AI Pitch Prep — Gamma, ElevenLabs, Kling, and a hostile VC
AI Pitch Prep
The unfair rehearsal partner.
Your prep tools
- 01Gamma / Tome / Beautiful.ai — AI decks in 5 minutes
- 02ChatGPT voice mode — practice Q&A live, out loud
- 03ElevenLabs + Uplift AI — hear how your bilingual VO sounds
- 04Kling / Higgsfield — cinematic 15-second demo video
- 05Claude — devil's-advocate mode for the toughest VC questions
The AI deck workflow
ChatGPT: 'Draft a 5-slide investor deck for [PITCH] using the YC template.'
Paste outline into Gamma. Pick a theme. 3 minutes.
Rewrite each headline to be sharper. Add one killer stat per slide.
ChatGPT voice mode = your endless practice audience.
Get grilled — safely
You are a legendary VC known for asking sharp, uncomfortable questions. My pitch: [PITCH]. Grill me for 10 minutes. Ask ONE question at a time. Wait for my answer. Push back when my answer is weak. At the end, rate my pitch 1-10 and tell me the ONE thing to fix before I pitch for real.
Do this 5 times before Demo Day. Not once — five times.
20 openings in 5 minutes
You are a TED-talk writer. My pitch: [PITCH]. Write 20 different opening hooks — some shocking stats, some personal stories, some questions. None can be longer than 25 words. Rank the top 5. Explain why they work.
One 15-second Kling clip beats 5 slides of screenshots.
Storyboard the 'aha' moment of your product. Generate 4 clips. Cut in CapCut. Score with Suno. That's your killer slide 4.
Live activity: 3 rounds of AI grilling
Pitch to AI 3 times, get sharper each round.
- 01Round 1: raw pitch, get demolished, take notes.
- 02Round 2: rewrite 2 weakest answers, try again.
- 03Round 3: nail it. Screenshot the AI's final score.
AI drafts your deck. You bring the fire.
Use AI for structure, not soul.
The classic order
The pain — in the customer's exact words.
One sentence + one screenshot/demo.
What just changed that makes this possible.
How many people have this problem.
How it actually works.
Real users, real usage, real money — proof.
How you make money.
Why you specifically.
What you want from the audience.
The pitch-architect prompt
You are a pitch coach. My startup: [1-SENTENCE DESCRIPTION]. My traction: [ANY NUMBERS]. My ask: [WHAT I WANT]. Draft 10 slides in this exact order: Problem, Solution, Why Now, Market, Product, Traction, Model, Team, Ask, Vision. For each: 1 headline, 3 bullets, 1 image prompt for the background.
Kill these on sight
Wall of text. 20-slide decks. Buzzwords. 'AI-powered' 6 times. Reading the slides.
One idea per slide. 10 slides max. Real numbers. Says the AI part once. Talks TO people, not AT slides.
Memorize all 3
- 013-sec: one killer sentence — 'X for Y'
- 0230-sec: elevator — problem, solution, proof, ask
- 033-min: demo day — full arc, live demo, close hard
The rehearsal prompt
You are a tough startup judge. Here is my 3-minute pitch: [PASTE OR SUMMARIZE]. Score me 1-10 on: hook, clarity, urgency, proof, ask, energy. Give me the 3 harshest questions a judge could ask — and the ideal 30-sec answer to each.
What they remember
Line they'll repeat to their partner
Emotions you should hit — problem, hope, momentum
Times you should read the slide out loud
Bonus drill: Kill your deck
Slash your deck to its skeleton.
- 01Print your deck.
- 02Cross out every word that isn't essential.
- 03Rebuild the survivors into 5 slides.
- 04Pitch it. Feel the punch.
Say your 30-second pitch out loud to your neighbor. They give ONE word of feedback.
Time it — no cheating.
Did you start with the pain, or the product?
Would a 12-year-old understand it?
You have 60 seconds to pitch. Where should most of your time go?
You've pitched more than most first-time founders ever do.
Tomorrow: real humans watching.