This Financial Firm Can Give Investment Advice in Gen Z Slang, No Cap
Arta, a wealth-management startup, is using mobile apps and AI tools to reach young millionaires.
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Artificial intelligence is coming to the world of investment advice, and it can speak in Gen Z slang.
That is the pitch from Arta Finance, a wealth-management startup led by an ex-Google executive and backed by the former chief executive of Swiss-banking stalwart UBS.
Arta is rolling out an AI assistant that can dispense financial advice in spoken conversations—and in any preferred tone and argot. Even for the 20-something millionaire set.
“Low-key gonna break down ur investment plan rn,” the Arta assistant says, responding to a client’s query on his investment portfolio. “No cap, ur portfolio is fire!”
“No cap” is an assurance that the statement that preceded or followed it is indeed factual.
The AI tool won’t recommend any investments that don’t match customers’ stated appetite for taking risks.
And it definitely won’t trade on its own without the users’ consent—it isn’t that kind of artificial intelligence.
But it can walk through the pros and cons of specific stocks, point out cost-saving tax strategies and offer advice on how someone might tweak their investment strategy if they take a pay cut.
Many wealth managers are exploring ways that AI can support human advisers behind the scenes, said Shirl Penney , CEO of Dynasty Financial Partners, a platform for independent advisers. But bots that engage directly with clients are still relatively rare.
“It’s really about utilizing AI to minimize some of the back office operations,” Penney said, adding that the tools can be used to fill out forms or draft notes to clients.
“It’s still pretty hard for AI to tell someone they should sell their business or that they should retire—or to give advice when they’re going through a tough life event, like a divorce.”
Arta, led by Caesar Sengupta, is betting that younger, digital-native Americans will value mobile apps, convenience and lower fees over the face-to-face advice their parents and grandparents received from traditional financial advisers.
“This is essentially a relationship that is available on your phone at any point in time,” said Sengupta, Arta’s CEO and co-founder.
Arta, whose platform is also available through a desktop app, isn’t the only upstart wealth-management firm to tout its mobile services or even push into AI.
Just last week, Robinhood Markets unveiled an AI assistant for its brokerage platform.
And with fees on many financial services under siege from low-cost options, many banks and brokerages are eager to provide financial advice to a wealthier clientele who pay higher fees.
Arta’s platform is currently only available to accredited investors, meaning users will need well over six figures in assets to qualify. The company is also looking to license its technology to other financial firms, Sengupta said.
Ralph Hamers, the former CEO of UBS and then ING, said AI tools like Arta’s can reshape the financial-advice industry. He doesn’t think AI is coming for financial advisers’ jobs.
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With US$40 million already committed, the Global Talent Fund is attracting investor attention with a strategy focused on building globally scalable consumer brands alongside high-profile talent.
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A new investment fund targeting celebrity-founded consumer brands has secured US$40 million in commitments and is rapidly approaching its US$50 million fundraising target, signalling growing investor appetite for alternative opportunities beyond traditional asset classes.
The Global Talent Fund, which has a maximum raise of US$100 million, focuses on building and investing in consumer businesses alongside celebrities, athletes, and influential personalities who play an active role as co-founders rather than simply endorsing products.
The strategy is based on the belief that changes in consumer behaviour, particularly the rise of social media and digital engagement, have fundamentally altered how brands are built and scaled.
GTF founding partner Jeremy Hunt, who is helping lead the fund’s strategy, said consumers increasingly feel connected to personalities they follow online and are more willing to support products developed by those individuals.
“Consumers are searching for content to engage with, and when a celebrity they like or follow takes them on the journey of creating a product or brand, they genuinely feel part of that process,” he said.
The fund is targeting high-growth consumer sectors including wellness, hydration, beauty and recovery, areas Hunt believes continue to benefit from strong global demand and ongoing innovation.
Rather than backing celebrity endorsement deals, the fund is seeking businesses where talent is deeply involved in product development, brand creation and long-term growth.
According to Hunt, authenticity remains one of the biggest differentiators between successful celebrity-backed brands and those that fail.
“The consumer can see clearly if someone is simply being paid to promote a product,” he said. “The winners are typically the brands where the celebrity has genuinely helped build the business from the ground up.”
The model has attracted support from several prominent Australian investors and business families, reflecting broader interest in alternative investments with global growth potential.
Hunt said consumer brands offered a level of tangibility that many investors found appealing.
“Consumer brands are what we touch, feel, smell and taste every day,” he said. “Our investors understand the growth potential in the model, but they also want to be part of the journey.”
The fund’s rapid progress towards its fundraising target comes amid growing recognition that celebrity influence, when combined with strong commercial execution and scalable business models, can create significant enterprise value.
With several high-profile celebrity-founded businesses generating billion-dollar exits in recent years, supporters of the strategy believe the opportunity remains in its early stages.
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