Andre van Schalkwyk
Head of GTM
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AI is reshaping banking. Most banks aren't ready.

April 12, 2026
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Intelligence is closing those gaps. At your pace and level of maturity.

The gaps:

  1. Strategy Gap
  2. Implementation Gap

Strategy Gap:

Every bank has an AI strategy deck. 

Few have a plan that connects to production systems, satisfies governance and compliance requirements, and scales beyond pilot projects. 

Your board wants to know how AI decisions are auditable, how data is protected, and what happens when something goes wrong. 

The gap between experimentation and enterprise AI is where most transformations stall.

Implementation Gap:

Your teams are talented. 

But core banking platforms are complex, compliance requirements are non-negotiable, and bolting AI onto legacy workflows creates more problems than it solves. 

You need tools built for the domain, not generic AI wrappers.

Introducing Ikigai Intelligence

We meet you where you are.

Ikigai Intelligence is a unified platform that grows with your AI maturity. Whether you're taking your first step or deploying autonomous agents, every product is designed to work together.

One Unified Platform

Seven products. Three stages. Designed for regulated banking.

FOUNDATION ACCELERATION AUTONOMY
Checkpoint - LLM Gateway & Audit Lightspeed - SDLC Companion Overpass Apex - Generative UI & Chat
Overpass - AI Native Apps Knowledge Bases - Agent Ready Knowledge Guardian - Governed Runtime
Smart Contract Studio - Product Specification Builder

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