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A four - class - old Swiss startup has raised a sizeable chunk of change to capitalize on the burgeoning “ agentic AI ” movement .
Uniquesaid on Thursday that it has invoke $ 30 million in a Series A funding turn that was led by London - based VC firmDN CapitalandCommerzVentures , the investment offshoot of Germany ’s Commerzbank , with involution from investors in itsprevious cum round .
“ Agentic AI ” is among thebiggest trendsin technology right now , though there is no one definition of what anAI agentactually is . The core underlying construct is that an AI agent should be capable of much more than a simple chatbot , with the power to make decisions and do a range of tasks — anything fromdoing your online shoppingand filing expense report toimproving efficiency in factories .
found in Zurich in 2021 by CEO Manuel Grenacher , CCO Michelle Heppler , and CTO Andreas Hauri ( project above ) , Unique wants to power an agentic AI workforce for financial Robert William Service such as banking , indemnity , and private equity .
This entail automate workflows across areas such as research , compliance , andKYC(“know your customer ” ) . Unique offer up a bunch of customizable AI agents out - the - corner , one of which is aninvestment research agentthat suck up on interior and international knowledge to provide answers to natural - language queries .
There ’s also adue diligence agentive role , which analyzes documents such as meeting transcripts and compare them with past valuation to indicate potential interrogative that bank staff office should necessitate .
The company was in the beginning focused onAI - powered television for sales teams , butin the step in yearsit evolved into something akin to a “ co - airplane pilot for finance squad . ” And in 2023 , Uniquewent livewith Swiss individual national banking company Pictet , which Unique also counts as a strategic investor .
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Unique also has other freehanded - name Swiss financial institutions as client , including UBP and Graubündner Kantonalbank .
With a fresh $ 30 million in the bank , Unique order it plans to accelerate its international expansion , with a peculiar focus on the U.S. market . The fellowship has raised a total of $ 53 million to date .
