Diligence report Enterprise Tech / agentic AI Private unicorn / growth-stage venture-backed startup

Adept

Adept AI Labs Startup Diligence Report

Adept may own differentiated enterprise agentic-AI workflow technology; diligence should focus on current financials, customers, retained IP, remaining team, Amazon economics and FTC status.

Company profile

Adept AI Labs Startup Diligence Report

Eligible for report creation: public evidence supports Adept as an operating private unicorn after Amazon licensed technology and hired co-founders/some team, but residual standalone value is high risk.

Website: www.adept.ai
Sector: Enterprise Tech / agentic AI
Geography: United States; San Francisco, California
Stage: Private unicorn / growth-stage venture-backed startup
Known aliases: Adept AI Labs, Adept AI, Adept Labs, Inc., Adept AI Labs / Adept AI, Persimmon AI Labs, Inc.
Report version: 1.0
Timezone: America/Los_Angeles

Executive summary

Strengths

CB Insights lists Adept as a $1B US/San Francisco Enterprise Tech unicorn and local inventory had no Adept report.
Adept and TechCrunch describe Amazon licensing plus team moves while Adept continued under new leadership.
Adept raised $65M in 2022 and $350M in 2023.

Risks

Amazon transaction may have reduced operating capacity and residual economics.
Financial quality, runway, cap table and revenue are opaque.
Leadership/employee retention risk is high after founder/team departures.

Gaps

Current financials, cash runway, revenue by customer/product/channel and Amazon license economics.
Current cap table, preferences, option ledger, debt/SAFE schedule and valuation after Amazon transaction.
Named customers, production references, churn/NRR, customer concentration and pipeline.
Current employee roster, R&D capacity and retention plan.
Amazon license terms, IP/data provenance, FTC/DOJ correspondence and material contracts.

Recommended next steps

Proceed with private data-room diligence before relying on public unicorn status.
Prioritize Amazon transaction documents, current financials, customer references and remaining team/IP schedule.
Have counsel verify FTC status, trademark/patent position, material contracts and litigation clearance.

Risk register

high high likelihood

R-001: Residual-company capacity after Amazon transaction

Adept remains operating publicly, but the license/acquihire-like transaction may reduce technical capacity and standalone upside.

Diligence request: Request private source documents and counsel/management confirmation.

high high likelihood

R-002: Financial quality and runway opaque

Revenue, margins, burn, cash, debt, preferences and cap table are not public.

Diligence request: Request private source documents and counsel/management confirmation.

high high likelihood

R-005: Hyperscaler/model-lab/RPA competition

Adept competes with model labs, hyperscalers and RPA incumbents with distribution and compute advantages.

Diligence request: Request private source documents and counsel/management confirmation.

high high likelihood

R-007: Leadership and employee retention risk

Multiple co-founders and portions of the team joined Amazon; current public roster is sparse.

Diligence request: Request private source documents and counsel/management confirmation.

high medium likelihood

R-003: Customer traction and concentration unverified

Adept claims beta/production customers but names none; Amazon may dominate disclosed value.

Diligence request: Request private source documents and counsel/management confirmation.

high medium likelihood

R-004: Regulatory scrutiny of Amazon arrangement

FTC reportedly sought details about the Amazon/Adept arrangement.

Diligence request: Request private source documents and counsel/management confirmation.

high medium likelihood

R-008: IP/license and data-rights uncertainty

Amazon licensed technology/models/datasets; exclusivity, retained rights and data provenance are not public.

Diligence request: Request private source documents and counsel/management confirmation.

medium high likelihood

R-009: GTM/pricing model not proven publicly

Public GTM appears contact-sales/partner-led with no pricing, quota or funnel metrics.

Diligence request: Request private source documents and counsel/management confirmation.

Chapter 01

01Financial Information

Funding and unicorn status are public; operating financials and cap structure are private.

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I.A Annual and quarterly financial information for the past three years

not publicly verifiable confidence: medium

Annual and quarterly financial information for the past three years: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

Financial and capital-structure gaps
item	public evidence	verification status	diligence request
public evidence	Financial and capital-structure gaps synthesized from cited evidence claims.	partially_verified	Verify against source documents.
private gap	Key metrics/contracts are not publicly verifiable.	not_publicly_verifiable	Request data-room schedule and management/counsel confirmation.

I.B Financial Projections

not publicly verifiable confidence: medium

Financial Projections: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

I.C Capital Structure

partially verified confidence: medium

Capital Structure: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

I.D Other financial information

partially verified confidence: medium

Other financial information: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

Public funding and eligibility history
item	public evidence	verification status	diligence request
2022 funding	$65M launch round; Greylock and Addition co-led.	verified	Financing docs and cap table.
2023 Series B	$350M; public $1B unicorn valuation anchor.	verified	Round terms/current valuation.
2024 Amazon transaction	License and team transfer; not reported as acquisition/shutdown.	verified	Transaction documents.

Funding and Amazon-event timeline Funding and Amazon-event timeline

Public valuation and funding chart Public valuation and funding chart

Chapter 02

02Products

Public product stack is coherent; pricing and validation are incomplete.

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II.A Description of each product

partially verified confidence: medium

Description of each product: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

Product and SKU matrix
item	public evidence	verification status	diligence request
public evidence	Product and SKU matrix synthesized from cited evidence claims.	partially_verified	Verify against source documents.
private gap	Key metrics/contracts are not publicly verifiable.	not_publicly_verifiable	Request data-room schedule and management/counsel confirmation.

Pricing and packaging matrix
item	public evidence	verification status	diligence request
public evidence	Pricing and packaging matrix synthesized from cited evidence claims.	partially_verified	Verify against source documents.
private gap	Key metrics/contracts are not publicly verifiable.	not_publicly_verifiable	Request data-room schedule and management/counsel confirmation.

Product architecture Product architecture

Chapter 03

03Customer Information

Beta/production claims are public; named customers and revenue concentration are not.

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III.A Top customers by application

partially verified confidence: medium

Top customers by application: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

Customer evidence and concentration
item	public evidence	verification status	diligence request
public evidence	Customer evidence and concentration synthesized from cited evidence claims.	partially_verified	Verify against source documents.
private gap	Key metrics/contracts are not publicly verifiable.	not_publicly_verifiable	Request data-room schedule and management/counsel confirmation.

Customer/partner disclosure chart Customer/partner disclosure chart

III.B Strategic relationships

verified confidence: medium

Strategic relationships: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

Strategic relationships and suppliers
item	public evidence	verification status	diligence request
public evidence	Strategic relationships and suppliers synthesized from cited evidence claims.	partially_verified	Verify against source documents.
private gap	Key metrics/contracts are not publicly verifiable.	not_publicly_verifiable	Request data-room schedule and management/counsel confirmation.

III.C Revenue by customer

not publicly verifiable confidence: medium

Revenue by customer: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

III.D Significant relationships severed within the last two years

not publicly verifiable confidence: medium

Significant relationships severed within the last two years: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

III.E Top suppliers

not publicly verifiable confidence: medium

Top suppliers: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

Chapter 04

04Competition

Adept competes with model labs, hyperscalers and RPA incumbents.

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IV.A Competitive landscape by market segment

partially verified confidence: medium

Competitive landscape by market segment: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

Competitor comparison matrix
item	public evidence	verification status	diligence request
public evidence	Competitor comparison matrix synthesized from cited evidence claims.	partially_verified	Verify against source documents.
private gap	Key metrics/contracts are not publicly verifiable.	not_publicly_verifiable	Request data-room schedule and management/counsel confirmation.

Basis of competition scoring
item	public evidence	verification status	diligence request
public evidence	Basis of competition scoring synthesized from cited evidence claims.	partially_verified	Verify against source documents.
private gap	Key metrics/contracts are not publicly verifiable.	not_publicly_verifiable	Request data-room schedule and management/counsel confirmation.

Agent market map Agent market map

Chapter 05

05Marketing, Sales, and Distribution

Public GTM appears enterprise direct and strategic licensing-led.

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V.A Strategy and implementation

partially verified confidence: medium

Strategy and implementation: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

Distribution channels and GTM motions
item	public evidence	verification status	diligence request
public evidence	Distribution channels and GTM motions synthesized from cited evidence claims.	partially_verified	Verify against source documents.
private gap	Key metrics/contracts are not publicly verifiable.	not_publicly_verifiable	Request data-room schedule and management/counsel confirmation.

Marketing and sales metrics requested
item	public evidence	verification status	diligence request
public evidence	Marketing and sales metrics requested synthesized from cited evidence claims.	partially_verified	Verify against source documents.
private gap	Key metrics/contracts are not publicly verifiable.	not_publicly_verifiable	Request data-room schedule and management/counsel confirmation.

GTM channel evidence chart GTM channel evidence chart

V.B Major Customers

partially verified confidence: medium

Major Customers: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

V.C Principal avenues for generating new business

partially verified confidence: medium

Principal avenues for generating new business: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

V.D Sales force productivity model

not publicly verifiable confidence: medium

Sales force productivity model: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

V.E Ability to implement marketing plan with current and projected budgets

not publicly verifiable confidence: medium

Ability to implement marketing plan with current and projected budgets: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

Chapter 06

06Research and Development

Public R&D artifacts exist; post-Amazon R&D capacity and retained rights require private diligence.

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VI.A Description of R&D organization

partially verified confidence: medium

Description of R&D organization: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

Key R&D personnel
item	public evidence	verification status	diligence request
public evidence	Key R&D personnel synthesized from cited evidence claims.	partially_verified	Verify against source documents.
private gap	Key metrics/contracts are not publicly verifiable.	not_publicly_verifiable	Request data-room schedule and management/counsel confirmation.

VI.B New Product Pipeline

partially verified confidence: medium

New Product Pipeline: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

Public product and research pipeline
item	public evidence	verification status	diligence request
public evidence	Public product and research pipeline synthesized from cited evidence claims.	partially_verified	Verify against source documents.
private gap	Key metrics/contracts are not publicly verifiable.	not_publicly_verifiable	Request data-room schedule and management/counsel confirmation.

R&D announcement chart R&D announcement chart

Chapter 07

07Management and Personnel

Personnel diligence is high priority after founder/team moves to Amazon.

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VII.A Organization Chart

partially verified confidence: medium

Organization Chart: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

Management org chart Management org chart

VII.B Historical and projected headcount by function and location

not publicly verifiable confidence: medium

Historical and projected headcount by function and location: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

Headcount and turnover signals
item	public evidence	verification status	diligence request
public evidence	Headcount and turnover signals synthesized from cited evidence claims.	partially_verified	Verify against source documents.
private gap	Key metrics/contracts are not publicly verifiable.	not_publicly_verifiable	Request data-room schedule and management/counsel confirmation.

People-signal chart People-signal chart

VII.C Senior management biographies

partially verified confidence: medium

Senior management biographies: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

Senior management roster
item	public evidence	verification status	diligence request
public evidence	Senior management roster synthesized from cited evidence claims.	partially_verified	Verify against source documents.
private gap	Key metrics/contracts are not publicly verifiable.	not_publicly_verifiable	Request data-room schedule and management/counsel confirmation.

VII.D Compensation arrangements

not publicly verifiable confidence: medium

Compensation arrangements: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

VII.E Incentive stock plans

not publicly verifiable confidence: medium

Incentive stock plans: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

VII.F Significant employee relations problems, past or present

inconclusive confidence: medium

Significant employee relations problems, past or present: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

VII.G Personnel Turnover

partially verified confidence: medium

Personnel Turnover: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

Chapter 08

08Legal and Related Matters

Trademark/IP evidence exists; Amazon license and reported FTC inquiry are main legal/regulatory issues.

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VIII.A Pending lawsuits against the Company

inconclusive confidence: medium

Pending lawsuits against the Company: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

Litigation and regulatory-action summary
item	public evidence	verification status	diligence request
public evidence	Litigation and regulatory-action summary synthesized from cited evidence claims.	partially_verified	Verify against source documents.
private gap	Key metrics/contracts are not publicly verifiable.	not_publicly_verifiable	Request data-room schedule and management/counsel confirmation.

VIII.B Pending lawsuits initiated by Company

inconclusive confidence: medium

Pending lawsuits initiated by Company: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

VIII.C Environmental and employee safety issues and liabilities

not publicly verifiable confidence: medium

Environmental and employee safety issues and liabilities: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

VIII.D Material patents, copyrights, licenses, and trademarks

partially verified confidence: medium

Material patents, copyrights, licenses, and trademarks: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

IP, material contracts and insurance
item	public evidence	verification status	diligence request
public evidence	IP, material contracts and insurance synthesized from cited evidence claims.	partially_verified	Verify against source documents.
private gap	Key metrics/contracts are not publicly verifiable.	not_publicly_verifiable	Request data-room schedule and management/counsel confirmation.

Legal/IP/regulatory timeline Legal/IP/regulatory timeline

VIII.E Insurance coverage and material exposures

not publicly verifiable confidence: medium

Insurance coverage and material exposures: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

VIII.F Material contracts

partially verified confidence: medium

Material contracts: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

VIII.G Regulatory agency problems

partially verified confidence: medium

Regulatory agency problems: public research supports only the cited findings; private records remain required for full diligence.

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Evidence gaps

not_publicly_verifiable without company, investor, customer, supplier, accountant, or counsel records.

Hidden risks

Public evidence may omit material contracts, metrics, claims, or restrictions.

Follow-up questions

Provide underlying source documents, current schedules, and management/counsel confirmation.

Risk heatmap Risk heatmap

Evidence

Evidence claims
ID	Claim	Status	Sources
EC-001	CB Insights lists Adept at $1B, joined 2023-03-14, United States, San Francisco, Enterprise Tech, with Greylock Partners, Addition and M12.	verified high	SRC-001
EC-002	Local inventory showed no existing reports/adept-diligence-report.yaml before this report.	verified high	SRC-012
EC-003	Adept homepage currently markets agentic AI for enterprise tech stacks, product stack components, workflow examples, contact sales and trust/security.	verified high	SRC-002
EC-004	Adept disclosed co-founders/some team joining Amazon, Amazon licensing agent technology/models/datasets, Zach Brock as CEO and Tim Weingarten as Head of Product.	verified high	SRC-003
EC-005	TechCrunch reported Adept licensed technology to Amazon, co-founders/portions of team joined Amazon, and Adept was not closing.	verified high	SRC-007
EC-006	PYMNTS reported the FTC asked Amazon for details about the Amazon/Adept arrangement, citing Reuters; no public outcome was found.	partially verified medium	SRC-008
EC-007	Adept blog index and TechCrunch report a $350M Series B; TechCrunch cites total raised $415M and valuation at least $1B.	verified high	SRC-004 SRC-005
EC-008	TechCrunch reported Adept launched with $65M; Greylock and Addition co-led; founders included David Luan, Niki Parmar and Ashish Vaswani.	verified high	SRC-006
EC-009	Adept homepage describes proprietary training data, multimodal models, custom DSL/actuation software and feedback tools.	verified high	SRC-002
EC-010	Adept claims happy beta customers, mission-critical production deployments and workflows up to dozens of steps but names no customers publicly.	partially verified medium	SRC-003
EC-011	Amazon is the only named post-2024 technology licensee found; economics and exclusivity are not public.	verified high	SRC-003 SRC-007
EC-012	TechCrunch names General Catalyst, Spark, Addition, Greylock, Atlassian Ventures, Microsoft, Nvidia, Workday Ventures and others as investors.	verified high	SRC-005
EC-013	TechCrunch frames Adept against OpenAI/Stability-style model labs, DeepMind agent research and RPA vendors Automation Anywhere/UiPath.	verified medium	SRC-005 SRC-006
EC-014	Public GTM appears enterprise/contact-sales and partner/licensing-led; no public pricing was found.	partially verified medium	SRC-002 SRC-003
EC-015	Adept blog index lists ACT-1, Persimmon-8B, FlashAttention and hardware-debugging posts; Persimmon page exists on Hugging Face.	partially verified medium	SRC-004 SRC-010
EC-016	Current public management is thin: Zach Brock and Tim Weingarten remain; several named co-founders/leaders joined Amazon.	verified high	SRC-003 SRC-007
EC-017	Justia lists ADEPT AI LABS trademark serial 97384838 filed 2022-04-27; Amazon license scope and patent assets require counsel review.	partially verified medium	SRC-009 SRC-003 SRC-010
EC-018	CourtListener exact-name searches for Adept AI Labs/Adept Labs returned count 0; this is not comprehensive legal clearance.	inconclusive medium	SRC-011
EC-019	Financial statements, cap table, pricing, revenue by customer, sales metrics, supplier commitments and compute contracts are not publicly verifiable.	not publicly verifiable high	SRC-001 SRC-002 SRC-003 SRC-005
EC-020	Adept asserts trust/security, but detailed trust center controls, insurance, SOC reports and DPAs were not publicly accessible.	partially verified medium	SRC-002
EC-021	Adept uses in-house models, agentic data, web interaction software and custom infrastructure; cloud/GPU/data supplier dependencies are not public.	not publicly verifiable medium	SRC-002 SRC-003

Sources
ID	Publisher	Title	Accessed
SRC-001	CB Insights	CB Insights Complete List Of Unicorn Companies	2026-06-12
SRC-002	Adept	Adept homepage	2026-06-12
SRC-003	Adept	An update from Adept	2026-06-12
SRC-004	Adept	Adept blog index	2026-06-12
SRC-005	TechCrunch	Adept raises $350M	2026-06-12
SRC-006	TechCrunch	Adept launch coverage	2026-06-12
SRC-007	TechCrunch	Amazon hires founders away from Adept	2026-06-12
SRC-008	PYMNTS	Amazon/Adept FTC inquiry report	2026-06-12
SRC-009	Justia Trademarks	ADEPT AI LABS trademark serial 97384838	2026-06-12
SRC-010	Hugging Face	adept/persimmon-8b-base	2026-06-12
SRC-011	CourtListener	CourtListener exact-name searches	2026-06-12
SRC-012	vibewatch/startupv0	Local repository inventory	2026-06-12

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