Let’s face it — starting a pitch deck from scratch is painful. You open a blank slide, stare at it, and suddenly every idea you had feels fuzzy.

But here’s the good news: You don’t have to start from zero anymore. Tools like ChatGPT and Copilot can help you build a solid pitch deck outline in minutes — so you can focus on what matters: your story and your product.

🎯 What Should Be in Your Pitch Deck Anyway?

Before you ask AI to help, you need to know what you’re asking for. Most startup decks follow a simple flow of 10–11 slides. Here's a quick version:

  • 1. Mission / Tagline
  • 2. Problem
  • 3. Solution
  • 4. Market Opportunity
  • 5. Business Model
  • 6. Traction
  • 7. Team
  • 8. Roadmap
  • 9. Financials
  • 10. Call to Action

Each of these slides needs clear intent, and that’s exactly what AI can help you with.

🤖 How to Use ChatGPT for Pitch Deck Outlines

Don't overcomplicate it. AI works best when you give it clear, specific instructions. Here are some prompt examples you can use right away:

1. Basic Startup Pitch Outline Prompt

Act as a startup founder preparing an investor pitch. Create a 10-slide pitch deck outline for a SaaS startup solving customer churn.

2. Tailored by Stage

Suggest a pitch deck outline for a pre-seed startup with no revenue but strong early traction.
Create a pitch outline for a Series A startup raising $3M with 100K users and $20K MRR.

3. Tailored by Industry

Write a pitch deck structure for a healthtech startup helping clinics digitize patient records.
Give me a pitch outline for a B2B AI productivity tool targeting remote teams.
Generate slide ideas for a climate tech startup building carbon tracking software.

4. Slide-by-Slide Content Prompt

For slide 3 (Solution), suggest short bullet points to describe our product clearly in investor language.
Give me content ideas for the Traction slide if we have 10K users and just launched paid plans.

5. Investor-Focused Version

What do VCs expect to see in a pitch deck for a consumer app? Give me a breakdown with talking points.

6. Voice & Tone Prompt

Rewrite this slide in the voice of a confident but humble startup founder speaking to investors.

7. Bonus Prompt: Validate Your Outline

Does this 10-slide pitch deck outline make sense for a bootstrapped SaaS startup? Suggest improvements.

Use these prompts as building blocks. You can combine them, tweak the tone, or ask for more details slide by slide. ChatGPT will follow your lead — just keep steering the conversation.

Pro tip:

Follow up with “Give me slide content for slide #3, keep it concise and founder-style.” It helps to chunk it one slide at a time.

🪄 Copilot in PowerPoint: AI With a Visual Edge

If you're already working inside PowerPoint, Copilot is your AI assistant built into Microsoft 365. You can ask:

“Create a slide deck for a tech startup pitching to investors.”

It will auto-generate a deck — titles, content, structure — all inside PowerPoint. Clean, usable, and editable. You can then tweak the tone, style, and visuals.

âš¡ AI + Templates = Gamechanger

Don’t let AI design your whole pitch — that’s your job. But using AI to plan the flow + grab draft content = massive time-saver.

Pair it with a pro template and you’re set:

NuPitch – B2B-style deck with serious polish

PitchUp – Clean, modern, and proven layout

DIGIT – Great for early-stage traction decks

 

Building your startup pitch deck doesn’t have to be slow, messy, or intimidating. With the right AI prompts and a solid template, you can get 70% of the way there in an afternoon.

Then, use your founder voice to polish the message and bring the story to life. That’s the part only you can do.

Need a starting point? Try this ChatGPT prompt:

“Create a 10-slide pitch deck outline for a fintech startup helping Gen Z manage money smarter.”

Then grab a clean template and start filling in the story. You’ve got this.