Kavout

An AI research company, Kavout produces stock ratings, factor datasets and investment tools for institutions and individual investors. Its rating model is built from more than 200 factors and signals, combined through machine learning, and the score runs on a scale from 0 to 9, with higher scores indicating a greater probability of outperformance.

Ratings and signals for stocks, ETFs and crypto assets

Coverage reaches over 11,000 equities, funds traded as ETFs and crypto assets, and the platform presents its tools as ways for users to analyze those assets in seconds. Kai Score rankings and the AI Stock Picker sit alongside Smart Signals and Trading Signals for each asset class. Watchlists can be set up with intraday signals, and the platform tracks intraday market movers, social trends and the holdings of well-known investors.

Factor research delivered as data feeds

For institutional clients the firm supplies validated equity factors and signals as an automated data feed. The data is intended for systematic and quantitative investment teams, who can access new factors in minutes instead of weeks and avoid the cost of validating factors in-house. The factors combine fundamental and alternative data, and the firm says machine learning is needed to handle the nonlinear relationships in that information.

Portfolio tools and AI research assistants

Kavout's portfolio products include a toolbox for building and optimizing portfolios, a multi-factor screener and portfolio diagnosis. Index-enhancing portfolios that combine an ETF with direct indexing can be designed by sector or across sectors. The platform also offers InvestGPT, an AI assistant that answers questions about stocks, ETFs and crypto assets, and a Smart Money Tracker that follows insider buying.

Team background and recognition

The team combines finance and data science experts and engineers, and the firm names experience at Google, Microsoft, Baidu, Thomson Reuters and Wall Street companies. Recognition includes a place among the top early-stage AI startups, a win at a fintech startup competition and a finalist place at a finding-alpha contest.