B
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15%
15% -- valuation premium for IP-rich AI firms (2026)
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15%
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Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Beyond Elevation
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Tier B
https://beyondelevation.com/blog/posts/good-ai-company-to-invest-in/ ↗
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How VCs Actually Score a Good AI Company to Invest
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How VCs Actually Score a Good AI Company to Invest In — The 5-Axis Defensibility Scorecard
Hayat Amin · Updated 2026-05-15
What makes a good AI company to invest in? Score the company on 5 defensibility axes — proprietary data, IP moat, workflow depth, switching cost, and vertical special…
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IP-rich AI firms: 15% valuation premium. Source: Beyond Elevation (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ip-rich-ai-valuation-premium
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