Arcesium has launched a new suite of artificial intelligence features for its Aquata data platform, aimed at helping hedge funds and other institutional investors scale their AI strategies and automate data-intensive workflows.
The latest release introduces generative AI-powered tools for processing unstructured data, alongside a new Model Context Protocol (MCP) server designed to improve interoperability between enterprise AI tools and Aquata’s governed data foundation.
The unstructured data capability enables firms to extract structured information from documents such as PDFs and emails, significantly reducing manual processing. Arcesium said the technology has already been used by private credit managers to extract loan lifecycle events from notices across multiple counterparties, cutting tasks that previously took hours down to minutes through exception-based review. Use cases also extend to private equity portfolio reporting, limited partner documentation, real estate financing and bilateral trading agreements.
Meanwhile, the MCP server allows investment professionals to use natural language to query and orchestrate data held within Aquata from external AI interfaces. Arcesium said this approach improves the reliability and accuracy of AI-driven workflows by ensuring they are executed against a trusted, investment-specific data foundation.
Bryan Dougherty, chief technology officer at Arcesium, said the investment industry remains “awash with unstructured communications” and that generative AI is well suited to addressing longstanding data management challenges. He added that the new features form part of Arcesium’s broader strategy to embed advanced AI capabilities across its technology stack.
Mitya Miller, senior vice president and general manager of the Aquata platform, said clients are increasingly handling large document volumes while demanding low margins of error. He noted that the new tools are designed to support AI-enabled operational scale while maintaining governance and data quality.
The new AI features are now available to all users of Aquata, a self-service data platform built for the investment industry, offering pre-configured data connectivity alongside tools for data modelling, quality control, transformation and reporting.
