About Us

    About New Clarity

    New Clarity helps mid-market private fund managers leverage AI in a way that their investors and examiners expect. We map out how the firm operates today, build the workflows that have measurable ROI, and can stay on as part of the team to keep the firm ahead of the AI adoption curve. Workflows have human reviews, proper records, and reviews by independent compliance consultants.

    WHY NEW CLARITY?

    We know how fund managers work

    We have sat with deal teams, asset managers, investor relations, fund operations and general counsel, mapped how the work actually moves between them, and seen where the spreadsheets, the operating partner reports and the questionnaire drafts pile up. The workflows we build start from that picture, not from a generic AI playbook.

    We know how to work with compliance

    An independent compliance consultancy reviews every plan we write and sees every workflow before it goes live, so the compliance officer is part of the design from the first week rather than a sign-off at the end.

    We track what examiners and investors ask for

    Examiners now review whether a firm's AI use matches what it has told investors, whether policies and supervision cover it, and how vendors are overseen. Investors are adding AI questions to their due diligence. Every workflow we deliver produces the review step, the record and the test results those questions call for, so the answer is on file before anyone asks.

    Our experience

    Two decades of engineering leadership, production systems built for confidential advisory work, and AI patents developed for clients sit behind every build.

    AI in a fund is only useful if it can be accounted for. Every workflow we deliver comes with a review step, a record and a test, so the firm can show investors and examiners how AI is used.

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    Steve Kilts

    Founder and CEO

    Our Founder

    Steve Kilts

    Founder, CEO

    Steve Kilts

    Steve is an experienced tech entrepreneur with a career spanning two decades leading businesses specializing in emerging technologies. He has served as a vice president at multiple mid-sized companies which gave him extensive experience understanding how technology is best applied at larger organizations. Steve has also successfully grown three tech startups from the ground up prior to New Clarity, and understands how to manage rapid growth in fast changing environments.

    Steve holds a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, as well as Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics. He is also the author of an industry-standard text in high-speed computing entitled "Advanced FPGA Design", and has been published in Neural Networks magazine for his early work in machine learning. More recently, he is one of the leading inventors of AI patents related to technology developed for clients at New Clarity.