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Rogo

Rogo builds AI agents that run banking workflows on confidential deal data and market feeds.

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Assessed 29 July 2026 · Evidence as of 29 July 2026
Something worth protecting exists and is being tested right now.
On the recordSince 29 July 2026 · Checkable from H2 2026 · Every call on the record Checkpoint: Integration of Offset and Plux AI acquisitions completes and London office scales
The call

Rogo sits inside confidential banking workflows that neither terminal vendors nor frontier labs have matched yet, though both are moving toward the same ground.

Rogo makes software that helps investment bankers analyze secret deal information by connecting to the tools they already use, like Excel, PowerPoint, and financial data services. It is hard to copy right now because Rogo keeps confidential client information locked inside banking workflows and has teams of people who make sure everything stays compliant with regulations. Bloomberg Terminal, FactSet, and S&P Capital IQ could threaten Rogo by adding AI features to their own existing platforms where bankers already work; they have not done this convincingly yet, but they have the power to. The other watch is whether big AI companies like OpenAI or Google build their own finance products and hire sales teams to sell them to banks directly, which they are reportedly working on but have not shipped yet.

Why
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AI pressure: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google building native finance-agent products. Frontier labs are assembling finance sales teams and agents, but none yet has per-firm compliant data connectors Rogo already has. Could AI do the core job? Only partly.
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Bigger players: Bloomberg Terminal, FactSet, S&P Capital IQ Pro. BloombergGPT is live and terminal vendors could add agentic layers on top of installed terminals already inside every bank. Could a giant copy it? Probably.
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What protects it. Permissioned access to live deal rooms and MNPI, plus Excel/PowerPoint integration and bankers doing last-mile compliance work.
What would change this call
Bloomberg, FactSet, or S&P Capital IQ ships a working agentic layer on its terminal with enterprise adoption. Would show incumbents can replicate Rogo's workflow moat and pull bulge-bracket clients away.
OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google launches a native finance agent with per-firm compliant data connectors winning bank deals. Would show frontier labs can breach the compliance/data-integration layer Rogo relies on.
Rogo discloses actual ARR or renewal rates at its 250+ institution client base. Would confirm whether its $2B valuation is backed by real growth or still unproven.
Key numbers
  • $160M Series D at ~$2B valuation, led by Kleiner Perkins (2026-04-29)
  • 35,000+ users across 250+ financial institutions (2026-04-29)
  • Hallucination rate cut from 34.1% to 3.9% after model switch (2026)
Named risks
  • Core intelligence rented from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, exposing Rogo to pricing or access changes. Severity: high
  • Bloomberg, FactSet, or S&P Capital IQ could ship agentic layer on existing terminal, taking accounts. Severity: high
  • No public revenue disclosure exists to validate the $2B valuation set April 29, 2026. Severity: medium
  • Integration of Offset and Plux AI acquisitions still being absorbed as of April 2026. Severity: medium
  • Valuation rose from $350M to $2B in about 12 months, raising re-rating risk if growth metrics lag. Severity: medium
Rivals, as read in July 2026
RivalDirectionEvidence
Bloomberg TerminalcontestingBloombergGPT shipped but agentic layer slow as of May 2026, structurally not barred from competing
FactSetcontestingOwns data and distribution, could ship an agent layer on existing terminal without new sales cycle
S&P Capital IQ ProcontestingNamed as unblocked incumbent threat capable of shipping competing agentic layer
AlphaSensegaining onClaims $500M+ ARR and 6,500+ customers as of October 1, 2025, vs Rogo's undisclosed revenue
HebbiacontestingWell-funded AI-native rival competing for same enterprise finance budgets as of 2026
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google (native finance GTM)gaining onBuilding native financial-services sales teams, confirmed in motion per Bloomberg reporting, May 2026
Questions people ask
Is Rogo profitable in 2026?
Rogo does not publicly disclose revenue or profit figures. As of its April 29, 2026 Series D announcement, it reported 35,000+ users at 250+ institutions and a $2B valuation, but no confirmed revenue or profitability data exists in public filings.
Could AI replace Rogo's own product?
Rogo runs on rented frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google via its model-agnostic Felix harness launched April 2026. Those same labs are reportedly building native finance go-to-market teams, a threat Bloomberg reporting described as in motion, not hypothetical, as of May 20, 2026.
Who owns Rogo and who invested in it?
Rogo is privately held and founder-led by CEO Gabriel Stengel. Its $160M Series D, closed April 29, 2026, was led by Kleiner Perkins with participation from Sequoia, Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, and JPMorgan Chase Growth Equity Partners at a roughly $2B valuation.
Who is Rogo's biggest competitor?
Direct AI-native rivals include Hebbia and AlphaSense, which claimed over $500M ARR and 6,500+ customers as of October 1, 2025. Incumbent terminal providers Bloomberg, FactSet, and S&P Capital IQ Pro also pose an unblocked threat if they ship agentic layers.
What is Rogo's current valuation?
Rogo was valued at approximately $2B post-money after its $160M Series D round led by Kleiner Perkins, announced April 29, 2026, up from a $750M valuation just three months earlier in its January 27, 2026 Series C.
Does Rogo threaten junior investment banker jobs?
Rogo's stated mission, per a Seattle Times report on May 20, 2026, is to automate junior-banker grunt work such as comps, CIMs, financial modeling, and pitch decks, with its Felix agent launched April 2026 executing multi-step deal workflows autonomously.
Timeline
  • 2026-05-31Rogo shipped Rogo Agents, an Excel plug-in, and scheduled autonomous task agents in May 2026 update
  • 2026-05-03Rogo hired Kevin Buehler as Chief Innovation Officer to drive Felix adoption
  • 2026-05-01Felix agent described as model-agnostic harness spanning GPT-5.5, Claude Opus 4.7, Gemini 2.5
  • 2026-04-29Rogo raised $160M Series D at roughly $2B valuation, led by Kleiner Perkins
  • 2026-03Rogo acquired Offset (financial modeling AI) and Plux AI (UK market tracking)
  • 2026-01-27Rogo raised $75M Series C at $750M valuation, opened London office
  • 2025-04-29Rogo raised $50M Series B led by Thrive Capital at roughly $350M valuation
  • 2024-10Rogo raised $18.5M Series A led by Khosla Ventures
  • 2024-02Rogo raised seed round led by AlleyCorp
Revision history
29 July 2026
First assessed. Protection under test. The text above is fixed as of this date and is not edited afterwards.
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