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Google AI for private equity,
across every portfolio company.Gemini, Google Workspace and Google Cloud for operating partners and portfolio companies, from a Google Cloud Premier Partner.

One partner for licensing, deployment, training, governance, agent development and ongoing optimization, so portfolio companies without in-house AI expertise reach value within the hold period, and what works at one company repeats across the rest.

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What does AI for private equity portfolio companies involve?

Putting Gemini to work in each portfolio company's day-to-day operations with the same governance, security and rollout playbook across the portfolio, so the operating partner can compare results and repeat what works.

Many portfolio companies already pay for it: Gemini comes with Google Workspace Business and Enterprise plans. The gap is usually adoption and governance, not licenses. Gemini Enterprise is the step up, for agents that work across a company's documents and systems, and Enterprise plans add the controls a sponsor will ask about, such as data loss prevention and data regions.

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Four tiers, from a first session to AI-first operations

01

Discover

Begin your AI journey in 2 to 3 weeks: an AI discovery session, Google Cloud foundation setup, a Gemini Enterprise workshop, 4-week adoption monitoring, and an assessment report with an implementation roadmap.

02

Launch

AI-ready in 30 days: everything in Discover, plus full security and DLP configuration, an executive briefing, three training sessions, an AI governance framework and 30-day hypercare.

03

Accelerate

A fast track to measurable ROI in 6 to 10 weeks: everything in Launch, plus a use case discovery workshop, two production AI agents, system integration, a KPI and ROI framework and 60-day hypercare.

04

Transform

AI-first operations over 3 to 6 months: everything in Accelerate, plus an AI transformation roadmap, three or more production agents, change management, a named TAM with QBRs and ongoing hypercare.

The portfolio IT under the AI work

Add-on acquisitions

Bring an acquired company's people, mail and files into the platform company's Google Workspace, in the order Google requires when both are on Workspace.

One standard setup

The same baseline for every portfolio company: a Workspace security audit, 2-Step Verification enforced, devices under management and sharing rules set.

Carve-outs

A divested business on its own Google Workspace account, with its users and data moved across and its domain added once the parent no longer holds it.

One licensing relationship

Workspace and Gemini licenses across the portfolio bought and managed through one partner.

Who we work with

Operating partners

The sponsor standardizing operational playbooks across the portfolio to improve EBITDA and exit value.

PE CTOs and CIOs

Setting portfolio IT standards and checking AI security, data governance and systems integration across portfolio companies.

Portfolio CEOs, COOs and CFOs

Company leaders who need measurable ROI from AI without building a large internal team.

Portfolio CTOs and IT leads

The technical lead at each company, who runs the rollout day to day.

Private equity FAQ

What operating partners and portfolio company leaders ask before a portfolio-wide rollout.

Planning a portfolio rollout?

Tell us how many portfolio companies you're looking at, what they run on today and where you want AI to show up first.

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Is Google Workspace enough, or do our portfolio companies need Gemini Enterprise?

Start with what they have: Gemini comes with Workspace Business and Enterprise plans, so drafting, summarizing and searching their own files are there already. Gemini Enterprise adds agents that work across a company's documents and systems, such as answering questions from several sources or carrying out a multi-step task.

We've made an add-on acquisition. How does it join the platform company's account?

If the acquired company is on Microsoft 365 or another system, its domain can be added to your account first and its data moved in. If it's on Google Workspace, Google doesn't merge accounts: the data moves first, its account closes, and then its domain joins yours. Our M&A Migrations page covers the steps.

Can a carved-out business get its own Google Workspace account?

Yes. The new company gets its own account, its users' mail and files move across, and its domain moves once the parent's account releases it. Timing usually follows the transition services agreement, so the old account keeps working until the cutover.

Related services

M&A MigrationsBring an add-on acquisition onto the platform accountGemini EnterpriseAI agents built on Google CloudAI Activation WorkshopYour first AI agents, and a team trained on Gemini EnterpriseGen AI Consulting & DevelopmentCustom AI agents built for your businessSecurity Assessments & Risk ManagementWorkspace and Google Cloud security audits

Talk to a Google expert about your portfolio

Tell us how many portfolio companies you're looking at, what they run on today, and the value-creation goals you're working to.

  • Google Cloud Premier Partner, working only on Google Cloud and Workspace for more than a decade
  • U.S.-based support team

Free AI starter kit

From your data to your first AI agents, in four steps

Google's AI starter kit for lean teams: your four-step guide from data to agents.

  • Four steps, from a first no-code win to a multi-step agent workflow
  • Use cases with sample prompts, plus the ABCD prompting technique
  • Best practices for data quality, governance and human oversight