Unique, a Swiss AI platform for finance, raises $30M
A four -year -old Swiss startup has raised a considerable part of the change to take advantage of the fast -growing “agentic AI” movement.
Unique said Thursday that it collected $ 30 million in a Serie A-Finance Round that was led by the VC company established in London DN Capital And CommercialThe investment of the German Commerzbank.
“Agentic AI” is currently one of the biggest trends in technology, although there is no definition of what an AI agent actually is. The underlying core concept is that an AI agent must be capable of much more than a simple chatbot, with the possibility of making decisions and performing a series of tasks – everything from doing your online shopping and archiving reports to improving efficiency in factories.
Founded in Zurich in 2021 by CEO Manuel Grenacher, CCO Michelle Heppler and CTO Andreas Hauri (shown above), unique wants an agentic AI personnel file of financial services of financial services from Banking, Insurance and Private Equity.
This means automating workflows in areas such as research, compliance and Kyc (“Know your customer”). Unique offers a number of adjustable AI agents out-the-box, one of which is one Investment research agent That is based on internal and external knowledge to provide answers to questions of natural language.
There is also one due diligence agentThose documents analyze, such as meeting transcripts and comparing them with previous evaluations to suggest potential questions that bank staff should ask.
The company was originally aimed at AI-driven video for sales teams, but in the intervening years It evolved for something that looks like a ‘co-pilot for financial teams’. And in 2023, unique went live With the Swiss private National Bank Pictet, which also counts unique as a strategic investor.
Unique also has other large Swiss financial institutions such as customers, including UBP and Graubündner Kantonalbank.
With a new $ 30 million in the bank, Unique says that it is planning to accelerate its international expansion, with a certain focus on the American market. To date, the company has raised a total of $ 53 million.
