VERSES® Expands Commercial Relationship with Major Global Investment Firm

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VERSES AI (OTCQB:VRSSF) has expanded its commercial relationship with a major global investment firm, extending their existing consulting arrangement with additional milestone-based payments. The company will utilize its Genius™ platform to develop an active inference causal model for financial markets to enhance asset allocation decisions.

The project focuses on improving financial metrics like drawdown and volatility through efficient data ingestion, model creation, and deployment. The expanded contract includes fixed milestone-based payments initially, with provisions for outcome-based pricing in the future.

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• Expansion of existing relationship with major global investment firm
• Contract structure includes milestone-based payments and future outcome-based pricing
• Application of Genius platform for financial market modeling and asset allocation

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• Specific financial terms and contract value not disclosed
• Identity of the investment firm partner not revealed

Company Works with Enterprise Customer to Use Genius™ to Improve their Investment Portfolio Optimization Engine

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VERSES AI Inc. (CBOE: VERS) (OTCQB: VRSSF) ("VERSES'' or the "Company”), a cognitive computing company specializing in next-generation agentic software systems, today announced an additional expansion of its relationship with a major global investment firm. The Company will extend its existing consulting arrangement with additional milestone-based payments to assist in building solutions using Genius.

As part of this project, VERSES is developing an active inference causal model of financial markets to make improved asset allocation decisions. The work takes advantage of Genius enterprise capabilities for efficient data ingestion and preparation, model creation and deployment, and aims to improve financial metrics such as drawdown and volatility.

The expanded contract has an initial period of fixed milestone-based payments and contains provisions for outcome-based pricing in the future.

“We’re thrilled about the opportunity to collaborate, build solutions and drive even greater business value with one of the world’s largest financial institutions,” said Michael Wadden, VERSES Chief Commercial Officer.

About VERSES

VERSES® is a cognitive computing company building next-generation intelligent agentic systems modeled after the wisdom and genius of Nature. Designed around first principles found in science, physics and biology, our flagship product, Genius™, is an agentic enterprise intelligence platform designed to generate reliable domain-specific predictions and decisions under uncertainty. Imagine a Smarter World that elevates human potential through technology inspired by Nature. Learn more at verses.ai, LinkedIn and X.

On behalf of the Company
Gabriel René, Founder & CEO, VERSES AI Inc.
Press Inquiries: press@verses.ai
Investor Relations Inquiries
James Christodoulou, Chief Financial Officer
ir@verses.ai, +1(212) 970-8889

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FAQ

What is the purpose of VERSES AI's expanded contract with the global investment firm?

The expanded contract aims to develop an active inference causal model using Genius™ to improve asset allocation decisions and enhance financial metrics such as drawdown and volatility.

How is the payment structure set up in VERSES AI's expanded contract?

The contract includes an initial period of fixed milestone-based payments with provisions for outcome-based pricing in the future.

What specific capabilities of VERSES AI's Genius platform will be utilized in this project?

The Genius platform will be used for efficient data ingestion and preparation, model creation and deployment to improve financial market modeling and asset allocation decisions.

Who is the global investment firm partnering with VERSES AI (VRSSF)?

While VERSES AI describes it as 'one of the world's largest financial institutions,' the specific identity of the investment firm has not been disclosed in the announcement.

What is the role of VERSES AI's Genius platform in portfolio optimization?

The Genius platform will develop an active inference causal model of financial markets to enhance asset allocation decisions and improve key financial metrics like drawdown and volatility.