What I Know First does

I Know First Ltd. is a privately held fintech company headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with an R&D center in Netanya. Founded in 2011 by Dr. Lipa Roitman (CTO) and Yaron Golgher (CEO), the company has been profitable since 2012 and operates with 11–50 employees across geographies including the U.S., Italy, the Netherlands, South Korea, South Africa, and Japan via local representatives.

The company's core product is a self-learning AI/ML-based algorithmic forecasting system that combines artificial neural networks and genetic algorithms to model and predict financial markets. The algorithm generates daily forecasts for over 13,500 assets — covering stocks, ETFs, world indices, commodities, currencies, interest rates, and cryptocurrencies — across seven time horizons (1 day to 365 days), and outputs a signal (predicted movement) and a predictability indicator based on a Pearson-style correlation measure. Forecasts are delivered by email, visualized via color-coded heat maps, and exposed to subscribers through an interactive Excel-macro strategy interface.

Revenue is generated through subscription plans — monthly and annual tiers for retail investors accessed through a self-serve website, and bespoke annual contracts for institutional clients including hedge funds, family offices, banks, and asset managers. Distribution combines a sales-led model for institutional clients and a product-led growth model for retail subscriptions, supplemented by webinars, weekly newsletters, and an extensive content library. The company has received Geneva WealthTech, WealthTech100, and UBS Future of Finance recognition, and is supported academically by Prof. Yakov Yakubov of Tel Aviv University.

Name

I Know First

Legal name

I Know First Ltd.

Website

https://iknowfirst.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

I Know First is an Israeli fintech that operates a self-learning AI/ML algorithm delivering daily forecasts for over 13,500 financial assets to retail investors via subscription and to hedge funds, family offices, banks, and asset managers via customized institutional services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI-Powered Stock Forecasting Software

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Other Financial Investment Activities (5239)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital/Robo Financial Planning (FSAEAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Financial Services Personalization (Banking, Investing, Insurance) (HDAAAGAH), Digital Brokerage & Self-Directed Investing Platforms (FSAGAEAC)

Keywords

• Algorithmic stock forecasting
• AI market predictions
• Machine learning trading
• Financial forecasting platform
• Predictive analytics software

Headquarters

HQ city

Tel Aviv

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Algorithmic Forecast Subscriptions: I Know First generates revenue through subscription-based access to its AI-powered daily market forecasts. The company offers standardized subscription plans for retail investors (monthly and annual options) as well as customized institutional services. Subscribers receive daily email forecasts before US market open, covering stocks, ETFs, commodities, currencies, indices, and interest rates across multiple time horizons.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

I Know First provides daily AI-driven financial market forecasts for more than 13,500 assets (stocks, ETFs, indices, currencies, commodities, interest rates, options, and cryptocurrencies) through a self-learning, empirical algorithm built on artificial neural networks and genetic algorithms. The service is delivered as recurring retail subscriptions and customized institutional solutions, accompanied by signal and predictability indicators across seven time horizons from one day to one year.

Product overview

I Know First is a fintech company offering an AI-powered stock market forecasting platform. The core product is a self-learning algorithm that analyzes, models, and predicts financial markets using artificial intelligence, machine learning, artificial neural networks, and genetic algorithms. The platform delivers daily forecasts across multiple specialized packages covering stocks (S&P 500, Russell 3000, sector-specific packages for tech, biotech, pharma, retail, mid cap, small cap, dividend, aggressive, and conservative strategies), ETFs, currencies, commodities (including gold), world indices, interest rates, options, and cryptocurrencies. The ecosystem includes an AI-Powered Portfolio with live track record, an Interactive Strategy Interface for Excel-based strategy implementation, and institutional services including customized hedge fund solutions, financial advisor services, big data solutions, family office services, and What If scenario analysis tools. The algorithm currently tracks and predicts over 13,500 financial assets across short, medium, and long-term time horizons.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AI-Powered Stock Forecasting Algorithm Self-learning empirical algorithm using AI, machine learning, artificial neural networks, and genetic algorithms to generate daily forecasts for over 13,500 financial assets including stocks, ETFs, indices, commodities, currencies, interest rates, options, and cryptocurrencies.
• Algorithmic Strategy Interface Interactive Excel macro-based interface that lets annual subscribers implement trading strategies from I Know First's signals with customizable signal and predictability filters and a 5-day moving average swing model.
• AI-Powered Portfolio (Live Track Record) Monthly-rebalanced, equal-weighted, long-only equity portfolio with fully transparent live track record; returned +44.89% from April 2, 2025 to June 24, 2026, outperforming the S&P 500 by +15.21% across 16 rebalancing periods.
• Retail Investor Subscription Packages Standardized monthly and annual subscriptions providing private investors with daily AI-based algorithmic forecasts across stocks, ETFs, commodities, currencies, indices, interest rates, options, and cryptocurrencies, plus an optional upgrade to the interactive Algorithmic Strategy Interface.
• Customized Hedge Fund Solution Customized algorithmic forecasts and portfolio construction support for hedge fund clients using the company's self-learning algorithm.
• Customized Financial Advisor Solution Tailored algorithmic solutions enabling financial advisors to integrate I Know First's AI-driven predictions into their advisory offerings for end clients.
• Family Office Solution Algorithmic forecasting and portfolio support services tailored to family office investment operations.
• Customized Business-Centric Big Data Solutions Customized big-data analytical solutions that apply the self-learning forecasting algorithm to business-specific forecasting needs beyond financial markets.
• What-If Scenario Analysis for Institutional Investors Scenario analysis tools that allow institutional investors to simulate and evaluate potential market outcomes using I Know First's AI-driven predictions.
• Stock Forecast Packages (multi-asset subscriptions) Subscribe-to-access daily AI-generated forecast packages covering S&P 500, Russell 3000, sector-specific universes (tech, biotech, pharma, retail, mid cap, small cap, dividend, aggressive, conservative, SOXX, ESG/sustainable), ETFs, European stocks, currencies, commodities, world indices, interest rates, options, and cryptocurrencies.

Quantifiable outcome

• Combined Long/Short Strategy returned +739.39% vs +126.68% S&P 500 from January 2020 to June 2026, Sharpe Ratio 1.589, max drawdown -17.20%
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Prof. Yakov Yakubov (Tel Aviv University)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic consultant from Tel Aviv University's mathematics department who collaborates with I Know First's R&D team to advance the algorithmic forecasting technology. Provides mathematical expertise and theoretical foundations for the AI/ML model development.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Trade Ideas: AI-driven stock-scanning and trading platform with daily algorithmic trade ideas for retail and active traders. Closely comparable retail subscription model and AI-driven signal generation to I Know First's self-serve offering.
• Kavout: AI-powered equity scoring and ranking platform using machine learning on alternative and fundamental data. Highly comparable AI-first investment analytics and stock-ranking product aimed at institutional and retail investors.
• TrendSpider: Automated technical analysis and strategy platform for traders, with AI-supported pattern recognition and market forecasts. Comparable algorithmically generated trade ideas and subscription-based retail trading workflows.
• Trefis: Quantitative equity research and stock-forecasting service with model-driven price targets for individual investors. Comparable forecasting-product model for retail subscribers seeking data-driven stock views.

Broad incumbents

• Trading Central: Established provider of multi-asset technical and fundamental investment research distributed through banks, brokers, and advisors. Overlaps with I Know First's institutional 'Bank and Financial Advisor' segment and offers similar AI-assisted analytical content at greater scale.
• TipRanks: Wide-coverage investment research aggregation and analyst-ranking platform used by retail and institutional investors. Adjacent competitor in the AI/scored financial-research category serving comparable customer segments.
• Seeking Alpha Premium: Subscription-based investment research and quantitative ratings platform widely used by retail investors. Comparable subscription GTM and quantitative stock-scoring output but uses editorial + quant rather than proprietary self-learning forecasts.
• Bloomberg Terminal: Dominant institutional financial data, analytics, and quantitative tools platform. Most banks and asset managers already pay for Bloomberg, making it the strategic incumbent I Know First must displace to capture enterprise wallet share.

Emerging players

• EquBot: AI-powered ETF issuer (e.g., AI Powered Equity ETF) using IBM Watson to select and weight stocks. Directly comparable AI-driven stock selection capability and commercial use of AI predictive models for investment products.
• Numerai: Crowdsourced quant hedge fund and AI-driven prediction platform using machine learning on financial market data. Comparable intersection of AI/ML research and equity-market prediction, but with a fund-based rather than subscription-distribution model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/i_Know_First
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@I_Know_First
• Facebookfacebook.com/IKnowFirst.stock.market.forecast
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/i-know-first-daily-market-forecast
• Instagraminstagram.com/iknowfirst

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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