Mayfair Equity Partners: AI Is Starting to Move the Multiple
Mayfair Equity Partners finds that buyers increasingly expect three tiers of AI maturity in a target: articulated strategy, documented use cases with measurable cost or efficiency gains, and proprietary capabilities competitors cannot easily replicate. Programs most often fail on poor data quality, disconnection from actual operations, or lack of clear ownership -- and the absence of a real AI strategy is now showing up as a flagged risk in formal diligence.