qashqade’s new MCP layer lets your AI tools talk to qashqade directly. Ask in plain language, trigger a calculation, and read back validated results. In this walkthrough, CTO Paul Foley shows how to get it running and turn a simple request into a fully branded dashboard.
In this edition of Inside Private Markets we speak with David Waldman, who offers a perspective that is grounded in operational reality. David shares his thoughts on AI adoption in private markets, addresses the data privacy question as well as context engineering and gives a bold prediction of how AI will have changed by 2030.
In this edition of Behind the Waterfall, we speak with Oliver Freigang, Co-Founder and CEO of qashqade. Eight years after being told by the industry that automating carry calculations was impossible, Oliver reflects on what drove him to prove it wrong and what still keeps him restless.
In this edition of Inside Private Markets we speak with Bart van Dijk, Managing Director, Head of Europe at the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA), the global body representing the world’s leading institutional investors in private markets. Bart shares his perspective on LP–GP alignment, technology transformation, and what truly defines a great partnership in private equity.
qashqade partnered with Private Equity Wire for a webinar bringing together voices from across the ecosystem to discuss the LP/GP relationship and its contractual foundations, the volume problem created by retail and feeder structures, the future of investor experience, and the genuine role of AI in fund operations.
Can AI handle waterfall calculations at a regulated fund manager? We put the question directly to Claude (playing the role of a $20bn PE fund CFO) and recorded the conversation. The answers cover accuracy, audit trails, LP governance risk, and ODD readiness. A candid, on-the-record view of where AI genuinely helps and where it falls short.
A candid year-end conversation with our CEO Oliver Freigang and CPO Gregor Kreuzer on 2025, the evolution of our platform, and how technology (including AI) will drive greater efficiency and growth in 2026.
