Cogently Launches AI "Pitch Partner" That Gives Founders a VC-Grade Deck Audit in less than 30 Seconds, and Lets Them Rehearse the Boardroom Pitch Before It's Real

Cogently announced the public launch of its AI-powered pitch-deck platform on Monday, giving startup founders investor-grade feedback and a simulated boardroom rehearsal. The platform analyzes a deck in roughly 20 seconds, returns an Investor Score out of 100 across six weighted dimensions, flags objections an investor would raise, and rewrites weak lines. It then lets founders rehearse against seven distinct VC personas before a real meeting. Creator Roy Beavers said most founders get one shot at a partner meeting and almost no honest feedback before it. He said decks are polished for design but rarely stress-tested for the questions that actually kill deals, such as unit economics, defensibility, market sizing, and traction. Beavers said he built the platform from personal experience so that no founder walks into a pitch blind. Cogently is designed for founders, venture capitalists, and startup accelerators. Beavers said accelerators and angel groups have told him the bottleneck is not ideas but readiness, and the platform turns "go fix your deck" into a concrete, repeatable process a whole cohort can run in an afternoon. The service is available at cogently.app. A free tier allows any founder to run a reality-check audit on their first deck at no cost. Paid plans include a one-time Single-Deck Pass, a monthly Founder plan for active fundraisers, and a Team plan for co-founding teams and advisors.