AlphaSense Pioneers AI in Financial Intel

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AlphaSense Pioneers AI in Financial Services

AlphaSense is a leading market intelligence and search platform. This week’s $650M raise valuing it at $4B is a big deal. It positions AlphaSense as one of the leading AI startups in the burgeoning market research field. It also meant AlphaSense was able to acquire Chicago-based expert research and data company, Tegus for $930M. This deal was important because Tegus holds extensive expert research and financial data on over 35,000 public and private companies across industries.

This data trove combined with AlphaSense's AI-driven market intel will offer financial professionals and investors more comprehensive tailored insights and enhanced research capabilities to help them make more informed decisions with greater speed and confidence.

How it Helps Companies

AlphaSense CEO Jack Kokko claims its clients include the majority of the S&P 500 companies, leading banks, investment firms, and consultancies. Clients include German software firm SAP SE, industrial giant 3M, and Google. The addition of Tegus’ client roster will broaden this base even further. With the Tegus deal, users will gain new and enhanced features:

• Expanded private company coverage and content types;

• 100,000+ enhanced expert call transcripts across sectors;

• Improved financial data and modeling including financials, KPIs, and fully drivable models for 4,000+ public companies.

• Streamlined access to SEC and other critical company filings.

• Enhanced GenAI interactions with company transcripts and content.

Big Backers

The AlphaSense round was co-led by investment firms Viking Global and BDT & MSD Partners, with participation from J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, CapitalG (Alphabet's independent growth fund) and Goldman Sachs Alternatives. It almost doubles the company’s $2.5B valuation at its $150M Series E in September 2023. AlphaSense surpassed $200M in ARR in April this year.

Up and Comer

Missed AlphaSense? Check out Brightwave. This New York/Boulder AI financial research assistant startup just raised a $6M seed round backed by angel investors, including OpenAI, Databricks, Uber and LinkedIn execs. Brightwave's platform provides exec summaries, long-form narratives, and deep analysis of financial reports. The company plans to expand its operations and, like AlphaSense, invest in additional data sources. It claims its customer base already includes firms with over $120B in AUM.

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3x Since December - French Foundational AI startup Mistral AI raised a $640M Series B at a $6.2B valuation led by General Catalyst, with a16z, Lightspeed, Nvidia, Samsung, Cisco, and IBM all chipping in.

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Foundation Robotics Labs - Humanoid robotics startup co-founded by Synapse CEO Sankaet Pathak, Tribe Capital CEO Arjun Sethi, and Cobalt Robotics’ co-founder Mike LeBlancis is closing in on an $11M seed round.

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