That’s why today we’re launching Lightyear AI – your pocket-sized research desk that cuts through the noise and puts professional-grade market intelligence right where you manage your portfolio. No paywalls. No jargon. No losing track of 17 open tabs.
"Our mission at Lightyear is to create successful investors, and AI is an increasingly important part of our journey in levelling the playing field. Access to high quality market insights and sophisticated tools has historically been a privilege reserved for institutional investors, leaving retail investors to sift and decode the market themselves. We’re using AI to bridge these gaps, to help people make better-informed investing decisions in real time. Insight build confidence, and confidence unlocks investing potential on a huge scale."
Martin Sokk
Co-founder and CEO at Lightyear
From today, Lightyear users can interact with what's happening in the market and their portfolio in a whole new way:
Bulls say / Bears say
For any stock, get a side-by-side breakdown of the strongest arguments for and against the investment – pulled from trusted publications and analyst sentiment. No more hunting through ten tabs to see if the market’s optimistic or worried.
Lightning Updates
See digestible news summaries pop up the moment a stock in your portfolio or watchlist moves significantly. Whether it’s an earnings surprise or a sector-wide shift, you’ll know instantly – without leaving your portfolio view.
Why Did It Move?
Tap any point on a stock’s chart – for example, Nvidia’s surge in May 2024 – and see a one-screen summary of the key drivers: earnings beats, AI-chip demand, semiconductor-sector momentum, and more. Then scroll back in time to explore past events with the same contextual clarity.
The future of AI at Lightyear
This market intelligence phase is just the beginning. In the coming months, we’ll roll out two more phases of Lightyear AI:
- Personal portfolio view: giving investors tailored metrics, risk analytics, and automated rebalancing recommendations;
- Money management: such as cash-flow forecasts, savings nudges, and goal-tracking
Each phase builds on the last, guiding you from understanding to action, so you can invest with confidence, every step of the way.
We believe AI will drive a lot of technological progress in the next 5-10 years, so it's an integral part of our long-term strategy. Our new AI-powered market intelligence tools are just the beginning. From portfolio analysis, to contextual tax help, to self-driving money based on personal financial goals, the possibilities are incredibly exciting. Think portfolio breakdowns that tell you where you're overexposed, insights into how your investments are performing, and tools which make sense of the vast complexity and information overload associated with financial markets. These will take time to build, but technical building blocks are finally getting there, and the investment into AI at the moment is telling us that the momentum is there. If you think AI in the financial sector is just a phase, you're mistaken. Companies that are building with this in mind will be the ones that succeed in the long run
Martin Sokk
Co-founder and CEO at Lightyear
Log into Lightyear and explore smarter, simpler investing, powered by the latest advances in artificial intelligence.
Stay tuned for updates on our next releases, and thanks for being part of the journey so far! We’re building this platform based on your feedback, so all thoughts and comments are welcome.
Disclaimer
Remember, when you invest, your capital is at risk.
Paula is a Communications Specialist at Lightyear, sharing news about the platform across the media and investor communities with a focus on Hungary, Spain, Portugal and Germany. She’s worked in marketing and communications across a variety of sectors over four years, and ran her own marketing agency for the better part of two years.
