PANTA has announced an advanced AI layer, designed to enable financial institutions to build, test and iterate indices at unprecedented speed.
The firm writes that much of the USD22 trillion index industry still relies on disconnected manual processes and legacy technology, making index design a cumbersome task.
“PANTA’s latest AI release transforms this: conversational AI features allow users to describe what they want in plain English and get a working index methodology in minutes, while AI-generated commentaries offer insights into how an index performed during backtests. Teams still review and refine the text, but the heavy lifting is done for them.
“Importantly, PANTA’s new AI layer sits on top of its deterministic core, meaning index calculation – another feature of the index technology platform – remains reproducible, explainable and auditable, satisfying both regulators and internal teams alike. AI changes how users interact with the platform day to day, not how the numbers are produced.”
CEO Tobias Sproehnle says: “Reliability is something we will never compromise on. What AI does is close the gap between an idea and a tested index. Work that used to take days or weeks can now take minutes, with the same rigour underneath.”
The launch comes amid a strong year for PANTA, which has raised GBP3 million from Fuel Ventures and Innovate UK, formed a strategic partnership with Rimes, and been recognised twice at the FStech Awards.
PANTA writes that its Index Operating System gives financial institutions one platform to design, test and manage indices – with speed, precision and scale.
“Founded by index industry veterans in 2024, we combine over 125 years of domain experience with cutting-edge AI-native technology to deliver solutions across the index value chain for asset managers, index providers and investment banks.”
