NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 2, 2025--
Claira, a leading AI deal intelligence platform, and Soal Labs, a data & AI consulting firm for private capital, today announced a partnership that gives private credit managers a simple, effective path to supercharging their diligence workflows with AI.
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Private credit teams are feeling the squeeze: historical deal analysis and managing disparate data sources have become bottlenecks in traditional workflows. Firms that delay AI adoption are losing out on deals, deploying capital more slowly, and taking on avoidable risk.
Soal Labs integrates the Claira platform with each firm’s existing ecosystem. The combined solution accelerates the investment lifecycle - from origination and underwriting to investment committee and post-close. It plugs directly into the systems teams already use, including CRMs, internal file drives, portfolio management systems, and market intelligence providers.
“Private Credit teams need an AI system that enables smarter deals faster, but plugs right into their existing processes,” said Eric Chang, CEO of Claira. “This partnership makes integration and adoption simple: Claira centralizes deal intelligence, and Soal Labs ensures it syncs with the tools investors already live in.”
“We turn AI ambition into operating reality by wiring Claira into each firm’s day-to-day workflows,” said Osman Ghandour, CEO of Soal Labs. “The Claira and Soal Labs solution removes duplicate work, shortens underwriting cycles, and reduces operational risk. For firms looking to accelerate the way AI provides foundational improvements, this combination can transform operations.”
ABOUT CLAIRA
Claira empowers financial institutions to make smarter decisions faster through our purpose-built AI. We transform the way institutions collect, analyze and manage their deals and supercharge their investment and trading processes. Our customers are financial institutions who believe the Claira platform gives them a competitive advantage in their investment decisions.
For more information, visit www.claira.io
ABOUT SOAL LABS
Soal Labs brings data & AI engineering expertise to private equity and credit, partnering with CTOs and COOs on their digital transformations. We deliver bespoke workflow automation and data integrations that give firms a measurable edge in speed, accuracy, and insight. As a result, our clients raise more capital, find higher-quality targets, accelerate due diligence, and streamline portfolio operations.
For more information, visit www.soallabs.com
Soal Labs connects Claira to CRMs, internal file drives, market intelligence providers, order & portfolio management systems, and more.
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met on Monday in western Gujarat state to push for deeper economic and security ties between the South Asian nation and Europe’s largest economy.
Modi and Merz held talks in the city of Gandhinagar, where the two countries signed various agreements to enhance cooperation in the defense sector, skill development, health and education, as both nations seek to reduce dependence on China and bolster economic ties.
After the bilateral talks, Modi noted that Germany is India’s most important trading partner in the European Union and said both leaders were seeking to expand those ties.
He said the two countries are pursuing new projects in areas such as climate action, energy and mining of rare earth elements, and have also agreed on a road map to boost cooperation between their defense industries for joint development and production.
“We want to elevate the relations between India and Germany to an even higher level,” Modi said.
Germany has not traditionally had close defense ties with India, but the two sides have been trying to boost cooperation in the sector. Germany’s Thyssenkrupp is expected to partner with Indian firms to build six advanced conventional submarines in India, part of New Delhi’s ongoing efforts to modernize its naval capabilities.
Merz said India and Germany share “tremendous economic potential,” and the two countries are working together to strengthen ties in the field of security policy and defense cooperation.
“India is a desired partner, a partner of choice for Germany,” Merz said, according to a live official translation. He added that negotiations on a free trade agreement between India and the EU need to be concluded to fully realize the potential of economic ties between the two countries.
The two sides also signed an agreement that makes it easier for Indians to work in Germany's health care sector.
Merz’s visit to India — also his first to an Asian country since he took office last year — comes ahead of a planned India-EU summit later this month, where leaders hope to make progress on a long-pending free trade agreement. India hopes to deepen economic engagement with Europe in the face of U.S. tariff rates of 50%.
During his visit, Merz toured the Sabarmati Ashram, once home to independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, and attended the International Kite Festival at the Sabarmati riverfront. Modi and Merz flew kites during the event.
Merz, who is accompanied by a large business delegation, is later scheduled to travel to southern Bengaluru city to meet Indian and German business and technology leaders.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, left, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi fly a kite during the inauguration of International kite festival in Ahmedabad, India, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ride together in a vehicle during the inauguration of International kite festival in Ahmedabad, India, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, left, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves as they arrive for the inauguration of the International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad, India, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, left, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepare to fly a kiteduring the inauguration of International kite festival in Ahmedabad, India, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz fly kites during the inauguration of International kite festival in Ahmedabad, India, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
