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Yahoo
7 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Aiera Closes Series B Funding Round with Ten of Wall Street's Largest Research Firms Joining Board
The newly formed consortium will advance technological availability and standards across the industry. Microsoft joining consortium as Strategic Technology Partner. New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - June 9, 2025) - Aiera, the leader in generative AI event solutions for financial professionals, today announced the successful closing of $25 million in Series B funding. Led by a consortium that includes ten of Wall Street's largest investment banks and research providers, including the leading expert network, Third Bridge, Aiera aims to transform AI-driven financial research solutions in a collaborative and compliant manner. As the financial industry undergoes a fundamental shift in how research is created, distributed, and consumed, Aiera is committed to accelerating AI innovation by enhancing language model accuracy, strengthening intellectual property protections, and providing a unified solution for all customers integrating generative AI into their workflows. "By bringing together the world's top financial research institutions, we are ensuring AI innovation is developed responsibly within the highly regulated research domain," said Gavin Skinner, Chairman and COO of Aiera. "Our focus is on clear standards for intellectual property protection, entitled content access, accurate chat-prompt responses, and citation integrity. Aiera's technology solutions will be made available to all content creators, content consumers, existing content aggregators, and new and emerging platforms within the financial services industry." As part of this transformative initiative, Microsoft has joined Aiera as its strategic technology partner, providing cutting-edge Azure infrastructure to power Aiera's next generation of GenAI solutions. A Buy-Side Advisory Council has also been established, composed of senior leaders from a dozen of the world's largest long-only and hedge-fund firms. This council will play a key role in shaping Aiera's technology offering by providing strategic insights, development recommendations, and product testing feedback. "This marks a defining moment in our industry," said Ken Sena, CEO and Co-Founder of Aiera. "Together with our partners, we are building a secure and scalable AI ecosystem — one that enhances the value of research, safeguards intellectual property, and empowers more informed, real-time decision-making. We're honored by this collective commitment and excited to lead this next chapter of industry innovation." About Aiera: Aiera is the leader in generative AI event solutions for financial services professionals. Now backed by a first-of-its-kind consortium of leading Wall Street banks and research providers, Aiera integrates broker research, expert network content, financial news, transcripts, filings, and other public data sources into its technology and platform solutions. Trusted by many of the world's top asset managers and financial institutions, Aiera delivers its capabilities through a secure dashboard, customizable components, and enterprise-grade APIs — empowering more informed, real-time decision-making across the investment workflow. Learn more at Media Contact: Carol Hickins PR for Aiera carol@ To view the source version of this press release, please visit
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Aiera Expands Availability to BlueMatrix, Eidosmedia, and Mediasterling with Innovative New Feature
Release seamlessly integrates audio and transcribed events into published research New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - February 26, 2025) - Aiera, a leading provider of AI-powered event streaming and analytics for institutional finance, is excited to announce expanded availability through key authoring solution partners – BlueMatrix, Eidosmedia, and Mediasterling. Alongside this expansion, Aiera is introducing the ability for publishers to embed interactive, verifiable excerpts from corporate event transcripts directly within research reports, articles, and presentations – which Aiera is calling "Transcrippets." Enhancing the Research Experience with Embedded Event Insights "Sometimes, what is said in real-time carries nuances that don't fully translate when read," said Gavin Skinner, Chairman and Chief Operating Officer at Aiera. "By integrating not just the transcript, but the actual audio into the authoring experience, we're giving analysts a more dynamic way to enhance their research and engage their clients." Transcrippets offers an interactive, multimedia experience within published research. Each Transcrippet contains key contextual information – including speaker details, company name, ticker, event type, date, and point-in-time stock price – alongside an embedded play button for instant audio playback. This seamless integration ensures that analysts and investors can access market-moving insights without leaving the research report. To explore Aiera's Transcrippets and broader offerings, click here. For media inquiries or to learn more about publishing with Aiera, journalists can reach out to hello@ About Aiera: Aiera delivers a comprehensive AI-powered streaming and insights platform covering over 13,000 equities and 45,000+ annual events, including corporate earnings calls, government and central bank announcements, and investor conferences. Since its founding in 2017, Aiera has redefined access to market-critical information through advanced natural language processing, automatic speech recognition, and proprietary AI models. Trusted by top global asset managers, Aiera's platform provides accurate, actionable insights tailored for institutional finance, available through an intuitive interface, robust APIs, and customizable components. Learn more at About BlueMatrix: BlueMatrix is the industry standard and the world's largest publisher of investment research. For over two decades BlueMatrix connects the world's leading asset and wealth managers with nearly 1,000 research firms in more than 50 countries and serves internal teams across multi-national corporations from its offices located in Durham (HQ), New York, London, Edinburgh, and Timisoara. BlueMatrix facilitates the equitable exchange of critical investment insights by improving the efficiency, collaboration, and security across the complete information lifecycle. The ecosystem is designed to meet users' bespoke needs, from compliance tracking to interactive publishing, by removing friction from the publication, dissemination, consumption and application of investment research content. For more information, visit BlueMatrix's website at About Eidosmedia:Eidosmedia is a leading global provider of enterprise content management solutions, specializing in capital markets. Eidosmedia solutions are used by four of the top ten global investment banks, leading rating agencies and independent research providers, as well as portfolio managers and analysts at major asset management and wealth management companies globally, in addition to the principal business publications in Europe and the USA. Trusted by over 8,000 investment research professionals worldwide, Eidosmedia empowers capital market participants to digitize the information supply chain, enhancing efficiency through its enterprise-grade intelligent automation platform. Learn more at About Mediasterling:Mediasterling is a software provider specializing in research authoring, workflows, and client portals. The company has over 25 years' experience implementing design-driven technology solutions for financial and professional services firms to create high quality, branded content – from investment research, to pitches and presentations, to report templates, and more. Learn more at Media Contact:James SetzerVice President of Marketing, Aierajames@ 960-8207 To view the source version of this press release, please visit
Associated Press
26-02-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Aiera Expands Availability to BlueMatrix, Eidosmedia, and Mediasterling with Innovative New Feature
Release seamlessly integrates audio and transcribed events into published research New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - February 26, 2025) - Aiera, a leading provider of AI-powered event streaming and analytics for institutional finance, is excited to announce expanded availability through key authoring solution partners – BlueMatrix, Eidosmedia, and Mediasterling. Alongside this expansion, Aiera is introducing the ability for publishers to embed interactive, verifiable excerpts from corporate event transcripts directly within research reports, articles, and presentations – which Aiera is calling 'Transcrippets.' Enhancing the Research Experience with Embedded Event Insights 'Sometimes, what is said in real-time carries nuances that don't fully translate when read,' said Gavin Skinner, Chairman and Chief Operating Officer at Aiera. 'By integrating not just the transcript, but the actual audio into the authoring experience, we're giving analysts a more dynamic way to enhance their research and engage their clients.' Transcrippets offers an interactive, multimedia experience within published research. Each Transcrippet contains key contextual information – including speaker details, company name, ticker, event type, date, and point-in-time stock price – alongside an embedded play button for instant audio playback. This seamless integration ensures that analysts and investors can access market-moving insights without leaving the research report. To explore Aiera's Transcrippets and broader offerings, click here. For media inquiries or to learn more about publishing with Aiera, journalists can reach out to [email protected]. About Aiera: Aiera delivers a comprehensive AI-powered streaming and insights platform covering over 13,000 equities and 45,000+ annual events, including corporate earnings calls, government and central bank announcements, and investor conferences. Since its founding in 2017, Aiera has redefined access to market-critical information through advanced natural language processing, automatic speech recognition, and proprietary AI models. Trusted by top global asset managers, Aiera's platform provides accurate, actionable insights tailored for institutional finance, available through an intuitive interface, robust APIs, and customizable components. Learn more at About BlueMatrix: BlueMatrix is the industry standard and the world's largest publisher of investment research. For over two decades BlueMatrix connects the world's leading asset and wealth managers with nearly 1,000 research firms in more than 50 countries and serves internal teams across multi-national corporations from its offices located in Durham (HQ), New York, London, Edinburgh, and Timisoara. BlueMatrix facilitates the equitable exchange of critical investment insights by improving the efficiency, collaboration, and security across the complete information lifecycle. The ecosystem is designed to meet users' bespoke needs, from compliance tracking to interactive publishing, by removing friction from the publication, dissemination, consumption and application of investment research content. For more information, visit BlueMatrix's website at About Eidosmedia: Eidosmedia is a leading global provider of enterprise content management solutions, specializing in capital markets. Eidosmedia solutions are used by four of the top ten global investment banks, leading rating agencies and independent research providers, as well as portfolio managers and analysts at major asset management and wealth management companies globally, in addition to the principal business publications in Europe and the USA. Trusted by over 8,000 investment research professionals worldwide, Eidosmedia empowers capital market participants to digitize the information supply chain, enhancing efficiency through its enterprise-grade intelligent automation platform. Learn more at Mediasterling is a software provider specializing in research authoring, workflows, and client portals. The company has over 25 years' experience implementing design-driven technology solutions for financial and professional services firms to create high quality, branded content – from investment research, to pitches and presentations, to report templates, and more. Learn more at Media Contact:
