AI - Enhanced

Automation Tools For Market Research

Bespoke Deployments – for Data, Research, and Media Operations

Collect - Classify - Extract - Publish - Manage

Web - PDFs - Filings - Social Media - Email

Products & Services

In Commercial Deployments With Clients For 8+ Years

A specialist workflow solution (Enterprise SaaS) with AI-enhanced automation for data and research companies to collect, classify, extract/analyse, and publish data and market intelligence. Focused on unstructured data from the web, filings, PDF documents, API feeds, and emails.

Includes specialist modules such as KubroTM Agentic Flows, SEC Filings, UK Companies House, and LLM-powered KubroTM Document Explorer, AI Data Extraction (AIDE).

Automatically produce charts and chart decks at scale - from Investor Reports to Research Reports and Newsletters.

Now available to external clients, this builds on 14 years of research and report production at our sister venture Real Estate Foresight.

Bespoke deployment (API / SaaS / On-Prem).

A front-end ‘terminal’ powered by KubroTM deployed for specific domains, including China property, data centers, digital assets, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area.

A system to run custom trigger-event based ‘news’ feeds/signals for different use cases including lead generation and for newsletter production with a complete workflow. Powered by KubroTM.

See public examples and use cases: ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech

Draw on ROI’s experience, whether for Agentic AI flow, RAG deployment, AI Workflow systems, or LLM-based data extraction from large documents.

Or just to help your group make sense of what works and what doesn’t in practice today.

KubroTM Platform

Build your data products faster and cheaper

A comprehensive workflow solution (Enterprise SaaS) with AI-enhanced automation for data and research companies to collect, classify, extract/analyse, and publish data and market intelligence. Focused on unstructured data from the web, filings, PDF documents, API feeds, and emails.

Includes specialist modules such as KubroTM Agentic Flows, SEC Filings, UK Companies House, and LLM-powered KubroTM Document Explorer, AI Data Extraction (AIDE).

ROI Chart Factory

Automate your production of pre-defined charts at scale

Automatically produce charts and chart decks at scale - from Investor Reports to Research Reports and Newsletters.

Now available to external clients, this builds on 14 years of research and report production at our sister venture Real Estate Foresight.

Bespoke deployment (API / SaaS / On-Prem).

SignalliumTM Terminal

Monitor open source intelligence in your specific niche

A front-end ‘terminal’ powered by KubroTM deployed for specific domains, including China property, data centers, digital assets, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area.

Newsletter Engine

Engage your prospects and clients through relevant content

A system to run custom trigger-event based ‘news’ feeds/signals for different use cases including lead generation and for newsletter production with a complete workflow. Powered by KubroTM.

See public examples and use cases: ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech

Consulting Services

Get hands-on external assistance in deployment of LLMs

Draw on ROI’s experience, whether for Agentic AI flow, RAG deployment, AI Workflow systems, or LLM-based data extraction from large documents.

Or just to help your group make sense of what works and what doesn’t in practice today.

What Customers Say About KubroTM Platform

Kubro has transformed how we collect and process information – we've become more efficient and can cover many more sources.

Head of Research
A global information business, London

Kubro has enabled us to build a whole new content offering for members. It forms the backbone of our weekly FT Wilshire GLIO Index news service which is distributed to nearly 10,000 contacts.

Fraser Hughes, CEO
Global Listed Infrastructure Organisation

Kubro plays a critical role in automation of our data collection work.

CEO
A specialist data company, New York

Kubro's automation capabilities have been instrumental in ensuring we receive accurate and reliable data on a regular cadence. Their platform has streamlined our workflows, saving time and improving the consistency of our insights.

VP of Product Analytics
Commercial Real Estate Sector

Kubro is one of the essential tools for our analysts.

Vice President
A global data company, London

I haven’t seen any other tool as powerful and all-encompassing as Kubro. It effortlessly automates tracking updates, extracting insights and sharing them with the team. A remarkably versatile system!

Cynthia Feng, Founder and CEO
A policy research firm, Beijing

The topic models framework in Kubro was instrumental for us in identifying key market events.

Founder-CEO
A startup data company, New York

With Kubro, it’s like having a team of robo-analysts, working for you 24/7.

Research Director
An investment research firm, Hong Kong

Our efficiency in processing market intelligence has jumped to another level with Kubro at the backend.

Senior Analyst
A research firm, Hong Kong

Some testimonials are anonymous to observe client confidentiality, but they are all genuine with the permission to use here.

ROI Approach

How We Make A Difference In Automation + AI/LLM Deployments
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SOFTWARE COMBINED WITH INDUSTRY EXPERTISE

Combine software developed in-house and AI with deep domain expertise within one team, including real estate, information and data business, investment research; UK, US, China

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FOCUS ON ENTERPRISE WORKFLOW

Comprehensive workflow and integration in an enterprise, taking into account the reality of ‘how things work’ today; orchestrating LLM applications, but it’s not just about automation and AI

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USE-CASE SPECIFIC ONTOLOGY FIRST

Start with the use-case specific topic models / ontology, only then deploy automation and AI into such framework; we focus on data, research, and media client use cases

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CUSTOMIZED DEPLOYMENTS

Enterprise SaaS but with highly client-specific deployments - the only way to help you build your competitive edge

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NO-CODE, API-READY

With no-code platform and extensive RESTful APIs, we make deployment and integration easy for end-users, and the IT teams.

Insights & Announcements

The 5th 'Coffee And Showcase Tour' (CAST) - DUBAI - by Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI)

[Featured] The 5th 'Coffee And Showcase Tour' (CAST) - DUBAI - by Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI)

3 February, 2026

Yesterday in Dubai, we hosted the fifth 'Coffee And Showcase Tour' (CAST) small-group meeting by Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI), focused on 'AI-Enhanced Automation of Market Research'. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #20

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #20

23 March, 2026

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. We combine 100% human curation/selection with LLM standardisation, summarisation, and more deterministic search/collection, classification and workflow - powered by Kubro(TM). …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #19

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #19

16 March, 2026

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. We combine 100% human curation/selection with LLM standardisation, summarisation, and more deterministic search/collection, classification and workflow - powered by Kubro(TM). …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #18

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #18

9 March, 2026

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #17

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #17

2 March, 2026

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #16

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #16

23 February, 2026

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

Happy Chinese New Year of the Fire Horse - from REF and ROI

Happy Chinese New Year of the Fire Horse - from REF and ROI

16 February, 2026

Happy Chinese New Year of the Fire Horse from Real Estate Foresight Limited (REF) and Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI), with a quick thought about our niche of market research. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #15

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #15

16 February, 2026

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #14

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #14

9 February, 2026

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #13

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #13

26 January, 2026

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

Kubro(TM) in Action: Document Explorer and Large PDF Files

Kubro(TM) in Action: Document Explorer and Large PDF Files

25 January, 2026

To monitor and collect the 200-page PDFs systematically and efficiently, filter for relevance, extract relevant info and keep it human-analyst-friendly, needs much more than a simple LLM call. Here's how the Kubro(TM) platform assists in such cases, with the module 'Document Explorer'. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #12

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #12

19 January, 2026

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #11

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #11

12 January, 2026

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

An Interview With Robert Ciemniak, On LLMs In Research

An Interview With Robert Ciemniak, On LLMs In Research

11 January, 2026

A 3-minute interview with Robert Ciemniak, on the sidelines of the 7th annual Beryl Elites conference in New York. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #10

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #10

5 January, 2026

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

A Few Reflections On LLMs at ROI | Happy New Year 2026

A Few Reflections On LLMs at ROI | Happy New Year 2026

31 December, 2025

A few reflections on AI applications in data/information businesses and investment research, our thesis for 2026 at Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI). …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #9

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #9

25 December, 2025

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #8

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #8

19 December, 2025

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

Full Video from the Panel Discussion "The New Moats - Building the Quant Stack for a GenAI Era"

Full Video from the Panel Discussion "The New Moats - Building the Quant Stack for a GenAI Era"

15 December, 2025

On November 3 in New York, Robert Ciemniak, Founder-CEO of Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI), moderated a panel discussion, "The New Moats - Building the Quant Stack for a GenAI Era", at the 7th Annual Beryl Elites Alternative Investment, Technology and Innovation - Thought Leadership Conference. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #7

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #7

12 December, 2025

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #6

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #6

5 December, 2025

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #5

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #5

28 November, 2025

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #4

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #4

21 November, 2025

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #3

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #3

14 November, 2025

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #2

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #2

6 November, 2025

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

Notes from the Panel Discussion "The New Moats - Building the Quant Stack for a GenAI Era"

Notes from the Panel Discussion "The New Moats - Building the Quant Stack for a GenAI Era"

4 November, 2025

On November 3 in New York, Robert Ciemniak, Founder-CEO of Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI), moderated a panel discussion, "The New Moats - Building the Quant Stack for a GenAI Era", at the 7th Annual Beryl Elites Alternative Investment, Technology and Innovation - Thought Leadership Conference. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #1

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #1

31 October, 2025

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

ROI's Robert Ciemniak to Speak at the ANREV Event (Singapore, Nov 20, 2025)

ROI's Robert Ciemniak to Speak at the ANREV Event (Singapore, Nov 20, 2025)

30 October, 2025

The ANREV Young Professionals Committee and Technology & Innovation Committee event on Thursday, 20 November 2025 (Singapore). …

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐌𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐬 - 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐀𝐈 𝐄𝐫𝐚 - An Upcoming Panel Session at Beryl Elites

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐌𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐬 - 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐀𝐈 𝐄𝐫𝐚 - An Upcoming Panel Session at Beryl Elites

27 October, 2025

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐌𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐬 - 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐀𝐈 𝐄𝐫𝐚: A research architecture that thrives on unstructured data, interpretable AI, the creative fusion of human & machine intelligence. Migration of quant techniques -- factor modelling, headcount analytics, sentiment scoring -- from public equities into private markets. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #0

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #0

25 October, 2025

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

ROI's Robert Ciemniak to Speak at the 7th Annual Beryl Elites Conference in New York Nov 3-4

ROI's Robert Ciemniak to Speak at the 7th Annual Beryl Elites Conference in New York Nov 3-4

1 October, 2025

🌟 FEATURED SPEAKER: Beryl Elites is excited to welcome Robert Ciemniak, Founder & CEO of Hong Kong based Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) to 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐥 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 & 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, …

Introducing the US REITs Monitor (Showcase)

Introducing the US REITs Monitor (Showcase)

29 June, 2025

We are live with a market intelligence tool, 'US REITs Monitor (Showcase)', illustrating some of the Kubro(TM) system research automation capabilities. …

When Two AI Avatars Talk ROI...

When Two AI Avatars Talk ROI...

15 June, 2025

We let the two AI avatars (using HeyGen Labs, without any additional prompts/settings) dissect in 3 minutes (unedited) the customer intro deck about what we do at Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI). …

Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) Joins NVIDIA Inception

Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) Joins NVIDIA Inception

7 May, 2025

Robotic Online Intelligence has joined NVIDIA Inception, a program that nurtures startups revolutionizing industries with technological advancements. …

ROI Joining the AI Launchpad programme developed by FT Strategies and the Google News Initiative

ROI Joining the AI Launchpad programme developed by FT Strategies and the Google News Initiative

9 April, 2025

We are delighted to announce that Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) has joined the AI Launchpad programme, developed by FT Strategies and the Google News Initiative. …

At the Enterprise Connect session at the AWS Executive Forum in Hong Kong

At the Enterprise Connect session at the AWS Executive Forum in Hong Kong

20 March, 2025

Showcasing Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) solutions, as part of the pitching session for select startups …

LLMs in Research - Singapore Meeting / Our 4th Coffee And Showcase Tour (CAST) Session

LLMs in Research - Singapore Meeting / Our 4th Coffee And Showcase Tour (CAST) Session

26 February, 2025

In Singapore today, just hosted our 4th CAST (Coffee And Showcase Tour) meeting "LLMs in Research - What Works and What Doesn't", following similar small-group sessions in San Francisco, London, and Hong Kong. …

The RAG Road to RAGginess: Lessons from the Trenches

The RAG Road to RAGginess: Lessons from the Trenches

23 February, 2025

Some lessons we’ve learned at Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) from deploying Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) …

Topics from our CAST 2025 Hong Kong Meeting

Topics from our CAST 2025 Hong Kong Meeting

5 February, 2025

A quick note from our small-group Coffee And Showcase Tour (CAST) meeting in Hong Kong today …

Enterprise Productivity Gains Without Getting Overwhe-LLM-ed

Enterprise Productivity Gains Without Getting Overwhe-LLM-ed

3 February, 2025

LLMs: When 90% is not good enough …

LLMs in Research - What Works and What Doesn't | CAST 2025 - Hong Kong

LLMs in Research - What Works and What Doesn't | CAST 2025 - Hong Kong

27 January, 2025

Our third Coffee And Showcase Tour (CAST) meeting, now in Hong Kong on Feb 5, 2025 …

And then suddenly... DeepSeek

And then suddenly... DeepSeek

27 January, 2025

In recent days, the frequency of mentions of DeepSeek in the major media headlines has spiked. In the chart below, we use our relative frequency measure with max=100. …

Use Cases for LLMs in Market Research

Use Cases for LLMs in Market Research

20 January, 2025

A quick run-through of our views at Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) on the practical (even if less fancy) use cases of LLMs in investment research. …

On LLMs: With a Model a Week, How Do You Tweak..?

On LLMs: With a Model a Week, How Do You Tweak..?

16 January, 2025

How do you deal with constant innovation in this space …

LLMs in Data and Research Businesses - A Few Reflections From 2024

LLMs in Data and Research Businesses - A Few Reflections From 2024

7 January, 2025

For 2025, on the AI front, the big theme for us at Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) remains 'making LLMs work in practice' against the backdrop of rapid progress and real opportunities on one hand, and the over-hyped ideas and the 'enterprise reality' on the other. …

Speaking at the AI World Congress conference in London

Speaking at the AI World Congress conference in London

28 November, 2024

This was a 'what works and what doesn't' session, including an example of a RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) deployment... …

Introducing Kubro(TM) Document Explorer

Introducing Kubro(TM) Document Explorer

29 October, 2024

Our newly released set of tools supports research operations at data, research, and investment firms: Kubro(TM) Document Explorer. …

Finding The Lost Research Chart Gems With LLMs...

Finding The Lost Research Chart Gems With LLMs...

20 August, 2024

Multimodal LLMs can certainly help sort out and search through the family photos but they can also be useful for research businesses. …

From RAGs To Regex

From RAGs To Regex

19 August, 2024

RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) continues to be all the rage in LLM deployments. …

Everything boils down to... a classification problem

Everything boils down to... a classification problem

12 August, 2024

In our information and research automation business context, the classification of unstructured text lies at the heart of Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI)'s Kubro(TM) Information Engine. …

Multimodality in LLMs might open up new opportunities for data extraction.

Multimodality in LLMs might open up new opportunities for data extraction.

1 August, 2024

At Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI), we've been testing the use of multimodal LLMs for data extraction from the images of the tables (as opposed to the 'traditional' ways), charts, and other non-text formats. …

Mining UK Companies House Data with LLMs in Kubro(TM)

Mining UK Companies House Data with LLMs in Kubro(TM)

16 July, 2024

The UK Companies House is a great source of open-source market intelligence. But how do you systematically tap into it and integrate it into your workflow? …

At the London Tech Week Jun 10-14, 2024

At the London Tech Week Jun 10-14, 2024

11 June, 2024

At the vibrant London Tech Week Day One today at Olympia. A truly international mix of participants showcased London as a global hub. …

At the SaaStr Europa Conference in London

At the SaaStr Europa Conference in London

4 June, 2024

At the SaaStr Europa conference in London (Tobacco Dock in the picture). A very productive format, especially with small group discussions and 1:1 meetings. …

Extracting Data From Unstructured Text With Kubro(TM) AIDE

Extracting Data From Unstructured Text With Kubro(TM) AIDE

15 May, 2024

How far can LLMs go in automating more complex data extraction? …

When RAG is all the RAGE - Part 2

When RAG is all the RAGE - Part 2

25 April, 2024

While the basic RAG is technically relatively straightforward to deploy (incl. open source, as well as pre-packaged solutions), getting it right for a particular use case is a much more complex task. …

When RAG Is All The Rage - Part 1

When RAG Is All The Rage - Part 1

22 April, 2024

Here's our attempt to outline in a simplified format what the RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) technique could mean in practice and some major challenges to address. …

About LLMs in 2023 - Our Experience

About LLMs in 2023 - Our Experience

2 January, 2024

A few of our practical takeaways from Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) experience in 2023, the year of LLMs and Generative AI, from a perspective of B2B data operations, research, and investment businesses …

"Robo-Reports" - Leveraging Open Source Intelligence

"Robo-Reports" - Leveraging Open Source Intelligence

28 December, 2023

When you think of your business and the external open source information: one of the oldest problems is how to get the relevant info, from the right sources, at the right time, in the right format, specifically for your domain and interest.... …

Video: LLMs and AI in investment management - panel discussion moderated by Robert Ciemniak

Video: LLMs and AI in investment management - panel discussion moderated by Robert Ciemniak

15 December, 2023

Here's the video recording of the panel discussion on LLMs and AI in investment management …

Kubro(TM) Showcase: Mining UK Companies House Data

Kubro(TM) Showcase: Mining UK Companies House Data

14 December, 2023

Here's another example of Kubro(TM) Information Engine in action, monitoring and extracting data from the open-access UK Companies House …

Monitoring Central Banks

Monitoring Central Banks

11 December, 2023

Another example of a use case of Kubro(TM) Information Engine …

LLMs: A serious point in a light LLM joke

LLMs: A serious point in a light LLM joke

9 December, 2023

A weekend post. Asking the Large Language Models (LLMs) for some humour about themselves …

Kubro(TM) Showcase: LLMs in Research

Kubro(TM) Showcase: LLMs in Research

7 December, 2023

Here's a simple but practical use case for LLMs in market research, where our 'junior analyst' Roya Ai distills some points on China from a few research reports on the outlook for 2024 …

Robert Ciemniak presenting at the AI World Congress in London

Robert Ciemniak presenting at the AI World Congress in London

28 November, 2023

"Robo-Analysts: LLMs in Automation of Market Research" talk at the AI World Congress in London …

ROI at Real Estate - Beyond 2023 at the Startmeup Festival in HK

ROI at Real Estate - Beyond 2023 at the Startmeup Festival in HK

16 November, 2023

Sharing our views at a panel session at a conference in Hong Kong …

Takeaways from the LLM in Investment Management panel

Takeaways from the LLM in Investment Management panel

10 November, 2023

A few takeaways from our panel discussion on the applications of Large Language Models and AI in investment management at the 5th Annual Beryl Elites conference in NY …

Robert Ciemniak Speaking At The 5th Annual Bery Elites Conference in NY

Robert Ciemniak Speaking At The 5th Annual Bery Elites Conference in NY

7 October, 2023

5th Annual Beryl Elites Alternative Investment & Data Revolution - Thought Leadership Conference on November 6-7 in New York City. …

Ingesting Content From Emails: Text, PDF Files

Ingesting Content From Emails: Text, PDF Files

7 August, 2023

What if the info you need comes via newsletters? …

"AI on AI" Robo-Report

"AI on AI" Robo-Report

12 July, 2023

Using AI to summarize the latest AI announcements and news directly picked up at the source …

A 2-minute Video Intro to Kubro(TM) AIDE

A 2-minute Video Intro to Kubro(TM) AIDE

12 June, 2023

We are introducing a new product module integrating the Large Language Models (LLMs) into the Kubro(TM) Information Engine. The goal is to automate data extraction from text and PDF documents and to build customized robo-analysts and AI agents on the platform. …

Press Release: Introducing Kubro(TM) AIDE Module - Transforming Research with AI

Press Release: Introducing Kubro(TM) AIDE Module - Transforming Research with AI

12 June, 2023

Robotic Online Intelligence Ltd (ROI), the developer of research automation tools, announces the release of Kubro(TM) AIDE, a powerful AI module that streamlines data extraction from text and PDF files for data companies and research firms. …

Preview of Kubro(TM) AIDE - AI Data Extraction

Preview of Kubro(TM) AIDE - AI Data Extraction

24 April, 2023

With all the excitement about GPT and Large Language Models and after months of experimentation, we will soon be releasing Kubro(TM) AIDE, a new module fully integrated into Kubro(TM) Information Engine, the enterprise SaaS platform for data companies from Robotic Online Intelligence. …

Exploring The Generative AI Applications And Limitations

Exploring The Generative AI Applications And Limitations

14 March, 2023

Here's our 3.14 cents on Generative AI, based on the experiments at Robotic Online Intelligence …

Tracking Local Info In China Property Sector

Tracking Local Info In China Property Sector

10 March, 2023

It can be hard to stay on top of all the local news and rumors. Here's how Signallium(TM) China Property can assist. …

Wrapping up 2022 with Robotic Online Intelligence and its Kubro(TM) Information Engine

Wrapping up 2022 with Robotic Online Intelligence and its Kubro(TM) Information Engine

30 January, 2023

2022 HIGHLIGHTS: 1. PEOPLE INTELLIGENCE - With our new algorithm, the single code works across a range of webpage structures. It allows the monitoring and capture of information about team members/executives directly from companies’ websites. …

Regulators In Digital Assets

Regulators In Digital Assets

26 December, 2022

A lot of action keeps coming on crypto / digital assets from regulators such as SEC and CFTC in the US, and with many more around the world. …

The Covid Wave In Media Narratives

The Covid Wave In Media Narratives

23 December, 2022

China Covid wave and recovery media talk …

Identifying Key Project Updates within Digital Assets

Identifying Key Project Updates within Digital Assets

8 December, 2022

If you are active in digital assets, in particular from a regulatory and legal angle, or looking at the distress cases these days, or monitoring projects and funding …

'Bubble' and 'Bankruptcy' vs BTC

'Bubble' and 'Bankruptcy' vs BTC

22 November, 2022

Digital Assets - Quantifying The Headline Themes. This chart shows the relative word frequencies for the groups of keywords and expressions related to 'bubble' …

Signallium(TM) Digital Assets-Over 3000 Public Sources

Signallium(TM) Digital Assets-Over 3000 Public Sources

10 November, 2022

As the events unfold, Signallium(TM) Digital Assets search and alerts system automatically picks up and filters the relevant announcements and news headlines …

Hong Kong Fintech Week- November 2022

Hong Kong Fintech Week- November 2022

1 November, 2022

Second day today at the Hong Kong Fintech Week, good to …

Signallium™ Digital Assets-SEC Filings

Signallium™ Digital Assets-SEC Filings

27 October, 2022

SEC Filings can be a great source of intelligence for digital assets in terms of breaking news and announcements, presentations, and market data disclosed by major listed players. …

Crypto:The For and Against

Crypto:The For and Against

30 September, 2022

100,000 or 0? No lack of opinions about the world of crypto. Here's our curated selection of pointers to articles and posts in two sets - the positive vs the negative views …

The fragmented world of digital assets

The fragmented world of digital assets

29 September, 2022

The digital asset world is very fragmented. With 10,000+ tokens (Source: Statista), 50+ centralized exchanges (Source: CoinGecko), 220+ decentralized exchanges (Source: CoinGecko) …

Monitoring Capital Activity

Monitoring Capital Activity

26 September, 2022

The GameFi industry is expected to raise USD 10 billion this year which is a 20% increase from last year and a 135% increase in August alone - according to DappRadar. …

Automating market intelligence-what are central banks saying?

Automating market intelligence-what are central banks saying?

21 September, 2022

Here's a simple example of our automation of market intelligence. In this case, we track what around 40 major central banks around the world directly say/post publicly, automatically picking it up, filtering, organizing it into themes, and packaging it into a handy daily email. …

Digital Assets: When new important policy announcements come out

Digital Assets: When new important policy announcements come out

17 September, 2022

Digital Assets: When new important policy announcements come out, just like in the US a few hours ago, along with subsequent reactions and commentaries, Signallium(TM) Digital Assets picks these up automatically …

Robo-Curator Of Information

Robo-Curator Of Information

8 September, 2022

In Signallium(TM) Digital Assets - a search and market intelligence tool for digital assets by Robotic Online Intelligence, we are deploying our 'robo-curator' of information in order to automatically assess what to pay attention to, the shifts in narratives surrounding the key digital assets, through the word frequency indices and similarity analysis. …

Introducing Signallium(TM) Digital Assets

Introducing Signallium(TM) Digital Assets

1 September, 2022

Throughout September, at Robotic Online Intelligence, we will continue with the private beta of Signallium™ Digital Assets - a search and market intelligence tool for digital assets. …

Signallium™ Digital Assets - a search and market intelligence tool

Signallium™ Digital Assets - a search and market intelligence tool

14 July, 2022

At Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI), we have just launched Signallium™ Digital Assets - a search and market intelligence tool that pulls together the fragmented unstructured text information across digital asset domains, based on public sources. …

Integrating Email Newsletters

Integrating Email Newsletters

23 June, 2022

Do you (or your data operations in business) get dozens or more newsletters a day, which you actually do like and you did sign up for as they bring valuable info and ideas …

Kubro Use Case: Monitoring Market Intel on Law Firms

Kubro Use Case: Monitoring Market Intel on Law Firms

13 June, 2022

Here's another illustration of how at Robotic Online Intelligence we think about solving the problem of inefficiency in dealing with fragmented information in private markets in a particular sector. …

Tracking SEC Filings

Tracking SEC Filings

17 May, 2022

Some of the best market information comes from the publicly available disclosures, such as the SEC filings or UK Companies House documents …

Signallium(TM) Data Centers Dashboard and the Latest Quarterly Report on China

Signallium(TM) Data Centers Dashboard and the Latest Quarterly Report on China

8 April, 2022

Just published to clients our Quarterly Market Report on Data Centers in China by Real Estate Foresight / Robotic Online Intelligence. It covers the latest deals, projects, strategies, and policy developments to April 6. …

Before It's News - Tracking Local Info On Chinese Developers In Distress

Before It's News - Tracking Local Info On Chinese Developers In Distress

24 February, 2022

As Chinese developers under financial pressure negotiate with creditors, sell assets, restructure, and modify strategies, our Signallium(TM) China Property market intelligence platform helps clients pick up the latest local information. …

Inflation Talk

Inflation Talk

24 December, 2021

The updated 'Inflation talk' charts. Our relative frequency index from Robotic Online Intelligence for the words 'inflation' and 'inflationary' appearing in the tweets by the mainstream English-language media …

NFTs and The Metaverse

NFTs and The Metaverse

16 December, 2021

A lot is happening in the Metaverse and NFT world... and the new Matrix is coming out before Christmas.  So we've put together a selection of pointers/headlines to the reads on NFTs and the Metaverse …

Tracking VC firms' activity

Tracking VC firms' activity

2 December, 2021

Here's an illustration of how at Robotic Online Intelligence we think about solving the problem of inefficiency of dealing with fragmented information in private markets in a particular sector. …

Into the Metaverse with NFTs…?

Into the Metaverse with NFTs…?

28 November, 2021

Here we measure the relative frequency with which certain keywords appear in the tweets from …

Robotic Online Intelligence At the Hong Kong FinTech Week 2021

Robotic Online Intelligence At the Hong Kong FinTech Week 2021

3 November, 2021

At our stand C82A, presenting the proposition for data companies, research and media firms. …

Automation Temptation: Part 2 of 3

Automation Temptation: Part 2 of 3

24 June, 2021

Databasing unstructured information into a useful format is integral for businesses and there is room for efficiency gains there through automation …

Automation Temptation: Part 1 of 3

Automation Temptation: Part 1 of 3

15 June, 2021

The first of the three notes, sharing how we at Robotic Online Intelligence, a sister venture to Real Estate Foresight. approach the automation of research (market research/intelligence in the investment research context). …

"AI for Real Estate: Practical Case Studies" at PropTech: Asia & Beyond Summit

"AI for Real Estate: Practical Case Studies" at PropTech: Asia & Beyond Summit

24 May, 2021

Robert Ciemniak, Founder-CEO of Real Estate Foresight and Robotic Online Intelligence, participated. in "AI for Real Estate: Practical Case Studies" at PropTech: Asia & Beyond Summit …

Classifying Short-Form Text With Neural Networks – Our Journey So Far

Classifying Short-Form Text With Neural Networks – Our Journey So Far

1 December, 2020

Is it possible to train AI models to accurately classify headline-level text such as tweets, news headlines or company announcements? …

Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) Introduces China Focused Signallium(TM) – Data Centers: Market Intelligence and Signals

Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) Introduces China Focused Signallium(TM) – Data Centers: Market Intelligence and Signals

29 July, 2020

Data Centers, a market signals and intelligence service for foreign investors with exposure to local China data center sector. …

Robotic Online Intelligence Presenting At Robotics Technologies for Public Services Forum

Robotic Online Intelligence Presenting At Robotics Technologies for Public Services Forum

6 July, 2020

From the recent event Technology Forum – Robotics Technologies for Public Services, held at #hkstp …

Open Access Covid-19 Global Impact Tracker Is Live

Open Access Covid-19 Global Impact Tracker Is Live

29 March, 2020

The Covid-19 Global Impact Tracker on Signallium(TM) from Robotic Online Intelligence is now live and freely available with a simple registration with an email. …

Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) Introduces Signallium(TM) – China Property: Market Intelligence and Signals From China Property Markets

Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) Introduces Signallium(TM) – China Property: Market Intelligence and Signals From China Property Markets

16 January, 2020

Robotic Online Intelligence Ltd (ROI), an AI-powered business intelligence and analytics startup, announces the launch of Signallium™ | China Property, a market signals and intelligence service for foreign investors …

Interview With Robert Ciemniak – From Research To Software And AI

Interview With Robert Ciemniak – From Research To Software And AI

15 January, 2020

Briefly sharing how we got from research into software and AI and how we deploy neural networks, a short interview with Robert Ciemniak …

Cryptocurrencies: The TIE launches Crypto SigDev™ in an exclusive partnership with Robotic Online Intelligence

Cryptocurrencies: The TIE launches Crypto SigDev™ in an exclusive partnership with Robotic Online Intelligence

29 September, 2019

From The TIE’s press release: “Included among The TIE Data Services’ offerings is Crypto SigDev™, the first corporate actions and significant development feed for digital assets. The TIE’s Crypto SigDev™ …

We are fans of Regex – “Lookahead and Lookbehind Zero-Length Assertions”

We are fans of Regex – “Lookahead and Lookbehind Zero-Length Assertions”

6 September, 2019

Text. Patterns. Search. The Power of Regular Expressions. Very few people in the business world would be familiar with Regular Expressions (or regex), yet it may be one of the …

On Brexit – What The Media Headlines Are Saying

On Brexit – What The Media Headlines Are Saying

4 September, 2019

The other day we looked at China, and now with the same approach to 6,500 global news headlines covering ‘Brexit’ in English in 2019. …

Western Media On China

Western Media On China

30 August, 2019

Here’s our comparison of the most frequently used words in the major Western media headlines covering China in 2017 vs …

Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) Introduces Kubro(TM): AI-Powered Cloud-Based Data Collection And Research Engine For Business

Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) Introduces Kubro(TM): AI-Powered Cloud-Based Data Collection And Research Engine For Business

28 August, 2019

Designed for data companies and teams collecting information that feeds into their proprietary databases, the Kubro(TM) system promises major time savings and productivity boost …

Introducing GBA Intelligence

Introducing GBA Intelligence

14 March, 2019

The interest in the Guangdong – Hong Kong – Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) has been on the rise since the release of the official blueprint on February 18. …

Insights & Announcements

The 5th 'Coffee And Showcase Tour' (CAST) - DUBAI - by Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI)

[Featured] The 5th 'Coffee And Showcase Tour' (CAST) - DUBAI - by Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI)

3 February, 2026

Yesterday in Dubai, we hosted the fifth 'Coffee And Showcase Tour' (CAST) small-group meeting by Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI), focused on 'AI-Enhanced Automation of Market Research'. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #20

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #20

23 March, 2026

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. We combine 100% human curation/selection with LLM standardisation, summarisation, and more deterministic search/collection, classification and workflow - powered by Kubro(TM). …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #19

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #19

16 March, 2026

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. We combine 100% human curation/selection with LLM standardisation, summarisation, and more deterministic search/collection, classification and workflow - powered by Kubro(TM). …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #18

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #18

9 March, 2026

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #17

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #17

2 March, 2026

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #16

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #16

23 February, 2026

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

Happy Chinese New Year of the Fire Horse - from REF and ROI

Happy Chinese New Year of the Fire Horse - from REF and ROI

16 February, 2026

Happy Chinese New Year of the Fire Horse from Real Estate Foresight Limited (REF) and Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI), with a quick thought about our niche of market research. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #15

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #15

16 February, 2026

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #14

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #14

9 February, 2026

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #13

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #13

26 January, 2026

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

Kubro(TM) in Action: Document Explorer and Large PDF Files

Kubro(TM) in Action: Document Explorer and Large PDF Files

25 January, 2026

To monitor and collect the 200-page PDFs systematically and efficiently, filter for relevance, extract relevant info and keep it human-analyst-friendly, needs much more than a simple LLM call. Here's how the Kubro(TM) platform assists in such cases, with the module 'Document Explorer'. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #12

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #12

19 January, 2026

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #11

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #11

12 January, 2026

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

An Interview With Robert Ciemniak, On LLMs In Research

An Interview With Robert Ciemniak, On LLMs In Research

11 January, 2026

A 3-minute interview with Robert Ciemniak, on the sidelines of the 7th annual Beryl Elites conference in New York. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #10

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #10

5 January, 2026

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

A Few Reflections On LLMs at ROI | Happy New Year 2026

A Few Reflections On LLMs at ROI | Happy New Year 2026

31 December, 2025

A few reflections on AI applications in data/information businesses and investment research, our thesis for 2026 at Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI). …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #9

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #9

25 December, 2025

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #8

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #8

19 December, 2025

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

Full Video from the Panel Discussion "The New Moats - Building the Quant Stack for a GenAI Era"

Full Video from the Panel Discussion "The New Moats - Building the Quant Stack for a GenAI Era"

15 December, 2025

On November 3 in New York, Robert Ciemniak, Founder-CEO of Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI), moderated a panel discussion, "The New Moats - Building the Quant Stack for a GenAI Era", at the 7th Annual Beryl Elites Alternative Investment, Technology and Innovation - Thought Leadership Conference. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #7

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #7

12 December, 2025

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #6

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #6

5 December, 2025

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #5

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #5

28 November, 2025

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #4

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #4

21 November, 2025

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #3

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #3

14 November, 2025

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #2

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #2

6 November, 2025

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

Notes from the Panel Discussion "The New Moats - Building the Quant Stack for a GenAI Era"

Notes from the Panel Discussion "The New Moats - Building the Quant Stack for a GenAI Era"

4 November, 2025

On November 3 in New York, Robert Ciemniak, Founder-CEO of Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI), moderated a panel discussion, "The New Moats - Building the Quant Stack for a GenAI Era", at the 7th Annual Beryl Elites Alternative Investment, Technology and Innovation - Thought Leadership Conference. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #1

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #1

31 October, 2025

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

ROI's Robert Ciemniak to Speak at the ANREV Event (Singapore, Nov 20, 2025)

ROI's Robert Ciemniak to Speak at the ANREV Event (Singapore, Nov 20, 2025)

30 October, 2025

The ANREV Young Professionals Committee and Technology & Innovation Committee event on Thursday, 20 November 2025 (Singapore). …

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐌𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐬 - 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐀𝐈 𝐄𝐫𝐚 - An Upcoming Panel Session at Beryl Elites

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐌𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐬 - 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐀𝐈 𝐄𝐫𝐚 - An Upcoming Panel Session at Beryl Elites

27 October, 2025

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐌𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐬 - 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐀𝐈 𝐄𝐫𝐚: A research architecture that thrives on unstructured data, interpretable AI, the creative fusion of human & machine intelligence. Migration of quant techniques -- factor modelling, headcount analytics, sentiment scoring -- from public equities into private markets. …

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #0

ROI AI Brief: Investment Tech Weekly #0

25 October, 2025

A weekly Newsletter on technology applications in investment management with an AI / LLM and automation angle. Curated news, announcements, and posts, primarily directly from sources. We apply some of the ROI's Kubro(TM) Engine tools at the backend for production, yet with a human in the loop (for now). It's a start, and it will evolve on a weekly basis. …

ROI's Robert Ciemniak to Speak at the 7th Annual Beryl Elites Conference in New York Nov 3-4

ROI's Robert Ciemniak to Speak at the 7th Annual Beryl Elites Conference in New York Nov 3-4

1 October, 2025

🌟 FEATURED SPEAKER: Beryl Elites is excited to welcome Robert Ciemniak, Founder & CEO of Hong Kong based Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) to 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐥 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 & 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, …

Introducing the US REITs Monitor (Showcase)

Introducing the US REITs Monitor (Showcase)

29 June, 2025

We are live with a market intelligence tool, 'US REITs Monitor (Showcase)', illustrating some of the Kubro(TM) system research automation capabilities. …

When Two AI Avatars Talk ROI...

When Two AI Avatars Talk ROI...

15 June, 2025

We let the two AI avatars (using HeyGen Labs, without any additional prompts/settings) dissect in 3 minutes (unedited) the customer intro deck about what we do at Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI). …

Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) Joins NVIDIA Inception

Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) Joins NVIDIA Inception

7 May, 2025

Robotic Online Intelligence has joined NVIDIA Inception, a program that nurtures startups revolutionizing industries with technological advancements. …

ROI Joining the AI Launchpad programme developed by FT Strategies and the Google News Initiative

ROI Joining the AI Launchpad programme developed by FT Strategies and the Google News Initiative

9 April, 2025

We are delighted to announce that Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) has joined the AI Launchpad programme, developed by FT Strategies and the Google News Initiative. …

At the Enterprise Connect session at the AWS Executive Forum in Hong Kong

At the Enterprise Connect session at the AWS Executive Forum in Hong Kong

20 March, 2025

Showcasing Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) solutions, as part of the pitching session for select startups …

LLMs in Research - Singapore Meeting / Our 4th Coffee And Showcase Tour (CAST) Session

LLMs in Research - Singapore Meeting / Our 4th Coffee And Showcase Tour (CAST) Session

26 February, 2025

In Singapore today, just hosted our 4th CAST (Coffee And Showcase Tour) meeting "LLMs in Research - What Works and What Doesn't", following similar small-group sessions in San Francisco, London, and Hong Kong. …

The RAG Road to RAGginess: Lessons from the Trenches

The RAG Road to RAGginess: Lessons from the Trenches

23 February, 2025

Some lessons we’ve learned at Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) from deploying Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) …

Topics from our CAST 2025 Hong Kong Meeting

Topics from our CAST 2025 Hong Kong Meeting

5 February, 2025

A quick note from our small-group Coffee And Showcase Tour (CAST) meeting in Hong Kong today …

Enterprise Productivity Gains Without Getting Overwhe-LLM-ed

Enterprise Productivity Gains Without Getting Overwhe-LLM-ed

3 February, 2025

LLMs: When 90% is not good enough …

LLMs in Research - What Works and What Doesn't | CAST 2025 - Hong Kong

LLMs in Research - What Works and What Doesn't | CAST 2025 - Hong Kong

27 January, 2025

Our third Coffee And Showcase Tour (CAST) meeting, now in Hong Kong on Feb 5, 2025 …

And then suddenly... DeepSeek

And then suddenly... DeepSeek

27 January, 2025

In recent days, the frequency of mentions of DeepSeek in the major media headlines has spiked. In the chart below, we use our relative frequency measure with max=100. …

Use Cases for LLMs in Market Research

Use Cases for LLMs in Market Research

20 January, 2025

A quick run-through of our views at Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) on the practical (even if less fancy) use cases of LLMs in investment research. …

On LLMs: With a Model a Week, How Do You Tweak..?

On LLMs: With a Model a Week, How Do You Tweak..?

16 January, 2025

How do you deal with constant innovation in this space …

LLMs in Data and Research Businesses - A Few Reflections From 2024

LLMs in Data and Research Businesses - A Few Reflections From 2024

7 January, 2025

For 2025, on the AI front, the big theme for us at Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) remains 'making LLMs work in practice' against the backdrop of rapid progress and real opportunities on one hand, and the over-hyped ideas and the 'enterprise reality' on the other. …

Speaking at the AI World Congress conference in London

Speaking at the AI World Congress conference in London

28 November, 2024

This was a 'what works and what doesn't' session, including an example of a RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) deployment... …

Introducing Kubro(TM) Document Explorer

Introducing Kubro(TM) Document Explorer

29 October, 2024

Our newly released set of tools supports research operations at data, research, and investment firms: Kubro(TM) Document Explorer. …

Finding The Lost Research Chart Gems With LLMs...

Finding The Lost Research Chart Gems With LLMs...

20 August, 2024

Multimodal LLMs can certainly help sort out and search through the family photos but they can also be useful for research businesses. …

From RAGs To Regex

From RAGs To Regex

19 August, 2024

RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) continues to be all the rage in LLM deployments. …

Everything boils down to... a classification problem

Everything boils down to... a classification problem

12 August, 2024

In our information and research automation business context, the classification of unstructured text lies at the heart of Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI)'s Kubro(TM) Information Engine. …

Multimodality in LLMs might open up new opportunities for data extraction.

Multimodality in LLMs might open up new opportunities for data extraction.

1 August, 2024

At Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI), we've been testing the use of multimodal LLMs for data extraction from the images of the tables (as opposed to the 'traditional' ways), charts, and other non-text formats. …

Mining UK Companies House Data with LLMs in Kubro(TM)

Mining UK Companies House Data with LLMs in Kubro(TM)

16 July, 2024

The UK Companies House is a great source of open-source market intelligence. But how do you systematically tap into it and integrate it into your workflow? …

At the London Tech Week Jun 10-14, 2024

At the London Tech Week Jun 10-14, 2024

11 June, 2024

At the vibrant London Tech Week Day One today at Olympia. A truly international mix of participants showcased London as a global hub. …

At the SaaStr Europa Conference in London

At the SaaStr Europa Conference in London

4 June, 2024

At the SaaStr Europa conference in London (Tobacco Dock in the picture). A very productive format, especially with small group discussions and 1:1 meetings. …

Extracting Data From Unstructured Text With Kubro(TM) AIDE

Extracting Data From Unstructured Text With Kubro(TM) AIDE

15 May, 2024

How far can LLMs go in automating more complex data extraction? …

When RAG is all the RAGE - Part 2

When RAG is all the RAGE - Part 2

25 April, 2024

While the basic RAG is technically relatively straightforward to deploy (incl. open source, as well as pre-packaged solutions), getting it right for a particular use case is a much more complex task. …

When RAG Is All The Rage - Part 1

When RAG Is All The Rage - Part 1

22 April, 2024

Here's our attempt to outline in a simplified format what the RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) technique could mean in practice and some major challenges to address. …

About LLMs in 2023 - Our Experience

About LLMs in 2023 - Our Experience

2 January, 2024

A few of our practical takeaways from Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) experience in 2023, the year of LLMs and Generative AI, from a perspective of B2B data operations, research, and investment businesses …

"Robo-Reports" - Leveraging Open Source Intelligence

"Robo-Reports" - Leveraging Open Source Intelligence

28 December, 2023

When you think of your business and the external open source information: one of the oldest problems is how to get the relevant info, from the right sources, at the right time, in the right format, specifically for your domain and interest.... …

Video: LLMs and AI in investment management - panel discussion moderated by Robert Ciemniak

Video: LLMs and AI in investment management - panel discussion moderated by Robert Ciemniak

15 December, 2023

Here's the video recording of the panel discussion on LLMs and AI in investment management …

Kubro(TM) Showcase: Mining UK Companies House Data

Kubro(TM) Showcase: Mining UK Companies House Data

14 December, 2023

Here's another example of Kubro(TM) Information Engine in action, monitoring and extracting data from the open-access UK Companies House …

Monitoring Central Banks

Monitoring Central Banks

11 December, 2023

Another example of a use case of Kubro(TM) Information Engine …

LLMs: A serious point in a light LLM joke

LLMs: A serious point in a light LLM joke

9 December, 2023

A weekend post. Asking the Large Language Models (LLMs) for some humour about themselves …

Kubro(TM) Showcase: LLMs in Research

Kubro(TM) Showcase: LLMs in Research

7 December, 2023

Here's a simple but practical use case for LLMs in market research, where our 'junior analyst' Roya Ai distills some points on China from a few research reports on the outlook for 2024 …

Robert Ciemniak presenting at the AI World Congress in London

Robert Ciemniak presenting at the AI World Congress in London

28 November, 2023

"Robo-Analysts: LLMs in Automation of Market Research" talk at the AI World Congress in London …

ROI at Real Estate - Beyond 2023 at the Startmeup Festival in HK

ROI at Real Estate - Beyond 2023 at the Startmeup Festival in HK

16 November, 2023

Sharing our views at a panel session at a conference in Hong Kong …

Takeaways from the LLM in Investment Management panel

Takeaways from the LLM in Investment Management panel

10 November, 2023

A few takeaways from our panel discussion on the applications of Large Language Models and AI in investment management at the 5th Annual Beryl Elites conference in NY …

Robert Ciemniak Speaking At The 5th Annual Bery Elites Conference in NY

Robert Ciemniak Speaking At The 5th Annual Bery Elites Conference in NY

7 October, 2023

5th Annual Beryl Elites Alternative Investment & Data Revolution - Thought Leadership Conference on November 6-7 in New York City. …

Ingesting Content From Emails: Text, PDF Files

Ingesting Content From Emails: Text, PDF Files

7 August, 2023

What if the info you need comes via newsletters? …

"AI on AI" Robo-Report

"AI on AI" Robo-Report

12 July, 2023

Using AI to summarize the latest AI announcements and news directly picked up at the source …

A 2-minute Video Intro to Kubro(TM) AIDE

A 2-minute Video Intro to Kubro(TM) AIDE

12 June, 2023

We are introducing a new product module integrating the Large Language Models (LLMs) into the Kubro(TM) Information Engine. The goal is to automate data extraction from text and PDF documents and to build customized robo-analysts and AI agents on the platform. …

Press Release: Introducing Kubro(TM) AIDE Module - Transforming Research with AI

Press Release: Introducing Kubro(TM) AIDE Module - Transforming Research with AI

12 June, 2023

Robotic Online Intelligence Ltd (ROI), the developer of research automation tools, announces the release of Kubro(TM) AIDE, a powerful AI module that streamlines data extraction from text and PDF files for data companies and research firms. …

Preview of Kubro(TM) AIDE - AI Data Extraction

Preview of Kubro(TM) AIDE - AI Data Extraction

24 April, 2023

With all the excitement about GPT and Large Language Models and after months of experimentation, we will soon be releasing Kubro(TM) AIDE, a new module fully integrated into Kubro(TM) Information Engine, the enterprise SaaS platform for data companies from Robotic Online Intelligence. …

Exploring The Generative AI Applications And Limitations

Exploring The Generative AI Applications And Limitations

14 March, 2023

Here's our 3.14 cents on Generative AI, based on the experiments at Robotic Online Intelligence …

Tracking Local Info In China Property Sector

Tracking Local Info In China Property Sector

10 March, 2023

It can be hard to stay on top of all the local news and rumors. Here's how Signallium(TM) China Property can assist. …

Wrapping up 2022 with Robotic Online Intelligence and its Kubro(TM) Information Engine

Wrapping up 2022 with Robotic Online Intelligence and its Kubro(TM) Information Engine

30 January, 2023

2022 HIGHLIGHTS: 1. PEOPLE INTELLIGENCE - With our new algorithm, the single code works across a range of webpage structures. It allows the monitoring and capture of information about team members/executives directly from companies’ websites. …

Regulators In Digital Assets

Regulators In Digital Assets

26 December, 2022

A lot of action keeps coming on crypto / digital assets from regulators such as SEC and CFTC in the US, and with many more around the world. …

The Covid Wave In Media Narratives

The Covid Wave In Media Narratives

23 December, 2022

China Covid wave and recovery media talk …

Identifying Key Project Updates within Digital Assets

Identifying Key Project Updates within Digital Assets

8 December, 2022

If you are active in digital assets, in particular from a regulatory and legal angle, or looking at the distress cases these days, or monitoring projects and funding …

'Bubble' and 'Bankruptcy' vs BTC

'Bubble' and 'Bankruptcy' vs BTC

22 November, 2022

Digital Assets - Quantifying The Headline Themes. This chart shows the relative word frequencies for the groups of keywords and expressions related to 'bubble' …

Signallium(TM) Digital Assets-Over 3000 Public Sources

Signallium(TM) Digital Assets-Over 3000 Public Sources

10 November, 2022

As the events unfold, Signallium(TM) Digital Assets search and alerts system automatically picks up and filters the relevant announcements and news headlines …

Hong Kong Fintech Week- November 2022

Hong Kong Fintech Week- November 2022

1 November, 2022

Second day today at the Hong Kong Fintech Week, good to …

Signallium™ Digital Assets-SEC Filings

Signallium™ Digital Assets-SEC Filings

27 October, 2022

SEC Filings can be a great source of intelligence for digital assets in terms of breaking news and announcements, presentations, and market data disclosed by major listed players. …

Crypto:The For and Against

Crypto:The For and Against

30 September, 2022

100,000 or 0? No lack of opinions about the world of crypto. Here's our curated selection of pointers to articles and posts in two sets - the positive vs the negative views …

The fragmented world of digital assets

The fragmented world of digital assets

29 September, 2022

The digital asset world is very fragmented. With 10,000+ tokens (Source: Statista), 50+ centralized exchanges (Source: CoinGecko), 220+ decentralized exchanges (Source: CoinGecko) …

Monitoring Capital Activity

Monitoring Capital Activity

26 September, 2022

The GameFi industry is expected to raise USD 10 billion this year which is a 20% increase from last year and a 135% increase in August alone - according to DappRadar. …

Automating market intelligence-what are central banks saying?

Automating market intelligence-what are central banks saying?

21 September, 2022

Here's a simple example of our automation of market intelligence. In this case, we track what around 40 major central banks around the world directly say/post publicly, automatically picking it up, filtering, organizing it into themes, and packaging it into a handy daily email. …

Digital Assets: When new important policy announcements come out

Digital Assets: When new important policy announcements come out

17 September, 2022

Digital Assets: When new important policy announcements come out, just like in the US a few hours ago, along with subsequent reactions and commentaries, Signallium(TM) Digital Assets picks these up automatically …

Robo-Curator Of Information

Robo-Curator Of Information

8 September, 2022

In Signallium(TM) Digital Assets - a search and market intelligence tool for digital assets by Robotic Online Intelligence, we are deploying our 'robo-curator' of information in order to automatically assess what to pay attention to, the shifts in narratives surrounding the key digital assets, through the word frequency indices and similarity analysis. …

Introducing Signallium(TM) Digital Assets

Introducing Signallium(TM) Digital Assets

1 September, 2022

Throughout September, at Robotic Online Intelligence, we will continue with the private beta of Signallium™ Digital Assets - a search and market intelligence tool for digital assets. …

Signallium™ Digital Assets - a search and market intelligence tool

Signallium™ Digital Assets - a search and market intelligence tool

14 July, 2022

At Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI), we have just launched Signallium™ Digital Assets - a search and market intelligence tool that pulls together the fragmented unstructured text information across digital asset domains, based on public sources. …

Integrating Email Newsletters

Integrating Email Newsletters

23 June, 2022

Do you (or your data operations in business) get dozens or more newsletters a day, which you actually do like and you did sign up for as they bring valuable info and ideas …

Kubro Use Case: Monitoring Market Intel on Law Firms

Kubro Use Case: Monitoring Market Intel on Law Firms

13 June, 2022

Here's another illustration of how at Robotic Online Intelligence we think about solving the problem of inefficiency in dealing with fragmented information in private markets in a particular sector. …

Tracking SEC Filings

Tracking SEC Filings

17 May, 2022

Some of the best market information comes from the publicly available disclosures, such as the SEC filings or UK Companies House documents …

Signallium(TM) Data Centers Dashboard and the Latest Quarterly Report on China

Signallium(TM) Data Centers Dashboard and the Latest Quarterly Report on China

8 April, 2022

Just published to clients our Quarterly Market Report on Data Centers in China by Real Estate Foresight / Robotic Online Intelligence. It covers the latest deals, projects, strategies, and policy developments to April 6. …

Before It's News - Tracking Local Info On Chinese Developers In Distress

Before It's News - Tracking Local Info On Chinese Developers In Distress

24 February, 2022

As Chinese developers under financial pressure negotiate with creditors, sell assets, restructure, and modify strategies, our Signallium(TM) China Property market intelligence platform helps clients pick up the latest local information. …

Inflation Talk

Inflation Talk

24 December, 2021

The updated 'Inflation talk' charts. Our relative frequency index from Robotic Online Intelligence for the words 'inflation' and 'inflationary' appearing in the tweets by the mainstream English-language media …

NFTs and The Metaverse

NFTs and The Metaverse

16 December, 2021

A lot is happening in the Metaverse and NFT world... and the new Matrix is coming out before Christmas.  So we've put together a selection of pointers/headlines to the reads on NFTs and the Metaverse …

Tracking VC firms' activity

Tracking VC firms' activity

2 December, 2021

Here's an illustration of how at Robotic Online Intelligence we think about solving the problem of inefficiency of dealing with fragmented information in private markets in a particular sector. …

Into the Metaverse with NFTs…?

Into the Metaverse with NFTs…?

28 November, 2021

Here we measure the relative frequency with which certain keywords appear in the tweets from …

Robotic Online Intelligence At the Hong Kong FinTech Week 2021

Robotic Online Intelligence At the Hong Kong FinTech Week 2021

3 November, 2021

At our stand C82A, presenting the proposition for data companies, research and media firms. …

Automation Temptation: Part 2 of 3

Automation Temptation: Part 2 of 3

24 June, 2021

Databasing unstructured information into a useful format is integral for businesses and there is room for efficiency gains there through automation …

Automation Temptation: Part 1 of 3

Automation Temptation: Part 1 of 3

15 June, 2021

The first of the three notes, sharing how we at Robotic Online Intelligence, a sister venture to Real Estate Foresight. approach the automation of research (market research/intelligence in the investment research context). …

"AI for Real Estate: Practical Case Studies" at PropTech: Asia & Beyond Summit

"AI for Real Estate: Practical Case Studies" at PropTech: Asia & Beyond Summit

24 May, 2021

Robert Ciemniak, Founder-CEO of Real Estate Foresight and Robotic Online Intelligence, participated. in "AI for Real Estate: Practical Case Studies" at PropTech: Asia & Beyond Summit …

Classifying Short-Form Text With Neural Networks – Our Journey So Far

Classifying Short-Form Text With Neural Networks – Our Journey So Far

1 December, 2020

Is it possible to train AI models to accurately classify headline-level text such as tweets, news headlines or company announcements? …

Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) Introduces China Focused Signallium(TM) – Data Centers: Market Intelligence and Signals

Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) Introduces China Focused Signallium(TM) – Data Centers: Market Intelligence and Signals

29 July, 2020

Data Centers, a market signals and intelligence service for foreign investors with exposure to local China data center sector. …

Robotic Online Intelligence Presenting At Robotics Technologies for Public Services Forum

Robotic Online Intelligence Presenting At Robotics Technologies for Public Services Forum

6 July, 2020

From the recent event Technology Forum – Robotics Technologies for Public Services, held at #hkstp …

Open Access Covid-19 Global Impact Tracker Is Live

Open Access Covid-19 Global Impact Tracker Is Live

29 March, 2020

The Covid-19 Global Impact Tracker on Signallium(TM) from Robotic Online Intelligence is now live and freely available with a simple registration with an email. …

Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) Introduces Signallium(TM) – China Property: Market Intelligence and Signals From China Property Markets

Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) Introduces Signallium(TM) – China Property: Market Intelligence and Signals From China Property Markets

16 January, 2020

Robotic Online Intelligence Ltd (ROI), an AI-powered business intelligence and analytics startup, announces the launch of Signallium™ | China Property, a market signals and intelligence service for foreign investors …

Interview With Robert Ciemniak – From Research To Software And AI

Interview With Robert Ciemniak – From Research To Software And AI

15 January, 2020

Briefly sharing how we got from research into software and AI and how we deploy neural networks, a short interview with Robert Ciemniak …

Cryptocurrencies: The TIE launches Crypto SigDev™ in an exclusive partnership with Robotic Online Intelligence

Cryptocurrencies: The TIE launches Crypto SigDev™ in an exclusive partnership with Robotic Online Intelligence

29 September, 2019

From The TIE’s press release: “Included among The TIE Data Services’ offerings is Crypto SigDev™, the first corporate actions and significant development feed for digital assets. The TIE’s Crypto SigDev™ …

We are fans of Regex – “Lookahead and Lookbehind Zero-Length Assertions”

We are fans of Regex – “Lookahead and Lookbehind Zero-Length Assertions”

6 September, 2019

Text. Patterns. Search. The Power of Regular Expressions. Very few people in the business world would be familiar with Regular Expressions (or regex), yet it may be one of the …

On Brexit – What The Media Headlines Are Saying

On Brexit – What The Media Headlines Are Saying

4 September, 2019

The other day we looked at China, and now with the same approach to 6,500 global news headlines covering ‘Brexit’ in English in 2019. …

Western Media On China

Western Media On China

30 August, 2019

Here’s our comparison of the most frequently used words in the major Western media headlines covering China in 2017 vs …

Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) Introduces Kubro(TM): AI-Powered Cloud-Based Data Collection And Research Engine For Business

Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) Introduces Kubro(TM): AI-Powered Cloud-Based Data Collection And Research Engine For Business

28 August, 2019

Designed for data companies and teams collecting information that feeds into their proprietary databases, the Kubro(TM) system promises major time savings and productivity boost …

Introducing GBA Intelligence

Introducing GBA Intelligence

14 March, 2019

The interest in the Guangdong – Hong Kong – Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) has been on the rise since the release of the official blueprint on February 18. …

About Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI)

We started building software in 2016 to automate research at a China property research business Real Estate Foresight (REF) - essentially solving for our own problems. REF is a sister company to ROI. Show More

Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) is excited to announce its membership in the NVIDIA Inception Program.

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  • One thing led to another and ROI started fully with the first enterprise SaaS client deployment of KubroTM in 2018.
  • In 2019-2021, we completed the Cyberport Incubation Programme in Hong Kong SAR.
  • As of early 2025, our largest global clients are based in London and New York.
  • We are self-funded, with a small core in-house team, a group of senior advisors and a network of global collaborators. Plus, that army of robo-analysts.
  • To get in touch, reach out directly to Robert Ciemniak, the Founder-CEO