# The First BD Guy & the AI Native Future - Deal Sourcery Live from M&A SoCal Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/deal-sourcery-7025639/the-first-bd-guy-the-ai-native-future-deal-sourcery-live-from-m-a-socal Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/deal-sourcery-7025639/the-first-bd-guy-the-ai-native-future-deal-sourcery-live-from-m-a-socal.md Podcast: [Deal Sourcery](https://stenobird.com/podcast/deal-sourcery-7025639) Published: 2025-10-09T10:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://dealsourcery.com/episode/the-future-of-deal-sourcing-deal-sourcery-live-from-ma-socal Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/6c3a0d82-81cc-4a75-b9f4-c10f93073883.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/deal-sourcery-7025639/episodes/the-first-bd-guy-the-ai-native-future-deal-sourcery-live-from-m-a-socal Duration seconds: 2586 ## Resource At Deal Sorcery Live , recorded at M&A SoCal, Ori Eldarov (Founder of OffDeal) and John Camp ( Arbor Investments ) join the show to discuss the origins of business development and how artificial intelligence is reshaping dealmaking — from sourcing to closing. They discuss what happens when AI takes the wheel in investment banking, why human relationships still matter more than ever, and how the next generation of deal professionals will work alongside technology, not against it. Topics covered: How AI is transforming deal sourcing and private equity workflows Building an AI-native investment bank with more engineers than bankers Why a human-first approach still drives great deals The evolution of business development in a tech-driven market #DealSorcery #PrivateEquity #AI #InvestmentBanking #OffDeal #ACGSoCal ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/deal-sourcery-7025639/episodes/the-first-bd-guy-the-ai-native-future-deal-sourcery-live-from-m-a-socal/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/deal-sourcery-7025639/the-first-bd-guy-the-ai-native-future-deal-sourcery-live-from-m-a-socal.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.