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Oii.ai Pitch Deck Teardown: A Comprehensive Review
The award for the best/worst startup name I’ve seen in a while goes to Oii.ai. This company’s name is weird enough that Google Chrome insists on doing a search for the term “oii.ai’ when you type the URL into the address bar. In any case, a confusing name doesn’t mean it’s a bad business. The company claims it raised a $1.85 million seed round with this deck.
The purpose of this article is to provide a comprehensive review of the Oii.ai pitch deck by breaking it down slide by slide. This article will highlight the three things we love about the deck, three things that could have been improved, and provide the full deck for your review.
Slides in this deck
Oii.ai has an 18-slide deck plus a couple of appendix slides. Some of the slides have been lightly redacted, but the company says it is including every slide so we can get a full picture of the deck that helped it close the round.
Here are the slides:
- Cover slide
- Vision slide
- Interstitial slide
- Overview slide (“Welcome to Oii”)
- Solution slide? with a side of business model slide
- Problem slide?
- Market trend slide
- Traction slide
- Team slide
- TAM slide 1 (Pharma sector)
- TAM slide 2 (Retail sector)
- Market overview + competitive landscape slide
- Competitive advantage slide
- Sales pipeline slide
- Product roadmap slide
- The ask + opportunity slide
- Use of Funds slide
- Closing slide + contact detail slide
- Appendix slide 1: Competition (Llamasoft)
- Appendix slide 2: Competition (Llamasoft)
- Appendix slide 3: Acquisition opportunities
Three things to love
Excellent “what we want to change” narrative
Slide 6 paints a concise and clear picture of the change Oii wants to see in the world. It’s a simple and effective way to show why the company needs to exist. This slide is unusual because it falls somewhere in the middle of the problem, solution and value proposition narrative. In this case, it works because it helps draw a clear line between what the company is seeing in the world right now and the future it envisions.
A good take on early-stage traction
The company doesn’t have much in the way of traction, but it does avoid falling into the trap of leaning into vanity metrics. It took a moment to realize that PoC probably meant proof of concept rather than people of color, but this slide actually does better than most in terms of showing early-stage traction so we’ll chalk this one up as a win.
Overall, good visual storytelling
This deck has clearly had some design attention and that it relies on imagery to tell its story. Good images go a long way in helping a deck come to life, and from that perspective, Oii AI’s deck is pretty compelling. Colorful images and fun design choices all work in its favor.
Three things that could have been improved
Inconsistent information organization
The information in the deck isn’t organized the way one would expect, making it difficult to categorize some slides, which sometimes works and sometimes does not. Formatting and organizing the information clearly could have helped the deck flow better and made the slides more impactful.
Lack of investor information
The deck is tight-lipped about who its investors are, which can make the company appear less credible. Investors are interested in knowing who else is investing, so they can get a sense of how much of a risk they’re taking by investing in a startup. Providing investor information can help build credibility with investors.
Unsuitable Image Choices
The slide (Slide 3) of a stock image of a GPS device that nobody has used since Apple introduced built-in GPS with the iPhone 3G in 2008 seems like an odd choice for a cutting-edge AI company. Aligning the company with outdated technology may not send the right message to potential investors.
Conclusion
The Oii.ai pitch deck is an interesting one that could have been improved by better formatting and organizing the information. The deck’s strengths lie in its visual storytelling, with colorful images and creative design choices being a standout feature. The slides that showed traction and detailed the problem/solution were well-crafted, but the lack of investor information and odd image choices could hurt the credibility of the company.
FAQs
What is the Oii.ai pitch deck?
The Oii.ai pitch deck is a presentation used by Oii.ai to secure funding. It contains information about the company’s vision, business model, market analysis, funding needs, and more.
What is unique about the Oii.ai pitch deck?
The Oii.ai pitch deck has had design attention and relies on imagery to tell its story, making it visually compelling.