EP942: The business cases for large language models in trade finance

EP942: The business cases for large language models in trade finance

Author: IBS Intelligence Podcasts | A Cedar Consulting Unit December 17, 2025 Duration: 12:11
Chandrasekhar Somasekhar, Chief Technology Officer, cleareye.ai The business of trade finance is traditionally exhaustively documented but mix in a large language model (LLM) and that business can suddenly become much less of a challenge for those who must review the documentation. Chandrasekhar Somasekhar is CTO of cleareye.ai and also leads the firm’s Product Engineering team. He discusses the adoption and use cases of LLMs in trade finance with Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence.

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Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 100

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