Investors are adopting AI research tools faster than most public companies expected. Across our first thirteen IR Agent deployments, thousands of investor questions and high registration rates show a clear trend. When investors are given accurate, evidence based answers tied directly to filings, they prefer this channel over traditional IR websites. This behavior signals a shift in how investors want to consume information and sets a new standard for transparency in public markets.
What Early Usage Tells Us About How Investors Want to Interact With AI
The past several months have confirmed what we believed when we built Versance. Investors want fast, accurate access to verified information, and they prefer AI tools that can provide answers grounded directly in official disclosures. Public companies are beginning to recognize that shift, and our early deployments show how quickly investor behavior is evolving.
Today, Versance IR Agents are live across thirteen public companies spanning blockchain, mining, biotech, clean technology, and resources. These companies include, ALT5 Sigma, Integra Resources, Amerigo Resources, BacTech Environmental, and Medicenna Therapeutics to name a few. Each of these issuers are giving investors something they have not had before: an evidence-based AI interface that returns answers tied directly to filings, corporate disclosures, and time-aware company information.
What Investors Are Doing With These Agents
Across the first set of deployments, investors have already asked more than 4,250 questions. These questions represent approximately 1,900 unique users. The pattern that stands out is how quickly investors adopt the tool once they try it.
Within the first thirty days, 73% of visitors to these IR Agents convert into registered users. That conversion rate is high by any industry standard, and it speaks to something fundamental. Investors do not just want access to documents. They want access to clarity.
Once registered, users ask an average of six questions per session. They explore filings, compare updates, check sequential disclosures, and verify information that is often time consuming to locate in traditional IR sites. Month over month, registered users are growing by 66 percent, with 40 percent repeat engagement. This is not passive traffic. It is active research behavior.
These numbers confirm a core truth about modern investor communication. If you give people a tool that returns accurate, evidence-backed responses in seconds, they will use it.
Why This Matters for Public Companies
Retail investors now represent more than 20 percent of U.S. equity trading volume, and 41 percent of new brokerage accounts are opened by investors under 45. This demographic is comfortable using AI for research. They want information that can be checked, cited, and trusted.
Public companies have a responsibility to meet investors where they already are. Traditional IR websites were built for static documents and passive browsing. They were not designed for interactive research or for the speed at which retail and institutional audiences now expect answers.
AI can only play a role in this environment if it operates with discipline. That means accuracy, provenance, and time awareness. A single incorrect answer can create confusion or contradict a filing. This is why the Versance platform prioritizes verification over generation. Every answer must be anchored to evidence and must be traceable.
The Shift Toward Compliance Grade AI
The press release we issued this week outlined the standard that public companies should expect from AI. Compliance grade is a discipline. It requires a structured methodology.
Retrieval strategies designed around where official truth lives
Strict time and provenance logic
Reformulation and re-searching until enough evidence is collected
Surface uncertainty when information is incomplete
Permanent evaluators that gate product updates to prevent regressions
Audit trails that show exactly how an answer was formed
In internal testing based on real questions from public company investors, the platform achieved approximately 99 percent answer appropriateness. That metric measures whether a response aligns with on-record facts, avoids speculation, and respects regulated disclosure boundaries. This is the standard needed for AI to operate safely in investor relations.
A New Pattern in Investor Engagement
Across the thirteen companies using Versance IR Agents today, we are watching a shift in real time. Investors are choosing AI research interfaces when the answers are reliable. They prefer structured, citation backed clarity over long document searches. They return when the experience helps them understand a company faster and with more confidence.
This is an early signal of how IR will evolve. Companies that give investors verified, easy-to-access answers will earn trust. Companies that rely solely on traditional IR websites will begin to feel outdated.
What Comes Next
Versance will continue to work with issuers across North America to expand IR Agent deployments and deepen the evidence-first capabilities of the platform. Our mission remains unchanged. Build AI that is accurate, auditable, and aligned with the disclosure standards of public markets.
Investors are already choosing tools that reflect these priorities. The companies that adopt them early will lead the next chapter of trust and transparency in capital markets.
Read the full press release here: Business Wire