27
June 2024 - RNS Reach
Windward
Ltd.
("Windward", "the
Company")
Generative AI Launch - MAI
Expert™
Windward unveils MAI
Expert™, a highly innovative Maritime AI Virtual Agent powered by
Generative AI to benefit Global Trade and Risk
Management
Windward (LSE: WNWD), a leading
Maritime AI™ company, announced today the
launch of a Generative AI-powered Maritime AI Expert aptly
called MAI
Expert™. The virtual agent is a
maritime subject matter expert that understands the business and
its customers. It is powered by Generative AI and trained on
Windward's proprietary insights and maritime risk expertise,
delivering rapid and demonstrable return on investment through
increased productivity.
The maritime and logistics
industries face significant challenges, including a shortage of
human expertise and decreased productivity due to complex risk
management requirements. Repetitive tasks are also a large
contributor to decreased productivity, often bogging down workers
with monotonous tasks that could be streamlined or
automated.
To address these challenges,
Windward's MAI Expert™ leverages the broad selection of
high-performing foundation models (FMs) available in Amazon Bedrock
and equips those FMs with proprietary maritime logistics data to
deliver more relevant and accurate responses. This enhances
efficiency, reduces vessel screening and investigation times, and
offers automation capabilities. This virtual expert is trained with
deep knowledge in general maritime operations, sanctions
regulations, and Windward's unique data repository, enabling it to
perform comprehensive vessel risk assessments rapidly.
Ami
Daniel, CEO and Co-Founder of Windward said:
"Generative AI is not just a
technology for Windward; it's a key step in our journey as we seek
to optimise global trade with AI and with our differentiator - our
own data. By integrating Generative AI into our platform, we are
not only leveraging our leading AI models but also enhancing our
technological foundations to provide unmatched productivity and
seamless automation for our customers. The introduction of MAI
Expert™ within vessel profiles is just the first step in our
extensive Generative AI roadmap, and we are looking forward to
implementing more tools to provide value for our
customers."
The initial implementation of MAI
Expert™ is in the Windward vessel profile, where MAI Expert™
analyses various risk parameters, including global regulatory risk
indicators, P&I insurance, and specific customer-defined
settings (Organization Defined Risk), to generate detailed vessel
profile risk assessments. The agent also scans and analyses news
outlets for any adverse media regarding that vessel. MAI
Expert™ generates risk assessments that highlight potential red
flags and provide actionable recommendations. The agent also has
the ability to draft external communications for further inquiries,
standardising and streamlining the entire risk management process
and we believe that it will cut down screening and investigation
times by approximately 20 minutes per screening. Overall, we
believe MAI Expert™ will provide a tangible return on investment
per user which could start from 5x for small organisations and up
to 88x for large ones which have a significant screening
volume.
For
more information, please contact:
Windward
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Via Alma
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Irit Singer, CMO
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Canaccord Genuity (Nominated
Adviser & Broker)
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+44(0)20 7523 8000
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Simon Bridges / Andrew
Potts
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Alma Strategic Communications
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+44(0)20 3405 0205
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Caroline Forde / Kieran Breheny /
Will Merison
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About Windward
Windward (LSE:WNWD), is a leading Maritime AI™ company, providing an
all-in-one platform to accelerate global trade. Windward's
AI-powered decision support and exception management platform
offers a 360° view of the maritime ecosystem and enables
stakeholders to make real time, predictive intelligence-driven
decisions to achieve business and operational readiness.
Windward's Maritime AI supports
companies across industries. The company's clients range
from energy supermajors, shipowners, mining
companies, freight forwarders, and port authorities, to banks,
insurers, and governmental organizations.
For more information visit:
https://windward.ai/.
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