NEW YORK, Jan. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) today announced that it has acquired ProntoNLP, a leading provider of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tooling, allowing users to derive differentiated insights from unstructured and structured data. ProntoNLP’s proprietary models and LLM-based signal tools will bolster S&P Global’s textual data analytics capabilities.
Founded in 2021, ProntoNLP utilizes proprietary natural language processing (NLP) capabilities coupled with large language models (LLMs) for fast, efficient and deep analysis of unstructured financial data at scale. Powered by artificial intelligence (AI), the company offers a set of customizable solutions for event detection and sentiment scoring. ProntoNLP will be integrated within the S&P Global Market Intelligence division of S&P Global, and its intellectual property is expected to power broader enterprise-wide applications.
“This acquisition underscores our commitment to advancing AI-driven solutions that harness both structured and unstructured data to deliver actionable insights,” said Frank Tarsillo, Chief Technology Officer of S&P Global Market Intelligence. “By integrating ProntoNLP’s cutting-edge expertise in signal processing with our existing platforms, we aim to enable richer context understanding, more accurate predictions, and faster decision-making for our customers.”
The transaction closed on December 31, 2024. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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- the impact of the acquisition of Pronto NLP, including the impact on the Company’s results of operations; any failure to successfully integrate the acquired departments into the Company’s operations; and any failure to attract and retain key employees;
- the risk of litigation, unexpected costs, charges or expenses relating to the acquisition;
- the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance or condition that could give rise to the termination of the acquisition agreement;
- risks related to the ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the acquisition, including the possibility that the expected benefits from the acquisition will not be realized or will not be realized within the expected time period.
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