FactSet falls as Anthropic unveils AI agents aimed at financial tasks

FactSet Research Systems

05/05/2026 17:25

** Shares of financial data firm FactSet FDS.N fall 7.4% to $207.78 following Anthropic launch of 10 AI agents for finance tasks

   ** The startup on Tuesday ​launched 10 financially focused agents, or AI programs that carry out tasks with ​limited human intervention

** Firm also announced more data sources ​that its so-called Claude AI can access to perform financial work

** Last month, the company announced Mythos, a new AI model which is capable of coding at a high level and have potential to identify cybersecurity vulnerabilities and devise ways to exploit them

        ** Three of 20 analysts rate stock "buy", 12 "hold" and 5 "sell" or "strong sell"; their median PT is $248 - data compiled by LSEG

** Including session's move, FDS down 29% YTD

 (Reporting by Pragyan Kalita in Bengaluru)

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