Event Recap: BattleFin Discovery Day London 2026
Photo: BattleFin Discovery Day London 2026
Last week, our BattleFin team brought together innovators shaping the future of investment research for a full day at The Chancery Rosewood, and what a day it was.
Discovery Day London 2026 saw a record turnout, the content sessions were much appreciated, and the networking opportunities priceless.
The positive feedback we got from the alternative data and AI community made our day.
Here’s a brief recap of the event and a gallery of images.
BattleFin Discovery Day London 2026 Event Recap
BattleFin Discovery Day London, themed "Leveraging Alt Data in an AI-Driven World," highlighted how frontier AI models are rapidly transitioning from simple chat tools into autonomous research agents and "Chief of Staff" assistants across investment workflows.
From building AI agents with Anthropic, to exploring how AI is rebuilding the investment research stack, forecasting refiner earnings ahead of the print, examining the coming capex supercycle, discovering new datasets and applications from across the BattleFin community - the conversations covered a huge amount of ground.
Key industry presentations showcased advanced alternative datasets—such as Kpler’s refiner earnings forecasting, JATO’s automotive retail insights, and S&P Global’s analysis of a historic $5.3 trillion capex supercycle among top tech firms—while recurring panel discussions emphasized that while AI drastically compresses data clean-up, coding, and signal generation, human judgment, rigorous post-cost testing, and domain expertise remain critical to maintaining a true investment edge.
But as always, the best part of BattleFin is arguably what happens between the sessions where the experience and human connection prevails: The introductions, one-to-one meetings, new ideas, unexpected conversations, anecdotes, and connections that continue long after the event ends.
A huge thank you to all of our speakers, sponsors, data & AI solutions providers, partners and buy-side attendees who joined us and made the day what it was — and to everyone behind the scenes who helped bring it all together.
Next stop: Discovery Day New York 2026.
