
Kensho is the AI and Innovation Hub for S&P Global, developing cutting-edge machine learning technologies to transform businesses by unlocking insights from unstructured and semi-structured data. In partnership with S&P Global, Kensho leverages vast amounts of data to train AI solutions that address pressing business challenges. Their product suite includes Scribe for financial audio transcription, NERD for entity identification and connection to knowledge bases, Extract for structuring data from PDF documents, and Link for mapping company entities to S&P Global IDs. Kensho emphasizes a product-led, engineering-driven culture with a focus on creating scalable, robust, and useful technology, empowering clients to make decisions with conviction.

Kensho is the AI and Innovation Hub for S&P Global, developing cutting-edge machine learning technologies to transform businesses by unlocking insights from unstructured and semi-structured data. In partnership with S&P Global, Kensho leverages vast amounts of data to train AI solutions that address pressing business challenges. Their product suite includes Scribe for financial audio transcription, NERD for entity identification and connection to knowledge bases, Extract for structuring data from PDF documents, and Link for mapping company entities to S&P Global IDs. Kensho emphasizes a product-led, engineering-driven culture with a focus on creating scalable, robust, and useful technology, empowering clients to make decisions with conviction.
Role within S&P Global: AI and Innovation Hub for S&P Global
Core focus: NLP, machine learning, and data structuring for financial and enterprise customers
Founded: 2013 (out of Harvard and MIT)
Acquisition: Acquired by S&P Global in March 2018
Notable products: Scribe, NERD, Extract, Link
Transforming unstructured and semi-structured financial and enterprise data into structured, queryable insights using AI and machine learning.
2013
Artificial intelligence / Financial technology
50000000.00
Reported $50M round led by S&P Global prior to acquisition.
“S&P Global had been both a client and an investor and led Kensho's Feb 2017 funding round prior to acquiring the company.”