This startup turns Indian market chatter into quant trades

This article is a part of Startup Spotlight, a series that features young, up-and-coming startups.

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During his EMBA, AI researcher Chao He realized his research could automate the fundamental analysis value investors rely on. Enthusiastic hedge fund feedback and a later call about Indian stocks pushed him to launch AIVI Technologies Limited, short for Artificial Intelligence Value Investing.

😟 Problem

Global investment allocators want Indian exposure but still struggle to turn messy local data into repeatable returns.

• Market data in India is noisy, fragmented, and heavy on unstructured text, such as local media coverage
• Volatility and local nuance overwhelm traditional human-centric research workflows
• Geopolitics and shifting trade patterns frequently break older investing models

Despite growing interest, only about 1% of mutual funds in India use quant or AI-driven strategies, compared with more than 35% in the US.

💡 Solution

AIVI builds semantic AI software and strategies that turn local information into quantified investing signals for institutions.

• Finance-specific language model converts media and textual data into structured analytics, tested as 18% more accurate than general GPT-style models
• Always on feed of local media supports real-time monitoring of listed companies
• Market sentiment indexing framework, validated in the journal International Finance, tracks shifts in tone across the market
• Quantamental machine learning flags company topics that diverge from sector norms and auto generates context and summaries
• Delivery through plug-and-play SaaS tools or fully managed AI quant strategies for hedge funds, banks, and asset managers

AIVI’s news analytics tool / Image credit: AIVI Technologies Limited

📊 Market size

The firm targets the rise of alternatives and quant investing in India.

• Alternative assets under management in India are estimated at roughly US$400 billion in 2025 and projected to exceed US$2 trillion by 2034
• Quant strategy trading volume in India grew from about 15% of market volume in 2019 to roughly 25% in 2024, with assets rising about 50% in three years

🤝 Team

• Dr Chao He – founder and CEO, AI specialist with more than 20 years in AI innovation and commercialisation, including research on natural language processing for quantitative stock analysis
• Jason Zhang – co-founder and CTO, a former senior AI expert from ByteDance.

🚀 Traction

• Company incorporated in November 2023 and started generating revenue in November 2024
• Early customers include hedge funds, family offices, banks, insurance firms, and regulators
• Selected by Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation Incubation, LAUNNCH Incubation, and HKAI Lab Acceleration programs

🏆 Competition

💰 Financials