Using Gen A.I., Fusion might help streamline research and decision-making.
Equity Data Science (EDS), a provider of investment process management (IPM) technology to hedge funds and asset managers, has launched a new generative artificial intelligence (A.I.) initiative called Fusion.
Generative A.I. — designed to produce new content rather than simply analyze or categorize existing data — is being adopted across industries, including financial services. EDS officials say Fusion brings this technology into institutional investment workflows, where it can help streamline research and decision-making.
In an increasingly crowded A.I. market, EDS has partnered with LinqAlpha, a company dedicated to applying A.I. tools to discretionary investing. LinqAlpha’s team includes specialists in agentic A.I., finance, and retrieval-based search. The company says its goal is to make investment research faster and more adaptive by combining large language models with domain-specific insights.
Fusion allows users to analyze a broad set of data sources — including SEC filings, earnings transcripts, news, and analyst commentary — through natural language queries. In addition to synthesizing both structured and unstructured data, it enables automated tagging and classification and uses knowledge graphs to provide contextual understanding.
EDS is one of several providers jumping on the A.I. bandwagon. Earlier this year, it embedded A.I. into Nexus, its platform for risk analysis, portfolio optimization, and performance attribution.
