Most decks die in the first 10 seconds. Not because the company is bad. Because the deck looks like every other deck that hit that investor’s inbox this week.

If it was written with ChatGPT, has more than 15 slides, or buries the ask, it is already in that pile.

This is the checklist I use before a founder goes out. The red flags that get a deck closed. The AI tells investors now spot immediately. A 15-minute gut check against your actual slides.

Run it. You will find things you would not have caught.

If you want those fixes on your deck, not a general list: The 48-Hour Deck Teardown