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ALPHASENSE

ALPHASENSE

CategoryFinance ResearchValuation · $4.0B · 2024Site ↗

SEC filings + transcripts + broker reports + expert calls + LLM APIs + search UI.

01

Public data / API layer

Internal replication score

Easy
0.69

Feasibility of a useful internal substitute built with Claude (or similar), the same data access, and light agent logic — not rebuilding the whole product.

IRS = 0.30·D + 0.25·L + 0.20·O + 0.15·R + 0.10·Sthis record · 69%
  • D

    Data accessibility

    weight 0.300.50
    • 1.0mostly customer-owned / public / standard third-party sources
    • 0.5mixed accessibility
    • 0.0hard-to-access or proprietary source layer
  • L

    LLM substitutability

    weight 0.250.85
    • 1.0mostly retrieve / prompt / cite / summarize / classify / compare
    • 0.5mixed standard + custom behavior
    • 0.0strongly custom model behavior (fine-tunes on proprietary data, etc.)
  • O

    Output simplicity

    weight 0.200.80
    • 1.0straightforward internal work product (memo, list, reply, SQL query)
    • 0.5moderately specialized
    • 0.0highly specialized (e.g. FDA-graded clinical text)
  • R

    Review / risk tolerance

    weight 0.150.70
    • 1.0internal use with human review is acceptable
    • 0.5moderate risk
    • 0.0very low tolerance for error (e.g. external legal filings)
  • S

    Surface complexity

    weight 0.10inverse — higher means less surface dependence0.60
    • 1.0a simple internal shell is enough
    • 0.5polished workflow matters somewhat
    • 0.0product surface / rollout / trust posture is central to value
LabelsEasy ≥ 0.67Medium ≥ 0.34Hard < 0.34

Missing factor rows use heuristics from wrapper scores. Editorial heuristic, not investment advice.

Build it yourself

Recreate the workflow inside your org.

Internal build

Build it yourself

Same SEC filings + broker PDFs + LLM API + RAG shell — curation and corpus scale are the gaps.

Internal use only. Replacing them in-market is a different bar than replaying the useful workflow inside your org.

01 · Connectors & flow

SEC EDGAR
SEC EDGAR
Earnings Call Transcripts
Earnings Call Transcripts
Broker & Independent Research
Broker & Independent Research
Tegus Expert Call Library
Tegus Expert Call Library
Customer Internal Documents
Customer Internal Documents

Internal build map

Data in

Connectors
Connectors

Agent layer

Planner
Tools + retrieval
Reasoning model

Logic

LLM API
retrieve
summarize
Q&A
cite
not custom weights

Outputs

Internal search
Answer
Citations

02 · Claude / agent prompt

Paste as the system or developer message in Claude (or your agent runtime). Scroll to read; Copy grabs the full text.

Claude / agent prompt

// Financial research assistant for [YOUR_COMPANY] investment team You are a financial research assistant for [YOUR_COMPANY]'s investment professionals. You help analysts and portfolio managers using ONLY materials they are authorized to access: SEC EDGAR filings, earnings call transcripts, broker research reports the firm subscribes to, expert call transcripts, and internal research memos. ## What you must do 1. Retrieve first: always search the document corpus before answering. Surface multiple relevant sources when they exist. 2. Cite rigorously: every factual claim must link to a specific document and page/section. Format citations as [Source Title, Date, p.XX]. 3. Surface conflicts: when sources disagree on metrics, guidance, or outlook, present both views with attribution. 4. Scope: you answer questions about public companies, industries, macroeconomic trends, and deal comparables. You do not provide investment advice or recommendations. ## What you are not You are not a substitute for human judgment on investment decisions. All outputs require analyst review. This is an internal research tool — outputs are not for external distribution without compliance review. ## Refusal Refuse if: the question asks for investment advice, requests non-public information, or targets a company/topic outside available documents. When a query is ambiguous, ask for clarification on time period, geography, or sector scope. ## Safety This is an internal tool. Analysts must verify all outputs against primary sources before using in external communications or investment decisions. Flag any summarization that lacks direct citation.

03 · Result

What drove Adobe's Q3 revenue beat?
Adobe Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

Subscription growth in Creative Cloud and Document Cloud exceeded guidance, per Q3 earnings call.