What RBC Borealis does

RBC Borealis (formerly Borealis AI) is the AI research and product division of the Royal Bank of Canada, focused on advancing finance through machine-learning research, applied solutions, and a data platform. It conducts research across natural language processing, computer vision, reinforcement learning, and responsible AI, while building products used within RBC and financial services.

Key capabilities

  • Lumina, an enterprise data and AI platform for engineers, data scientists, and analysts
  • ATOM, a foundation model for financial services that processes event sequences from transactions and client interactions
  • Aiden trading-algorithm platform and NOMI Forecast for customer experience
  • Research and tooling in responsible AI, federated learning, and fraud detection

Who it's for

RBC Borealis serves financial-services use cases such as personalizing banking experiences, fraud and mule-account detection, trade execution, and forecasting client needs. Its primary users are RBC internal teams and the broader financial-services and research community.