What it does
Practice your investor pitch out loud with an AI venture capitalist. You talk, the AI listens, asks follow-ups, and pushes back. After the session, you get a detailed scorecard with strengths, weaknesses, suggested rewrites, and turn-by-turn coaching.
Who can use it
Anyone in your organization with read access to the AI VC Coach module.
Creating a session needs create permission and a verified email.
The AI VC Coach must be enabled on your plan. Each session uses some AI credits.
How to get here
From the sidebar, open Pitching and click AI Voice Coach.
Step-by-step: start a new session
Click Create Session.
Three-step wizard: Practice Mode, VC Persona, Details.
Step 1: pick a practice mode
Full Pitch (~20 min, beginner) — deliver your whole pitch end to end.
Rapid Q&A (~10 min, intermediate) — sharp questions in quick succession.
Term Sheet Negotiation (~15 min, advanced) — negotiate valuation and terms.
Mock IC (~25 min, expert) — simulates an investment committee.
Step 2: pick a VC persona
List of AI personas (name, style, sector focus, voice gender, firm type). Default is pre-selected. Click Next.
Step 3: fill in details
Session Title — optional.
Pitch Deck — optional. AI grounds questions in your actual slides if linked.
Enable Live Captions — on by default.
Enable Barge-in — interrupt AI mid-sentence. On by default.
Push-to-talk Mode — off by default.
Click Create Session.
Step-by-step: run a live session
Click start to allow microphone access and begin.
Timer starts. Speak naturally.
Click the mic icon to pause; click again to resume.
Click the red end-call button to finish early.
Max 15 minutes per session. When reached, Nautis ends automatically and starts scoring.
Step-by-step: review your session
The Review page has tabs:
Overview — Total Score out of 100, performance level, session length, persona.
Suggestions — strengths, improvements, rewrites, turn-by-turn coaching.
Conversation — full transcript with timestamps.
Speech — pace, filler words, pauses, other signals.
Score breaks down into 11 dimensions: Clarity & Concision, Problem & Customer Insight, Solution & Differentiation, Market Size & Dynamics, Traction & Metrics, GTM & Sales Motion, Moat / Defensibility, Financials & Unit Economics, Ask & Use of Funds, Listening & Composure, Negotiation Readiness.
Step-by-step: other actions
Refresh the sessions list.
Reopen a past session's review.
Sessions in SETUP or IN_PROGRESS can be resumed.
Tips & limits
Each session capped at 15 minutes of live recording.
Pick a persona matching the firm type you're actually pitching to.
Linking a pitch deck makes follow-up questions far more pointed.
Wait for scoring to finish before judging the result.
Practice the same mode three or four times to see scores trend up.
FAQ
Does Nautis record my voice?
The audio is processed to transcribe speech and generate the AI's reply. Transcripts are stored against the session.
Can I use it without a pitch deck?
Yes. Skip the deck step.
Why is the AI so harsh?
Some personas are intentionally skeptical. Switch persona for a friendlier tone.
Can I share my review with a co-founder?
Lives inside your organization — anyone with AI VC Coach module access can open it. No public share link.
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What's the difference between Full Pitch and Mock IC?
Full Pitch is one persona simulating a single meeting. Mock IC is longer with multi-angle cross-examination.