{"id":242896,"date":"2026-07-13T15:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T19:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/13\/a-chatbot-just-did-an-investment-bankers-job\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T18:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T22:00:23","slug":"a-chatbot-just-did-an-investment-bankers-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/13\/a-chatbot-just-did-an-investment-bankers-job\/","title":{"rendered":"A Chatbot Just Did an Investment Banker\u2019s Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/news\/artificial-intelligence\/2026\/a-chatbot-just-did-an-investment-bankers-job\/\">A Chatbot Just Did an Investment Banker\u2019s Job<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/news\/artificial-intelligence\/2026\/a-chatbot-just-did-an-investment-bankers-job\/\">https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/news\/artificial-intelligence\/2026\/a-chatbot-just-did-an-investment-bankers-job\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-07-13 15:40:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.pymnts.com\">www.pymnts.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a summary of the article in an unordered list format with 6 key points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Use of AI in Skroutz Sale<\/strong>: CVC Capital Partners employed artificial intelligence for the sale of Skroutz, bypassing investment bankers. They used a data portal and chatbot for financial information and due diligence.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Acquisition by Blackstone<\/strong>: Blackstone agreed to acquire a majority stake in Skroutz on May 11 for 635 million euros, valuing the company at $747 million including debt.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>CVC\u2019s Management Focus<\/strong>: Under CVC\u2019s leadership, Skroutz evolved from a price comparison site into a marketplace with logistics, fulfillment services, and a licensed FinTech arm.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>AI Functions in the Sale<\/strong>: CVC&#8217;s use of a data portal and chatbot managed the early stages of the sale, handling functions like information dissemination and simple due diligence inquiries.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Significant M&amp;A Advisory Fees<\/strong>: Had a traditional investment bank been used, the deal could have generated about 9 million euros in advisory fees, based on the median fee for large deals.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>AI&#8217;s Role in Investment Banking<\/strong>: The deal points to a potential future shift for investment banks towards more judgment-intensive work, as AI handles initial data delivery and early diligence questions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This summary provides a high-level overview of the sale process and its implications for investment banking, ensuring that it remains compliant with media policies.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Chatbot Just Did an Investment Banker\u2019s Job https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/news\/artificial-intelligence\/2026\/a-chatbot-just-did-an-investment-bankers-job\/ Publish Date: 2026-07-13 15:40:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":242897,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/acquisitions.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-242896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242896"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242898,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242896\/revisions\/242898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}