI Contract That Outlasts Its Cost Assumption

Sep 1, 2026

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5 min read

The AI Contract That Outlasts Its Cost Assumption

The Repricing Gap shows which contracts lose margin before the company can act.

Sujit Maharana
Sujit Maharana
When Does AI Change the Exit Story?

Aug 25, 2026

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5 min read

When Does AI Change the Exit Story?

AI investment serves three different economic objectives. Boards should see the allocation across all three.

Sujit Maharana
Sujit Maharana
How Do You Know Whether Your Portfolio Company's AI Spend Is Working?

Aug 18, 2026

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8 min read

How Do You Know Whether Your Portfolio Company's AI Spend Is Working?

The Attribution Tree sorts every AI line in the FY27 plan into one of five verdicts: park, instrument, prove, stop, or scale.

Sujit Maharana
Sujit Maharana
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