AI Consulting’s Two-Year Land Grab

29 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief segment, the speaker describes an AI consulting firm based in New York that is generating roughly $25‑30 million in annual revenue. The firm is experiencing intense interest from venture capitalists, yet it is hesitant to raise equity. The speaker outlines the alternative of taking on debt, noting the associated risks. He argues that regardless of the financing choice, the firm faces a critical decision: to secure additional capital now in order to capture a wave of new client logos that represent a short‑term “land‑grab” window over the next one to two years. If the firm fails to act, larger competitors could acquire many of these prospective clients, consolidating the market. The speaker frames the situation as a strategic inflection point where the choice between venture funding and debt will determine the firm’s ability to expand and defend its market position.

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Earlier this week, I was talking to an AI consulting firm here in New York. So let's just say they're doing about $25, $30 million a year right now. No matter what you do, you need to take on more money right now, and they are getting VCs hitting them up everywhere, and they don't want to raise money. And then they're just like, wow, like, do we just take on more debt? But that's scary. My opinion is whether you raise venture or you take on debt, my opinion is if you don't, the problem is I just look at all these logos that you're going to pick up right now as expansion opportunities. And if someone comes in and vacuums them all up, or vacuums a lot of them up, it's not to say that there isn't a lot of business everywhere. There certainly is. But I think this is a nice land grab opportunity in the next year or two.