BULLPEN

Pitch like a Pro

See where your pitch lands in the strike zone — then bring the heat.

Most founders throw under 70 mph on their first pitch. Find the zone.

The stakes

One bad pitch can cost you
six months

Founders spend weeks chasing intros, prepping, and waiting for meetings — only to get vague feedback from a single investor who wasn't even paying attention. Most first pitches clock in under 70 mph. Investors are looking for 100. That first impression is your only shot. Burn it, and you're not just back to square one — you've burned the bridge.

X
Traditional path
Find intros
Wait weeks
Pitch once
Vague feedback
~4–6 weeks · 1 data point · high stakes
With Bullpen
Upload deck
2 min eval
7 scores + fixes
Iterate today
2 minutes · 7 data points · iterate risk-free
68
Weeks to close

Average time from first pitch to term sheet. Each iteration cycle takes days or weeks when you're working through warm intros.

2
minutes
To fix your pitch

Upload your deck. Get scored across 7 investor categories with specific fixes. Iterate today, not next month.

100
mph
Big league target

The goal isn't just a good score — it's throwing heat. Bullpen tells you exactly where to improve to hit triple digits.

Your reading

Aim for the
big leagues

Your deck clocks a speed. A good pitch hits 90 mph. A great one hits 100. But most founders never know where they stand before stepping into the room. Bullpen gives you a council of 7 AI evaluators trained on hundreds of real investor decisions — so you optimize for the strike zone, not just one person in it.

You don't throw 100 mph by guessing. You need a radar gun.

— Bullpen

Speed of iteration is the only sustainable moat in the age of AI.

— a16z

Strike Zone
7 zones investors watch
Team
78
STRIKE
Market
92
STRIKE
Traction
45
WILD
Product
81
STRIKE
Model
63
BALL
Moat
57
BALL
Ask
70
STRIKE
Radar Gun69 mph
1

Step into the bullpen

30s

Upload your deck or recording. 30 seconds.

2

Radar reads your pitch

90s

7 AI evaluators score every zone, category by category.

3

Dial it in

Repeat

Specific fixes to bring your speed up. Iterate fast.

Speed demo
Pitch Speed
LightSpeed AI
69 mph
Fastball
Team
78
Market
92
Traction
45
Product
81
Business Model
63
Competitive Moat
57
The Ask
70
2 min evaluation·Slide-by-slide breakdown·Actionable fixes
What gets scored
Team

Does this pitcher have the track record?

Market

Is the field big enough to swing for?

Traction

Are the numbers on the scoreboard?

Product

Is the pitch clear and on target?

Business Model

Do the economics add up?

Competitive Moat

Can anyone hit this fastball?

The Ask

Is the ask specific and justified?

You throw 100 or you go home

Find your speed. Investor-grade feedback in 2 minutes — free.

2 free evaluations · no credit card
Bullpen — AI-powered pitch evaluation for startups