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Diving overview:
- banking acceleration Venture investment in AI The company is focused on platforms, financial technology, software as a service, and cybersecurity. Evident Insights’ AI Ventures Tracker report released Thursday. Report trajectory 50 global banks made a total of 199 technology venture investments in 2025.
- AI-specific investments by banks outperformed the overall market. 21% compound annual growth ratepopular technology venture deals have grownt 8% annually from 2023 to 2025found in the report. This investment aligns with our efforts to embed AI into critical operations, scale our technology, and build the foundational infrastructure to protect organizations from AI threats.
- Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs Topping the AI trading volume leaderboard, 6 out of 10 people Most active bank in US-based AI venture capital
Dive Insight:
U.S. financial services companies are accelerating investments in AI toward 2026, as the industry looks to improve operational efficiency primarily through agent technology.
In 2025, Citi Ventures, Goldman Sachs Growth Equity and BNY back enterprise platform provider Conquest Planning; According to Evident Insights, this is one of the top AI deals of the year. The fintech startup uses AI to assess customers’ financial information and provide plan options and advice.
Conquest Planning aims to use agent AI over the long term to take action based on the advice generated, and investment banks can benefit from this, Evident found.
“Breaking this would transform the investment from an operational benefit to a venture-style return,” one report said. Overview of obvious insights.
AI adoption is expected to increase across industries. 42% of US financial companies plan to Increase internal AI investment by 50% or moreaccording to a report from a software company. finastra. Spending is increasing as banks build AI platforms and evaluate where technologies such as agents fit into their workflows.
Citi, ranked by Evident Insights as one of the most active banks in AI venture capital, recently AI-powered collaboration features space Within Stylus Workspaces, the bank’s AI platform. This feature was added after the launch of the bank agent AI tools on the platform of september.
meanwhile, goldman sachs The company, another leader in AI volume, has identified six business processes that it wants to reimagine with the help of AI. Improve efficiency and productivity, CEO David Solomon says:
“If we can rework our processes and make our operations more efficient and flexible, we can free up more capacity from an efficiency standpoint to invest in growth areas,” Solomon said at the bank’s meeting. Announcement of financial results for the fourth quarter of 2025 in January.
As banks invest heavily in AI, the industry will also look to the platforms of big tech companies to build agents that align with their brand, compliance and service standards, the paper said. Accenture’s key banking trends for 2026. Humanities and InfosysFor example, the recently announced agent build plan Customized for the financial services sector.
According to Accenture, Agentic AI is expected to move from early adoption to broader adoption and scale this year.
“Large banks are deploying AI agents across their operations, collaborating with employees to independently handle defined tasks.” Andrew Young, Managing Director and Global Talent and Organization Leader for Financial Services at Accenture, wrote in the report. “These changes are rapidly changing the nature of work and will ultimately enable new efficiencies and growth.”
