Technology
Eton Solutions Launches AI Solution For Family Offices
The US-headquartered business said the solution is a ground-breaker for the world's family offices industry.
Eton
Solutions, which provides cloud-based services for family
offices, has launched EtonGPT™, which it says is the world’s
first generative AI module for family offices globally.
EtonGPT™ integrates the transactional capabilities of Eton
Solution's ERP [enterprise resource planning] platform, it
said.
The launch shows how the firm is using AI to change how family
offices – a sector not traditionally known for technological
sophistication – operate.
Eton Solutions was created by Eton Advisors, a multi-family
office, about a decade ago. In May last year, Eton Solutions
launched what it said was an industry-first Administrative Family
Office (AFO)™. This is for ultra-high net worth families,
starting from $25 million in assets, offering the same
capabilities as large SFOs. In September 2023, Eton Solutions
opened an office in the United Arab Emirates; it also established
an international headquarters in Singapore.
The new offering
Eton Solutions will enable most of the 750 families on its
AtlasFive® platform to use the AI service. It will be exclusively
available to AtlasFive®.
The new offering will integrate data stored in documents with
transaction data on AtlasFive®.
Several of Eton Solutions clients, including Shade Tree Advisors
(US), Todd Family Office (New Zealand) and Aglaia Family Office
(Singapore) have been using this new AI-enabled
platform.
“Our AtlasFive® solution was the first to offer a centralized
data platform that had integrated structured data processing
across accounting, investment and tax functions,” Satyen Patel,
Eton Solutions’ executive chairman, said. “AI is increasingly
being deployed across businesses. While family offices have
largely remained rooted in manual processes, with the integration
of AI, they will undergo an unparalleled change, making them
resilient and future-ready.”
Timothy Macherone, chief operating officer of Shade Tree
Advisors, added: "I do not doubt that EtonGPT™ can be a potential
game-changer. In deploying the AI-based technology, which
involved leveraging EtonGPT™ to automate our document
organization and retention processes, we reduced human
involvement by 50 per cent and met our accuracy
goals.
“Similarly, we see countless opportunities to unlock efficiencies
in our legacy processes through the use of EtonGPT™ in many
verticals, including calculating and posting mark-to-markets on
private investments, logging invoice information, and summarizing
estate planning documents,” Macherone said.