A four -year -old Swiss startup has raised a large part of the change to capitalize on the “Agentic AI” movement.
Unique On Thursday, it said that it has raised $ 30 million in a series A funding round, headed by London -based VC firm DN capital And CommercialInvestment offshoot of Germany’s Commercebank.
One of “Agentic AI” is Biggest trend Right now in technology, although there is no definition AI agent Really there is. The core underlying concept is that an AI agent should be much more competent than a simple chatbot, with the ability to decide and perform a series of tasks – anything – anything – anything – anything Doing your online shopping And filing of expenditure reports Improvement in proficiency in factories,
In 2021, CEO Manual Grancher, CCO Michelle Hapler, and CTO, established by Andreas Houri (depicted above) in Zurich, wanted to strengthen an agent AI workforce for financial services such as unique banking, insurance and private equity.
This means to automate workflows in areas like research, compliance and areas like KYC (“know your Customer”). A bunch of unique adaptable AI agents offers out-the-box, one of which is Investment research agent It attracts natural and external knowledge to provide answers to natural language questions.
There is also Diligent agent payableWhich analyzes the documents such as tape meetings and their comparison to suggest possible questions with previous evaluation that bank personnel must ask.
The company was originally focused AI-operated video for sales teamsBut In the intervening years It developed as something for “co-pilot for finance teams”. And in 2023, unique Gone live With the Swiss Private National Bank Pictate, which is also unique as a strategic investor.
The UNICE also has other large -name Swiss financial institutions, including UBP and Graubündner Kantonalbank as customers.
With a fresh $ 30 million in the bank, unique says it is planning to accelerate its international expansion, with special attention to the US market. The company has raised a total of $ 53 million till date.
