Tools
CTO Diagnostic
The CTO Diagnostic is a 10-minute self-assessment. It scores architecture and headroom, security and compliance posture, and AI readiness against what the next diligence room will ask. It is built from CCA's PRISM framework and the Enterprise AI Control Plane. It shows a CTO where the platform stands before a buyer's diligence prices it.
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When is the next diligence room?
This answer does not change your score. It changes the interpretation shown with your result.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
- What is the CTO Diagnostic?
A 10-minute self-assessment. It scores architecture and headroom, security and compliance posture, and AI readiness against what the next diligence room will ask. It returns a composite band from Diligence-Ready to Diligence Blocker.
- Who is it for?
CTOs and VPs of Engineering at PE-backed and founder-led software companies. It gives a fast, honest read on how the platform will hold up when a buyer's technical diligence starts.
- How long does it take?
About 10 minutes. There are nine questions, three per dimension. Two quick context questions, on the timing of the next diligence room and the size of the engineering team, adjust what your score means.
- What frameworks is it built on?
CCA's PRISM technology due diligence framework (specifically its Infrastructure and Risk dimensions) and the Enterprise AI Control Plane, which treats AI as operational infrastructure needing identity, access, and observability controls.
- What do I get at the end?
A composite diligence-readiness band, a dimension-by-dimension read with a plain-English line for each, a context-adjusted interpretation, and the option of a human-written read from Sujit within 48 hours.