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Blackhedge (now Surmount AI) — AI financial market intelligence

A real-time platform that turns raw market data into clear, AI-driven stock insights, predictive alerts, and automated trading signals.

Introduction

Blackhedge (now Surmount AI) gives investors real-time, data-driven insight into the stock market. It aggregates raw data from many sources, analyses behavioural patterns, and produces AI-driven predictions on market trends, helping users make informed buy and sell decisions.

The predictive engine, built on machine-learning models, generates real-time signals and alerts tailored to each user's preferences. A secure wallet handles storing, managing, and transferring funds, with planned support for UPI and QR-based payments. Customisable watchlists, real-time charts, historical data, and an integrated news feed turn complex market information into clear, actionable insight for both new and professional investors.

Real-time
Live market data and signals
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AI capabilities across analysis, alerts, risk, and execution
Multi-source
Prices, news, and sentiment unified in one view

The market intelligence pipeline

Market-data feeds
News APIs
Social / sentiment
Ingestion & normalisation
AI/ML enginepredictions + NLP
Signal & risk scoring
Real-time alertsdashboards
Investorwatchlist, charts, wallet
  • Data sources three streams — price data, news, and sentiment — feed the pipeline.
  • Ingestion & normalisation fragmented inputs are cleaned and unified into one model.
  • AI/ML engine predictive models plus NLP sentiment analysis.
  • Signal & risk scoring the engine produces actionable signals with risk scores.
  • Real-time alerts personalised alerts and live dashboards reach the investor.
  • Investor watchlists, charts, and a secure wallet in one view.

Prices, news, and sentiment from many sources, unified into one real-time signal.

Challenges with traditional trading tools

Limited real-time insight

Traditional platforms serve delayed or partial data, so investors can't react quickly to price moves, and manual monitoring of many stocks is slow and error-prone.

Fragmented data sources

Prices, news, indicators, and history live in separate tools, forcing constant cross-referencing and making a holistic view hard to get in time.

No predictive analytics

Most tools rely on historical data and basic indicators, offering little foresight, so investors react to the past instead of anticipating the future.

Manual monitoring

Watching prices, indicators, and news across exchanges by hand is overwhelming, and without automated alerts, opportunities slip by.

Disconnected market signals

News, sentiment, and price trends aren't combined into one view, so the impact of an event on a stock is slow and hard to read.

Little personalisation

Rigid watchlists, alerts, and dashboards make it hard to focus on the stocks and metrics that matter to a given strategy.

Cluttered, complex navigation

Overloaded dashboards bury key data, steepening the learning curve and slowing decisions for new and experienced investors alike.

AI-powered solutions

1

Real-time predictive analysis

ML models continuously analyse historical and live data (prices, volumes, sector performance, macro indicators), find patterns and correlations, and forecast likely stock movements, so investors can anticipate shifts and act proactively.

2

AI-driven sentiment & news analysis

NLP monitors news, social posts, analyst reports, and filings in real time, scoring sentiment as positive, negative, or neutral and flagging market-moving events, so investors can read market psychology and anticipate volatility.

3

Automated alerts & notifications

The system watches for momentum shifts, trend reversals, and unusual activity, then pushes real-time, personalised alerts, so investors act on a move the moment it emerges rather than discovering it later.

4

Behavioural pattern insights

AI clustering and anomaly detection group stocks by behaviour, risk profile, and performance, surfacing subtle recurring patterns traditional analysis misses, so investors can prioritise opportunities and manage risk.

5

Personalised investment guidance

ML analyses each investor's behaviour, portfolio, and trading patterns to deliver tailored recommendations and adaptive insights that sharpen over time, improving both decisions and financial literacy.

6

Volatility & risk analysis

The platform models volatility, sector trends, and stock-level risk, runs scenario simulations (earnings shocks, geopolitical events, sector downturns), and produces dynamic risk scores and heatmaps, so investors can hedge and adjust before events hit.

7

Algorithmic trade execution

ML optimises execution by analysing order-book depth, liquidity, price history, and volatility to choose timing, order size, and strategy that reduce slippage and cost, adjusting dynamically to live market conditions.

Risk & signal intelligence

Stock / market data
AI risk engineanomaly + scenario + volatility
Dynamic risk scores
Risk heatmap
Predictive alerts
Low riskModerateHigh risk

AI turns raw market behaviour into a clear, at-a-glance view of risk and opportunity.

Integrations & technology

Market data

Real-time price and volume feeds via Polygon.io, powering live charts, signals, and historical analysis.

News & sentiment

News and social/sentiment sources feeding the NLP engine.

AI/ML

Predictive models, NLP for sentiment, clustering and anomaly detection for pattern and risk analysis.

Payments & wallet

Secure fund storage and transfer, with planned UPI and QR-based payment support.

Real-time delivery

Streaming data and push notifications for live charts and instant alerts.

Impact & outcomes

Faster decisions

Real-time insight and predictive alerts let investors respond to opportunities instantly, acting proactively instead of reactively.

Improved accuracy

Data-driven predictions reduce human error and emotional decisions, grounding choices in forecasts, trend analysis, and detected anomalies.

Greater confidence and engagement

A comprehensive, actionable view of the market helps investors navigate complexity with confidence and stay engaged.

Risk mitigation and strategic edge

AI risk analysis and scenario modelling help investors anticipate volatility, hedge, and cut potential losses.

Efficiency and time savings

Automated analysis, alerts, and trade suggestions cut the hours spent on manual research, freeing investors to focus on strategy.

Personalised experience

The platform adapts to each user's portfolio, strategy, and risk tolerance, tailoring alerts, recommendations, and learning to their goals.

Tech stack

Technologies we built with

The stack behind Blackhedge, grouped by function.

Backend
PythonFastAPI
Frontend
ReactNext.js
Databases
PostgreSQLTime-series store
Cloud & infrastructure
AWSDocker
AI / ML
Signal models
Integrations
Polygon.io market data

Conclusion

AI and automation are changing how investors work the stock market, removing guesswork and delivering timely, personalised, data-driven insight. By combining AI, machine learning, and real-time analytics, Blackhedge (now Surmount AI) gives investors predictive alerts, automated recommendations, and a clear view of risk, so they can anticipate market moves, spot high-potential opportunities, and manage risk with confidence, while the AI handles the heavy analysis behind the scenes.

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