Don’t Tank Your Valuation: IP Mistakes AI Founders Make Before Exit

Short summary

AI founders must audit open-source licenses (especially AGPL copyleft), document AI governance policies, establish data provenance, and ensure IP assignment to the company before acquisition or fundraising diligence. Buyers scrutinize ownership, control, and compliance; gaps here are deal-killers. Address these issues early to move faster, reduce friction, and preserve valuation.

• •Audit OSS licenses and governance; document your compliance framework
• •Ensure all IP assignments are in place from day one—retroactive fixes are expensive
• •Prove data provenance and clearly demonstrate company ownership of core tech

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