Can I show this to investors?

Yes. Copy the summary into a one-pager for the data room.

Which tools does this cover?

Any AI coding tool: Lovable, Bolt, Cursor, Replit, v0, Claude Code and others.

Does SeedScope evaluate the code?

No. SeedScope evaluates the business; this checklist prepares you for a technical reviewer.

AI-Built Startup Technical Due Diligence Checklist

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What investors check when the product was built with Lovable, Bolt, Cursor, Replit or v0.

Ownership and licensing

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Terms of the AI tools allow commercial use of the generated codeCheck the plan you used; some free tiers restrict ownership.Generated code is assigned to the companyWhoever prompted it assigned the output, like any contributor.Dependency licence inventoryA list of packages and their licences; flag copyleft.No proprietary code copied from elsewhereGenerated code can reproduce licensed snippets; scan for it.

Security

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No secrets or API keys in the repository or client codeScan the history too; rotated keys are still a story.Authentication and access control reviewed by a humanWho can read whose data, tested rather than assumed.Rate limiting and input validation on public endpointsThe first thing a bored attacker tries.Dependency vulnerability scan run recentlyAnd the critical findings fixed.Backups exist and a restore has been testedA backup that was never restored is a hope.

Architecture and reliability

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A founder can explain the architecture end to endInvestors ask this in the first technical call.Monitoring and error tracking in placeYou learn about outages before customers do.Known scaling bottlenecks written downWhat breaks at 10× users and what the fix costs.Tests cover the critical pathsSign-up, payment, the core action.A plan for the parts that will be rewrittenMost AI-built companies rewrite the core before Series A.

Data and privacy

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An inventory of what personal data is stored whereIncluding what goes to AI vendors.Privacy policy and terms match what the product doesGenerated policies often describe a different product.AI vendors’ data handling reviewedIs customer data used for training? Retention periods?Users can export and delete their dataRequired in most jurisdictions, expected by enterprise buyers.

Vendor lock-in and costs

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Cost per user of AI and infrastructure knownGross margin depends on it.A fallback if a platform changes pricing or termsCan you export the code and run it elsewhere?Code and data can be exported from the builder platformTested, not assumed.

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A technical review would raise flags. Start with code ownership and secrets, then dependencies.

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Technical due diligence checklist for AI-built startups

Do investors care that the product was AI-built?

Who owns AI-generated code?

What security basics do investors expect?

Will you have to rewrite?

Questions founders ask

Can I show this to investors?

Which tools does this cover?

Does SeedScope evaluate the code?

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