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Incorporation → Hiring → GPU Setup → Model Training → Seed Round → Public Launch

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What's included

This template comes pre-configured with 3 groups and 19 tasks — ready to customize.

Foundation
4 tasks
Company Incorporation & Legal
Core Team Hiring (3-5)
GPU Infra & Cloud Setup
Data Licensing & Procurement
Product & Engineering
7 tasks
Model Training & Fine-Tuning
AI Safety & Alignment Review
API & Platform Development
Safety & Compliance (SOC2, GDPR)
Security Pen-Test
Developer Docs & API Reference
Private Beta (Design Partners)
Funding & GTM
8 tasks
Seed Pitch Deck & Outreach
Technical Advisory Board Setup
Seed Round Close
IP / Patent Filing
Pricing Model Design
GTM & Launch Prep
Customer Success Hiring
Public Launch

Why this matters

Launching an AI company means managing three simultaneous tracks that most startups never face at once: building bleeding-edge technology, navigating an evolving regulatory landscape, and raising capital in a market where investors have both extreme enthusiasm and extreme skepticism. Your GPU bill starts before you have revenue, your safety obligations are real before you have users, and your fundraising pitch depends on technical milestones that are inherently uncertain.

When to choose this template

Use this template when starting an AI/ML startup, launching an AI product division within a larger company, or planning any venture that involves model training, data pipelines, GPU infrastructure, and a path to market. It covers incorporation through seed funding to public launch.

Key considerations

Things to plan for before you start.

  1. 1GPU costs are your biggest early expense and most uncertain line item. A single training run on a large model can cost $50K-$500K. Plan for at least 3 training iterations before you get a model worth shipping.
  2. 2Data licensing and provenance is a legal minefield. Document the source, license, and consent status of every training dataset before you train. Cleaning up data licensing after training is exponentially harder.
  3. 3Safety and alignment are not optional features — they are launch requirements. Plan for red-teaming, safety evaluations, and responsible AI documentation as first-class workstreams, not afterthoughts.
  4. 4Hire ML engineers before you have clean data, not after. The best ML engineers will help you design the data pipeline, not just consume it. Waiting for 'perfect data' before hiring means waiting forever.
  5. 5SOC 2 and GDPR compliance takes 3-6 months. If your target customers are enterprise, start the compliance process the same month you start building the product. Enterprise sales cycles depend on it.
  6. 6Your fundraising pitch must balance ambition with credibility. 'We will build AGI' is not a pitch — 'We are building X for Y market, our model achieves Z benchmark, and here is why our approach is defensible' is a pitch.

Pro tips from experienced PMs

Hard-won advice to help you avoid expensive mistakes.

Build your evaluation framework before you build your model. Define what 'good' looks like quantitatively (benchmark scores, latency targets, cost-per-inference) so you can measure progress objectively.
Start with a fine-tuned open-source model to validate demand before investing in custom model training. If customers do not want the output from a fine-tuned Llama, they will not want it from your custom model either.
Run your seed fundraise in parallel with your technical development, not sequentially. Most investors want to see technical progress, not a finished product. A working prototype with strong benchmarks is fundable.
Recruit design partners (3-5 target customers willing to test early) before you write a line of code. Their use cases will shape your product roadmap and their logos will strengthen your fundraise.
Budget for 2x the compute you think you need. Model training is iterative — every 'final' training run reveals a data quality issue or hyperparameter adjustment that requires another run.

Common pitfalls to avoid

Mistakes that derail projects of this type.

Building infrastructure before validating demand. Do not spend 6 months building a custom training pipeline if you have not confirmed that anyone wants the model you plan to train. Use cloud APIs and managed services to validate first.
Treating safety as a pre-launch checkbox rather than an ongoing commitment. AI safety is not 'done' — it is a continuous process of evaluation, monitoring, and improvement. Plan for ongoing safety work post-launch.
Underestimating the time to go from 'model works in notebook' to 'model serves production traffic reliably.' Inference infrastructure, monitoring, fallback handling, and cost optimization are each multi-week efforts.
Fundraising during December-January or July-August. Investor availability drops dramatically during holiday periods. Plan your fundraise for February-June or September-November.
Over-hiring before product-market fit. An AI startup with 20 ML engineers and no customers is burning $400K+/month on salaries alone. Stay lean (3-5 technical staff) until you have paying users.

Template at a glance

Everything you need to get started — already wired up.

19
Tasks
3
Milestones
4
Dependencies
2
Brackets

Frequently asked

Is the AI Company Launch template free?

Yes. The AI Company Launch template is included in GANTT360°'s free plan. Create up to 3 charts for free with PNG export. For editable .pptx export and unlimited charts, upgrade to Pro at €12/month.

Can I customize this template?

Absolutely. Every element is editable — drag bars to change dates, add or remove tasks, rename groups, change colors with your own theme, and adjust milestones. The template is a starting point, not a locked layout.

What formats can I export to?

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How much funding do we need before starting to build?

You can validate an AI product concept with $50K-$100K using cloud GPU credits, open-source models, and a small team. A proper seed round ($1M-$3M) funds 12-18 months of model development, a 5-8 person team, and initial go-to-market. Series A ($5M-$15M) is for scaling after product-market fit.

Should we build our own model or fine-tune an existing one?

Start by fine-tuning. It is 10-100x cheaper, 10x faster, and validates demand without massive upfront investment. Build a custom model only when you have evidence that fine-tuning cannot achieve the quality or differentiation your market requires. Even then, start from a strong base model.

What compliance certifications do enterprise AI customers require?

At minimum: SOC 2 Type II and GDPR compliance. Many enterprises also require ISO 27001, HIPAA (healthcare), or FedRAMP (government). Start SOC 2 immediately — it takes 6-9 months for the first audit. Build privacy-by-design from Day 1; retrofitting GDPR compliance is painful.

How do we handle the AI safety and ethics requirements?

Build a three-layer approach: (1) Pre-deployment — red-teaming, bias audits, safety evaluations against known benchmarks. (2) Launch — content filtering, rate limiting, usage policies, and abuse monitoring. (3) Post-deployment — incident response plan, regular safety reviews, model update process. Document everything; regulators and enterprise customers will ask for it.

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