2025 CNBC Disruptor 50: AlphaSense volts to #8 on the list with launch of deep AI market research

The video discusses AlphaSense’s rise to #8 on CNBC’s 2025 Disruptor 50 list, highlighting its advanced AI-powered market research tools, including the new Deep Research feature that automates complex analysis and delivers high-quality, comprehensive reports. It emphasizes how AlphaSense’s integration of extensive content, expert transcripts, and innovative AI technology is transforming financial intelligence and research, setting it apart from competitors like Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters.

The video features CNBC’s discussion about AlphaSense, a company that has recently gained significant recognition, ranking #8 on CNBC’s 2025 Disruptor 50 list. AlphaSense is notable for its advanced AI-powered tools that provide securities market intelligence by analyzing a vast database of content, including internal company data, external research, and expert interviews. The company’s impressive client list includes major corporations like Amazon, Nvidia, Microsoft, and JP Morgan, highlighting its influence and credibility in the financial and investment sectors.

AlphaSense has recently launched a new feature called Deep Research, which significantly enhances its research capabilities. This multi-step AI process automates complex research tasks that traditionally took human analysts days or weeks to complete. The system plans, executes, evaluates, and reports on research projects, delivering thorough, precisely cited reports. This innovation allows clients to perform deep dives into companies, industries, and projects more efficiently and with high accuracy, enabling better-informed investment decisions.

The company emphasizes that Deep Research can match or surpass the quality of manual research, as evidenced by a private equity firm that reported achieving similar or better results in a fraction of the time. This capability is particularly valuable for clients making large financial bets, as it provides a credible, comprehensive understanding of market data and company specifics. AlphaSense offers flexible pricing tiers, ranging from smaller deals to enterprise-level contracts worth millions, making the technology accessible to a broad spectrum of clients.

AlphaSense differentiates itself from competitors like Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters through its integration of cutting-edge AI technology with the world’s most extensive content library. The platform uniquely combines internal company data with a vast array of external sources, including sell-side research and expert interview transcripts. The company acquired a nearly $1 billion firm specializing in expert transcripts, which contains hundreds of thousands of detailed interviews, allowing AlphaSense to provide deep, multi-perspective insights that no other platform can match.

Finally, the discussion touches on the potential future of AI in market research, including the idea of a CNBC-style chatbot that could quickly retrieve and synthesize information on various topics. The speakers highlight how generative AI enables more flexible, imprecise querying, making research more accessible and efficient. Overall, AlphaSense’s innovations position it as a leading disruptor in the financial intelligence space, leveraging AI to transform how market research and analysis are conducted.