# AI settings and your own AI key

> Choose whether Delsivo's AI or your fund's own Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini or OpenRouter key runs deck analysis, screening, research and the rest.

Source: https://delsivo.com/help/team-and-settings/ai-settings · Updated 2026-11-07

## Key takeaways

- By default your fund uses Delsivo's AI, included in your plan. Nothing to set up.
- A fund Admin can add your fund's own key for Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini or OpenRouter in Settings, AI, pick the model, test it and switch to it.
- Keys are stored encrypted and never shown again; only the last four characters appear.
- If your key stops working, Delsivo's AI takes over so nothing stalls, and your fund's Admins are told.
- Work on your own key never uses your plan's AI credits.

Deck analysis, thesis screening, research briefs, interviews, Ask This Deal and committee memo drafts all use an AI model. By default that's **Delsivo's AI**, included in your plan. If your fund has its own account with an AI provider, a fund Admin can bring that key instead: your provider then bills your fund directly and its terms apply.

Open **Settings → AI**. Everyone in your fund can see which service is in use; only Admins can change it.

## Add your key

1. On the card for **Anthropic (Claude)**, **OpenAI**, **Google Gemini** or **OpenRouter**, click **Add key**. **Get a key** opens the provider's page where you create one.
2. Paste the key and click **Save key**. It's stored encrypted and never shown again; the card shows **Key ending** and its last four characters.
3. Click **Choose model** and pick a model from your provider's list. Anthropic and OpenRouter start with a sensible default. Pick a model that supports structured (JSON schema) answers: Delsivo asks every model for answers in a fixed format.
4. Click **Test**. Delsivo sends a tiny request with no fund data. When it answers as asked, the card shows **Working**.

Changing the model needs a new test. **Replace key** swaps the key; **Remove** deletes it.

## Switch your fund to it

Under **Which AI runs your fund's work**, choose **Your … key**. Only a key that passed its test can be chosen. Choose **Delsivo's AI** to switch back at any time.

## When your key stops working

If a call on your key fails (the key was revoked, the account ran out of credit, or the provider is down), Delsivo's AI answers instead, so analysis and screening carry on. The card shows **Failing** with the reason, and your fund's Admins get one notice, **Your AI key stopped working**, by email and in the app. Delsivo tries your key again after 10 minutes; once it works, it's used again without anything for you to do.

## What is sent to your provider

The same as Delsivo's AI receives: deck text with email addresses and phone numbers replaced, form answers, interview transcripts for assessment, and the public facts research uses (company name, website domain, sector, stage, geography). Founder contact details are never sent. Each call is recorded for your fund with the model, tokens and time, never the content.

## Frequently asked questions

### Does using our own key change the results?
The steps, prompts and checks are the same. Different models write differently, so wording and scores can shift. Run a deck again from its Brief to compare.

### Who pays for the AI?
With Delsivo's AI, it uses your plan's monthly AI credits, then any credit packs (see [AI credits](/help/billing/ai-usage)). With your own key, your provider bills your fund for what your key uses, and no credits are used. If your fund has run out of credits, switching to your own key starts the waiting work again straight away.

### Can a Partner or Analyst change it?
No. Everyone sees which service runs; only fund Admins can add keys or switch.