Researching private markets with Claude and ChatGPT

Most research tools ask you to learn their filters. The AcquityData AI Connector works the other way round. You describe what you want in your own words, and your AI app runs the searches in AcquityData for you and writes up what it finds.

What the AI Connector is

The AI Connector links AcquityData to AI apps that support custom connectors. At the moment that means Claude and ChatGPT, and any other AI app that supports MCP connectors with sign-in. Once connected, the AI app can search and read AcquityData's companies, private equity firms, transactions and professionals on your behalf.

Everything it reads comes from AcquityData, with the same access as your own account. It does not send you to a different data source, and it does not guess.

What you can ask

The connector covers four kinds of information:

• Deals. Buyouts, add-ons, growth deals and exits, by year, sector, country, investor or size, with the press release link when available.
• PE firms. Who they are, where they are based, what they invest in, their funds and their latest investments. You can also rank the most active firms for a sector or period.
• Companies. Profiles of target and portfolio companies, with their investors and the deals on record.
• Professionals. Partners, directors and other deal professionals at PE firms, companies, banks and law firms.

A few example questions:

• "What were the biggest healthcare buyouts in 2025, and who invested?"
• "Which PE firms were most active in software in the last three years?"
• "Show me the latest investments by Advent International."
• "Find partners at mid-market PE firms in the United Kingdom."

How to connect it

Setup takes about two minutes. You need an active AcquityData account (the free trial works) and a Claude plan, or a ChatGPT plan, that allows custom connectors. In outline:

1. Log in to AcquityData, open the menu under your name and choose AI Connector. Copy the address shown there.
2. In Claude, open Settings, then Connectors, then Add custom connector. Enter the name AcquityData, paste the address and continue.
3. Press Connect. A page on acquitydata.com asks you to sign in and press Allow. Your password is typed on acquitydata.com only, and the AI app never sees it.
4. Start a new chat and ask your first question.

In ChatGPT, the idea is the same, but the menu names change from time to time, and custom connectors are only available on some plans. The full, illustrated steps are on the AI Connector page.

Getting good answers

AI apps are most useful when you give them a clear question. A few habits help:

• Be specific. Include the year, sector, country or firm. "Software buyouts in Germany in 2024" works better than "recent deals".
• Ask for the source. Ask the AI to show the link for each deal, then open a few to check them.
• Break big questions into steps. First ask for the list of firms, then ask about the deals of the two or three that interest you.
• Check figures before you rely on them. AI apps can misread results, so verify any number that matters.

What it will and will not do

The connector is read-only. It can search and read records. It cannot edit, delete or create anything in AcquityData, or in your account.

It also follows the same rules as the website:

• On a free trial or preview account, email addresses and phone numbers are not included, and the daily record limit is shared with the website.
• Paying members have no daily limit and can see contact details.
• You can disconnect at any time from My Account, and access stops immediately.

You do not need an API key. You sign in with your normal AcquityData login.

Where to go next

If you want to see it in action, start a free trial, open My Account, then AI Connector, and connect it to your AI app. Your first question can be as simple as "Which PE firms were most active in my sector last year?"

For research inside the platform itself, see the Help Center guide on AI Search.