S&P Global launches AI-ready metadata to enhance data accessibility

NEW YORK - S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) introduced AI-ready metadata on its S&P Global Marketplace platform on Thursday, aiming to improve how customers discover and search for data in cloud environments.

The new metadata offering is designed to be machine-readable, making datasets more accessible and usable for both human users and artificial intelligence systems. According to the company’s statement, the metadata will be delivered under a complimentary license and is intended to accelerate time-to-value for AI and analytics applications. This innovation comes as S&P Global maintains its strong market position, with InvestingPro analysis showing the company has maintained dividend payments for 55 consecutive years, reflecting its consistent operational excellence.

The initial release includes datasets from S&P Global Market Intelligence covering economic data, fundamentals, cross references, OTC derivatives, loan pricing, insurance, and textual information.

"Data consumption is not one-size-fits-all; our customers require sophisticated, AI-enabled solutions that seamlessly integrate across diverse use cases," said Saugata Saha, Chief Enterprise Data Officer of S&P Global and President of S&P Global Market Intelligence, in the press release.

The company stated that its metadata is vendor-neutral and supports traditional, agentic, and AI-centric tools. Currently, clients can access the AI-ready metadata via Snowflake, with additional distribution channels planned for the future.

The metadata is designed to be extensible and authentication-free to facilitate consumption by automated systems. It enhances machine readability at the column level for datasets delivered to customers’ preferred cloud data providers.

S&P Global provides data, expertise, and technology to governments, businesses, and individuals to support decision-making processes across capital, commodity, and automotive markets.

In other recent news, S&P Global announced a collaboration with Anthropic to integrate its financial data into Claude, Anthropic’s AI assistant. This integration allows financial professionals to access S&P Global’s datasets, such as Capital IQ Financials and earnings call transcripts, through natural language queries. Additionally, Mizuho raised its price target for S&P Global to $591, citing a recovery in bond issuance and equity markets, which is expected to drive growth in the company’s Indices segment. Mizuho has also increased its revenue and earnings per share estimates for 2025 and 2026. In contrast, S&P Global downgraded Senegal’s sovereign credit rating to B- due to concerns over the country’s rising debt levels and financing needs. The company also reported that the UK construction sector experienced a slight downturn easing in June, with homebuilding returning to growth but commercial building activity declining. Meanwhile, the UK services sector saw its fastest growth rate in nearly a year, according to the S&P Global UK Services Purchasing Managers Index.

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