Helios and Evan Schnidman, Strategic Advisor, Featured by Reuters

NEW YORK, October 20, 2021 - Helios Life Enterprises, pioneer in voice-based tonal analysis, and Helios Strategic Advisor, Evan Schnidman, were featured in the Reuters article, AI can see through you: CEOs' language under machine microscope.

Reuters discusses the increasing popularity of natural language processing (NLP) used to analyze executives' words and tone of voice as investors look to gain valuable conversational intelligence:  "Some investors nonetheless see the technology - known as natural language processing (NLP) - as one new tool to gain an edge over rivals. They [Investors] say traditional financial data and corporate statements are so heavily mined nowadays that they offer little value."  

The interviews highlighted by Reuters demonstrate the growing demand for alternative data beyond text. So investors can understand how well a company is doing on a daily basis rather than quarterly. Tonal analysis only increases efficiency by giving investors the opportunity to get inside the executive boardroom leaving NLP in the dust.

Evan Schnidman - Helios Strategic Advisor - comments, “Over the last decade, using NLP to perform text-based sentiment analysis has become a common tool for portfolio managers and investment analysts. As a result, text-based tools have ceased giving investors an edge, making tonal analysis a highly attractive avenue to generating outsized investment returns.”

To learn more about the value of voice-based tonal analysis, read our white paper authored by Helios Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Gerwin Schalk.

About Helios Life Enterprises

Helios Life Enterprises (HLE) is a pioneer in voice-based tonal analysis. HLE is the first and currently only company to conceive and devise a widely available data platform that delivers systematic analytics of an executive’s voice during critical corporate events. These analytics provide novel information that is useful for predicting future earnings surprises, company performance, and cumulative abnormal returns in the context of M&A events. Core product offerings include the Comprehend product suite for buy-side investors of all sizes and in limited pilot Mercury; a scaled research and audio analytics platform that allows a firm to extract full tonal value from their own proprietary audio.

For more information or to request a demonstration, please visit https://www.helioslife.enterprises/.

About Evan Schnidman

Evan A. Schnidman, Ph.D. is the founder and Managing Partner of EAS Innovation Consulting and was previously the Founder and CEO of Prattle (acquired by Liquidnet), as well as the Head of Data Innovation at Liquidnet. Evan’s expertise in innovation has afforded him the opportunity to consult with C-suite executives at numerous large corporations.

Evan also serves as a board or advisory board member to a diverse set of startups across finance, insurance, law, and policy. Evan started his career as an academic; he earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University and served as faculty at Brown University.

About Reuters

Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial, national, and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events, and directly to consumers.

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