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How trust and technology are defining high-stakes decision making

US M&A
Sep 14, 2026

As global dealmaking becomes more complex, the platforms underpinning sensitive transactions are becoming critical infrastructure. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ideals' CEO Evgeny Sergeev and VP, Corporate Development, Sabine Schilg shared their perspectives on the future of secure, high-stakes dealmaking.

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Why high-stakes decisions stall – and what fixes them

Sabine Schilg unpacks why business decisions get delayed and how to keep things on track. She describes how a single secure workspace and using AI for routine tasks enables leaders to focus on the problems that matter most.

Discover how Ideals VDR helps accelerate your most important business decisions.

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Why high-stakes decisions stall – and what fixes them
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How to balance AI efficiency with human judgment

With deal teams drowning in documents, attention has become the scarcest asset. Evgeny explains how AI surfaces risks, gaps, and critical details so reviewers know exactly where to look – but draws a firm line at human judgment.

See how Ideals VDR’s built-in AI brings accuracy and speed to every stage of your deal.

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How to balance AI efficiency with human judgment
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Becoming the foundation of the modern deal ecosystem

Evgeny looks ahead to what Ideals is building next: scaling its AI capabilities and embedding the platform into an ecosystem of specialist M&A tools covering deal sourcing to post-merger workflows.

His message to leaders is clear: Ideals is now core digital infrastructure for high-stakes decisions.

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Becoming the foundation of the modern deal ecosystem
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The mission to accelerate the world's most important decisions

Evgeny Sergeev explains what Ideals VDR was built for – the board-level decisions, mergers, and major investments that shape industries and entire regions.

He describes how Ideals removes friction, so attention stays on the decision rather than chasing data.

Find out more about why Ideals was founded and the people shaping the company’s growth story.

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The mission to accelerate the world's most important decisions

The leaders driving Ideals forward

Evgeny Sergeev

Evgeny Sergeev

Co-founder and CEO, Ideals

As CEO of Ideals, Evgeny leads a global team of 500 across 27 countries, empowering over two million users at 175,000 companies to make high-stakes business decisions with confidence – across M&A, due diligence, corporate governance and life science industries.

Sabine Schilg

Sabine Schilg

VP, Corporate Development, Ideals

Sabine is an international M&A leader and former CEO who has scaled cloud and software businesses across the US and Europe, including IBM's cybersecurity operations and a $100M+ B2B data protection transformation.