Company Research Report: iGenius



Company Overview



Name and Mission


  • Company Name: iGenius

  • Mission: Humanizing data and democratizing knowledge, enabling anyone to explore company data and ask business questions in natural language. Committed to making data analysis accessible, secure, and private, supporting businesses in highly regulated sectors.


Foundation and Founders


  • Founded: 2016

  • Founders: Uljan Sharka


Key People


  • CEO: Uljan Sharka

  • Board of Directors:

  • Angelo Moratti (Founder of Angel Capital Management who joined the BoD)


Headquarters


  • Italy: Via Principe Amedeo, 5, 20121 Milano MI

  • North America HQ: 350 Fifth Avenue, 41st floor, New York, NY 10118


Number of Employees


  • No information is available


Revenue


  • No information is available


Company Renown


  • Known for: AI solutions tailored for businesses in highly regulated sectors such as financial services and public administration.


Products



Italia


  • Description: Italia is a foundational Large Language Model (LLM) trained from scratch in Italian and 100% open source.

  • Key Features:

  • Open Source: Available under the MIT license.

  • Italian Native: Understands and produces text like a native Italian speaker.

  • Fine-Tuning Capabilities: Easy and fast fine-tuning on any company's data.

  • Cost Efficiency: Exceptionally efficient computing tailored for highly regulated sectors.

  • Safety Measures: Filters to remove sensitive, explicit content, limit bias, and ensure ethical responses.


Crystal


  • Description: A Decision Intelligence tool designed to support Decision Intelligence processes.

  • Key Features:

  • Conversational Interface: Uses natural language to interact with business data.

  • Business Knowledge Graph: Ensures contextual and accurate responses.

  • AI Orchestrator: Coordinates multiple Expert Models to perform specific tasks.

  • Insight Generation: Analyzes business data automatically to reveal hidden insights.

  • Anomaly Detection: Monitors data and alerts about anomalies.

  • Smart Suggestions: Identifies next questions for deeper analysis.

  • Generative Answers: Generates insights and follow-up steps for non-technical users.

  • Dynamic Data Representation: Creates business-friendly data visualizations.


Unicorn


  • Description: Custom AI models designed for businesses.

  • Key Features: No detailed features provided.


Recent Developments



New Products


  • Italia: iGenius’ First Open Source Foundational LLM - Italia 9B model launched.

  • Unicorn: Introduction of a new business line aimed at supporting AI adoption in regulated sectors.

  • Crystal Enhancements: New conversational interface and no-code console introduced, focusing on usability and efficiency.


New Features


  • In Italia:

  • Safety Filters: Newly developed filters for sensitive content.

  • Proprietary Tokenizer: Improved token processing performance.

  • In Crystal:

  • Enhanced Conversational Interface: Improved natural language interactions.

  • No-Code Console: Simplified user interface for broad accessibility.


Partnerships


  • With Fincantieri: Development of AI solutions for defense and civilian applications in the shipbuilding industry.

  • With Intesa Sanpaolo: Implementation of generative BI solutions (Crystal) to boost efficiency and productivity.

  • With Microsoft Italia: Bringing conversational AI to businesses through Microsoft Teams and Azure Data Platform.

  • Editoriale Nazionale: Using historical archives to improve the Italia LLM.

  • Cineca: Collaboration for training and fine-tuning the Italia LLM on Leonardo supercomputer.


Capital Investments


  • Fresh Capital Secured: Establishment as Italy’s first AI Unicorn, aiming to raise €650 million.

  • Key Investors: Angel Capital Management and Eurizon Asset Management.


Recognitions


  • Gartner Magic Quadrant: Received Honorable Mention in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms for the Crystal product.




Please note: "No information is available" denotes fields where the provided data did not include the necessary details.