PRESS RELEASEMSCI Expands Partnership with Google Cloud toAccelerate Generative AI Solutions for theInvestment Industry
New generative AI-enabled solutions from MSCI, powered by Google Cloud, will help investors
identify and manage risks and opportunities, fuel innovation, and speed decision making
NEW YORK – August 29, 2023 – MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of critical decision
support tools and services for the global investment community, today announced an expansion of its
partnership with Google Cloud to accelerate the development of generative AI (gen AI) solutions forthe investment industry. Powered by Google Cloud’s gen AI platform Vertex AI and climate technology,
including BigQuery Geospatial and Earth Engine, the solutions will help MSCI clients better manage
portfolio risks and opportunities and make informed investment decisions.
The partnership will focus on three key areas:●●●Risk Signals: MSCI will combine its proprietary data and analytics with Google Cloud’s gen AI
solutions to provide an overview of portfolio and enterprise level risk designed to significantly
reduce the time clients need to analyze and arrive at actionable insights. This solution will help
portfolio and risk managers more easily synthesize and rapidly act on significant volumes ofrisk signals from their portfolios, while also fostering greater collaboration between risk andportfolio management teams to build more resilient portfolios.
Conversational AI: Google Cloud’s gen AI will also power MSCI’s new conversational AI
solution for its portfolio and risk management solutions. This capability will use natural
language processing to simulate human language and generate responses that can enableclients to quickly answer questions and surface information about their portfolios and MSCI
data, models, and solutions.
Climate Generative AI: MSCI and Google Cloud will work together to leverage Google’s gen AI
technologies to help investors measure and manage portfolio exposure to climate risk andidentify low carbon investment opportunities. With these advanced AI technologies, MSCI will
make it easier for investors to identify, synthesize, and communicate the broad range ofclimate exposures across asset classes.

“The AI revolution has led to rising expectations among companies and investors, who want faster
access to higher-quality data, analytics, and actionable insights,” said Henry Fernandez, Chairman andChief Executive Officer, MSCI. “Expanding our partnership with Google Cloud will help MSCI addressthese needs while keeping us at the forefront of advanced data technologies. It will also help us
provide new solutions for investors working to decarbonize their portfolios.”"The investment industry has long been fueled by AI and machine learning, which MSCI has beenusing for years. However, advancement in generative AI has jump-started a revolution in our industry,"added Jigar Thakkar, Chief Technology Officer, MSCI. “We are excited to collaborate with Google
Cloud to accelerate the development of generative AI solutions, which will aim to offer investors
deeper data-driven insights, enhanced decision-making capabilities, and accelerated portfolioimplementation. With the power of generative AI and LLMs, we are advancing towards ourcommitment to help investors build better portfolios with enhanced insights.”“Generative AI is driving the next evolution of financial services as investment professionals look forbetter and faster ways to monitor portfolios, generate new insights, and scale the speed of decisionmaking,” said Thomas Kurian, CEO, Google Cloud. “Our partnership with MSCI to build generative AIpowered solutions will not only help risk and portfolio management teams better collaborate andunlock insights, but also will enable MSCI’s clients to build more climate-resilient portfolios.”-EndsAbout MSCI Inc.
MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investmentcommunity. With over 50 years of expertise in research, data, and technology, we power better
investment decisions by enabling clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return andconfidently build more effective portfolios. We create industry-leading research-enhanced solutions
that clients use to gain insight into and improve transparency across the investment process.

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