Emblem PE Launches AI Platform to Tackle Finance’s 100-Hour PowerPoint Problem

Luke Aschenbrand, Founder & CEO of Emblem PE, is taking aim at one of the most time-consuming workflows in finance: turning complex financial analysis into polished, presentation-ready materials.

Emblem PE’s newly launched product is designed to dramatically accelerate work that can traditionally consume dozens—or even hundreds—of analyst hours.

Rather than forcing firms to adopt an entirely new presentation format, Emblem PE works with the templates teams already use. Users can bring their existing deck and leverage the platform to generate sophisticated financial outputs, including discounted cash flow analysis and presentation-ready materials, directly within their established format.

The value proposition is straightforward: take work that might require 100 hours of manual PowerPoint production and complete it significantly faster.

For professionals across private equity, investment banking, corporate finance, venture capital, and other investment-focused industries, that could mean spending substantially less time formatting slides and more time evaluating opportunities and making decisions.

As Aschenbrand puts it, the company is willing to demonstrate the technology directly: bring your template and Emblem PE will build it live.

The launch reflects a broader shift in how artificial intelligence is entering financial services. Rather than simply providing another AI assistant, emerging platforms are beginning to automate complete workflows that have historically required significant amounts of highly skilled labor.

For Emblem PE, the opportunity is clear: eliminate repetitive presentation work while allowing finance professionals to remain focused on the analysis, judgment, and decision-making where they create the most value.