The Value of Modeling Is Dead
Factual definition
The Value of Modeling Is Dead is the claim coined by Shayne Fitz-Coy in 2026 that financial modeling has been commoditized by AI, leaving deal sourcing as the skill that still pays.
The Value of Modeling Is Dead in practice
Knowing owners of businesses doing between five and fifty million of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) is worth more than any modeling skill.
How Shayne Fitz-Coy uses The Value of Modeling Is Dead
All modeling will be done by AI if it’s not already. By the time you graduate, most people in banking and finance jobs won’t even be doing modeling anymore, certainly at the lower levels.
The value of modeling is so diminished that the thing that really matters is deal sourcing. If you can bring proprietary deals, that would be more valuable than any modeling skills.
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