Microsoft and Inait to Develop Brain-Inspired AI for Finance and Robotics

Inait’s technology is based on over 20 years of brain research and incorporates 18 million lines of code designed to simulate mammalian brain function, according to Henry Markram, Inait’s founder. Markram previously led the Blue Brain Project and the Human Brain Project, large-scale efforts to digitally simulate rodent and human brains.

Inait’s AI models are built on a proprietary Digital Brain Operating System that encodes, processes, and decodes information in a way modeled on biological neural activity. The models use a "Causal Learning Rule", which allows them to learn from cause-and-effect relationships rather than relying solely on pattern recognition and correlation. This mechanism lets the AI adapt in real time, adjusting to new inputs and changing conditions as they happen. Inait’s models are built to get smarter over time by learning from ongoing interactions with their environment.

The company’s Fusion AI framework combines digital brain architectures with state-of-the-art AI techniques, including large language models (LLMs), convolutional neural networks (CNNs), and graph neural networks (GNNs). This hybrid approach allows Inait’s models to perform complex tasks involving perception, decision-making, and interaction. The system also includes a "Neural Code" layer that manages how neurons in the model encode and interpret information, reportedly enabling more efficient data processing and enhanced resilience to missing or corrupted inputs.

The partnership will initially target two key areas:

• In finance, the companies plan to develop trading algorithms and risk management tools capable of adjusting to market changes more dynamically. 
• In robotics, the models will be used to create industrial robots that can better respond to complex and shifting environments.

Adir Ron, Microsoft’s EMEA Cloud & AI Director for Startups, described the collaboration as “moving beyond traditional data-based models to digital brains capable of true cognition.”

Beyond finance and robotics, Inait’s broader strategy involves applying its models to a wide range of industries. In healthcare, Inait is working on AI-driven personal health assistants capable of tracking and managing long-term health conditions. Its AI is designed to model disease progression and recommend optimized treatment plans based on individual patient profiles, aiming to improve care management and treatment outcomes. The company also reports working on applications in autonomous vehicles, gaming, and virtual reality

Henry Markram co-founded Inait with Kamila Markram, CEO of scientific publishing platform Frontiers, and Steve Koltes, former Co-Chairman of private equity firm CVC. The company, based in Lausanne and founded in 2016, reports that its technology is built on research involving 1,100 scientists and engineers and has received $300 million in funding.