How to Review a 30-Page Startup Pitch in 5 Minutes Using ChatGPT

When a Friend Asks You to Do a Startup Pitch Review

A friend sends a message: “Take a look at these guys — they seem promising, they already have a product, and they’re raising investment.”

I deliberately saved it for the evening. Finally got to it — almost 11 PM. Figured I’d take a quick look before bed. Five minutes, tops.

The Pitch Deck That Wasn’t a Deck

I open it. Thirty pages. Thirty pages of text. Not slides, not visuals — text. Wall-to-wall, line-by-line, plain text.

This wasn’t a pitch deck. This was a manifesto.

Using ChatGPT for Startup Pitch Competitive Analysis

Thank god for ChatGPT. I dropped the whole thing in and asked for a summary.

One minute.

The Verdict in Under 5 Minutes

Four minutes left for the actual startup pitch review — reading the summary, forming an opinion, reaching a conclusion.

Done. Verdict delivered. Good night.