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VERSES AI Inc. (VRSSF) is a cognitive computing company that regularly issues news and updates about its agentic software systems, enterprise intelligence platform Genius™, and related research and financing activities. Its news flow reflects developments in areas such as product commercialization, research milestones, spatial AI, and capital raising.
Investors and observers following VERSES news can expect announcements about financing arrangements, including private placements and secured convertible debenture offerings, where the company outlines terms such as interest rates, conversion prices, warrant structures, and intended use of proceeds for working capital and general corporate purposes. VERSES also reports on corporate initiatives such as workforce reduction programs designed to strengthen liquidity, streamline operations, and align expenses with revenue objectives.
On the technology side, VERSES issues news about Genius adoption across multiple industries, describing use cases in advertising and media, aviation, consulting, customer relationship management, manufacturing, financial services, legal services, environment and sustainability, and oil and gas. The company highlights collaborations with enterprises and resellers, as well as projects such as developing an active inference causal model of financial markets for a major global investment firm.
VERSES’ news releases also cover research and recognition in fields like spatial AI, world models, and robotics. Examples include being named as a sample vendor in a Gartner Emerging Tech Impact Radar report, sponsoring the International Workshop on Active Inference, and unveiling a robotics architecture that performs household-style tasks without pre-training. For those tracking VRSSF, this news page offers a centralized view of the company’s disclosed business developments, research activities, and financing events over time.
VERSES AI (OTCQB:VRSSF) has announced a commercial partnership with AI Driller, a leading AI solutions provider for the oil and gas industry. AI Driller has joined VERSES' Genius commercial program to enhance their drilling and completions solutions platform.
The partnership aims to integrate VERSES' Genius technology with AI Driller's existing solutions to improve drilling operations through enhanced predictive capabilities. AI Driller serves various clients including global oil and gas companies, independent operators, and drilling contractors.
The collaboration will proceed in phases, with phase 1 focusing on building and testing Genius Agents for high-value drilling use cases. Upon successful completion, both companies plan to establish a reseller agreement to provide Genius technology to AI Driller's global customer base.
VERSES AI (OTCQB:VRSSF) has showcased its smart building energy optimization technology at the invite-only Turing Grand Challenge at AI UK 2025. The exhibition, titled 'EcoNet: a Multi-Agent Active Inference System for Urban Energy Optimisation,' demonstrates how multiple AI agents can collaborate to optimize building energy management.
The system goes beyond traditional rule-based energy control by considering variables such as hyper-local weather, multiple energy sources (grid, solar, battery), carbon emissions, and room occupancy. According to the US Department of Energy, buildings account for 40% of global energy consumption, with approximately one-third wasted, resulting in $150 billion in annual losses.
The project, developed in collaboration with University College London (UCL), aims to address environmental and sustainability objectives by managing energy use effectively through autonomous multi-agent coordination. The technology is applicable across various scales, from studio apartments to skyscrapers and industrial buildings.
VERSES AI (OTCQB:VRSSF) has announced its participation in the upcoming 37th Annual ROTH Conference in Dana Point, CA, scheduled for March 16-18th, 2025. CEO Gabriel René will be featured on the panel 'AI - Life After Deepseek: AI CEO's Speak' on March 18th from 8:00am-8:55am PT, alongside CFO James Christodoulou.
The conference will showcase approximately 450 private and public companies through various formats including:
- One-on-one meetings
- Small group meetings
- Analyst-selected fireside chats
- Industry keynotes and panels
The event covers multiple growth sectors including Business Services, Consumer, Healthcare, Industrial Growth, Insurance, Resources, Sustainability, and Technology, Media & Entertainment. A live audio webcast and replay of the panel will be available through the conference website and VERSES.AI investor relations section.
VERSES AI (OTCQB:VRSSF) announces the conversion of convertible debentures held by G42, a UAE-based AI technology group, into company units. The conversion stems from G42's June 2024 US$10 million investment through its subsidiary EPTH, which was initially structured as unsecured convertible debenture units.
The conversion was executed at C$1.20 per Conversion Unit, with each unit comprising one Class A Subordinate Voting Share and half a share purchase warrant. The original debentures carried a 10% annual interest rate. The Conversion Warrants are exercisable for three years at C$1.96 per share.
VERSES AI (OTCQB:VRSSF) has appointed James Christodoulou as Chief Financial Officer, with former CFO Kevin Wilson transitioning to Executive Vice President - Finance and Accounting. Christodoulou brings extensive experience from various sectors including FINTECH, EV Mobility, and Logistics, with notable achievements in capital markets.
Christodoulou's recent positions include Head of Capital Markets at Exodus Movement, where he facilitated the company's billion-dollar NYSE uplisting, and Director of Finance at Collectable Technologies Inc. His track record includes successful capital raises of $280 million at Blink Charging Co. and leading multiple IPOs totaling over $547 million across various companies.
The appointment aligns with VERSES' transition into its commercial growth phase, leveraging Christodoulou's expertise in capital markets and scaling businesses. He holds a BA from Rutgers University, an MBA from Columbia Business School, and various FINRA certifications.
VERSES AI has announced the commercial launch of its Genius Agent Toolkit in April 2025, following a successful private beta phase. Genius is a suite of tools for designing autonomous intelligent agents that continuously reason, plan and learn.
The toolkit includes new features such as intelligent agents, a model editor, APIs, and a developer portal. VERSES plans to convert current beta users into paying customers and enable access to thousands of developer sign-ups. The company will offer Genius as a paid service with consumption-based and performance-based pricing as well as enterprise licenses.
According to the company, Genius-powered Agents consistently outperform general-purpose foundational models like OpenAI o1 and DeepSeek r1 on multi-step reasoning, providing greater accuracy and reliability than general-purpose LLMs. VERSES' go-to-market strategy will focus on strategic, enterprise, and channel partners and third-party integrations.
VERSES AI (CBOE:VERS) (OTCQB:VRSSF) has announced an upcoming webinar titled 'Intelligence in the Age of Agents' scheduled for Thursday, February 13th at 6:30pm CET/12:30pm ET/9:30am PT. The discussion will feature Karl Friston, VERSES Chief Scientist, alongside CEO Gabriel René, with moderation by neuroscientist Olivier Oullier.
The webinar will cover several key topics, including: the performance of their Genius™ system in beating Atari and Mastermind games, exploration of AGI and Active Inference concepts, comparative analysis of Genius™ versus LLMs like DeepSeek R1 and OpenAI o1, and Genius's role in the AI ecosystem.
VERSES AI Inc. (OTCQB:VRSSF) announced that its Genius™ product outperformed China's DeepSeek R1 model in the code-breaking game Mastermind. The test compared both models across 100 games, with Genius achieving superior results in multiple metrics:
- Accuracy: Genius achieved 100% success rate vs R1's 45%
- Speed: Genius solved games in 1.1-4.5 seconds vs R1's 934 seconds average
- Efficiency: Total compute time of 5 minutes vs R1's 26 hours
- Cost: $0.05 USD total cost vs R1's $38.94 USD
Overall, Genius performed 245 times faster and 779 times more cost-efficiently than DeepSeek's R1. The company emphasizes this demonstration showcases Genius' capabilities in multi-step reasoning and its potential to enhance LLM capabilities for real-world applications.
VERSES AI (OTCQB:VRSSF) has announced a partnership with a leading global investment firm as part of their Genius beta program. The collaboration aims to leverage Genius's predictive analysis capabilities to mitigate market risk during volatile periods and enhance investment returns.
The project will focus on macroeconomic market risk analysis, using regime identification and switching models to function as a financial weather forecast. This system is designed to help anticipate shifts between stable and volatile market periods, enabling proactive decision-making and loss minimization.
According to Michael Wadden, VERSES' Chief Commercial Officer, this partnership represents an opportunity to test Genius with larger enterprise customers and explore complex use cases across multiple industries, particularly in risk management.
VERSES AI has announced a partnership with a leading Australian telecommunications company for its Genius beta program, focusing on combating telecom fraud and illegal service usage. The initiative addresses a significant industry challenge, with TransUnion reporting $38.95 Billion lost to telecom fraud in 2023. According to The Global Leaders' Forum, 64% of carriers identify fraudulent traffic as a top priority.
The project will leverage Genius Agents' capabilities to model complex dynamic systems, quantify uncertainty, and make increasingly accurate predictions to combat fraudulent access and hijacked accounts. The company's Chief Commercial Officer, Michael Wadden, highlighted that Genius' ability to reason, predict, and act addresses real-world problems that current LLMs struggle to solve reliably.