Commodities Hub Supercharged Research For Analysts Using AI
PRC Macro partnered with NineTwoThree to launch Commodities Hub, an AI-powered SaaS platform delivering real-time, actionable insights on global commodities markets. The platform ingests over 15,000 news articles daily, distills them into curated briefs, and enables research-driven exploration through an AI chatbot trained specifically for financial use cases.
Concept
Commodities Hub was built to democratize access to high-quality, real-time market intelligence for financial analysts. Whether users are in large hedge funds or small financial firms, the platform provides a cost-effective and powerful alternative to expensive data terminals like Bloomberg or Reuters. Users can access a streamlined dashboard, receive daily briefings, and explore a curated research database with over 60 million articles using a purpose-trained AI assistant.
All your commodities research
In one place
Challenge
Bringing Commodities Hub to life meant overcoming several technical and product challenges:
Massive Data Volume
Daily ingestion of 15,000 news stories and 60M+ historical articles demanded an intelligent data pipeline to filter and compress content meaningfully.
Value Differentiation
The product needed to provide significantly more relevant insights than general AI tools like ChatGPT while maintaining an accessible $99/month price point.
Audience Specificity
Responses needed to be written in a tone and format tailored to the workflow of financial analysts.
Content Relevance
Reducing noise and surfacing the most important insights from thousands of overlapping stories per commodity.
Scalable Delivery
Building a multi-device web and mobile app with smooth navigation, robust chat UX, and a flexible subscription system.
Solution
NineTwoThree tackled these challenges through a multi-layered technical and strategic approach:
AI-Powered Story Filtering Developed a two-stage AI pipeline that clusters similar articles by topic and selects the best representative story per topic, reducing storage and surfacing the most valuable insights.
Tailored Prompting & Summarization Trained the AI model to speak the language of financial analysts, emphasizing trends, forecasts, consensus views, and actionable implications.
Interactive Chatbot Integrated a research-focused AI assistant allowing users to ask market-specific questions, review historical comparisons, and retain their chat history.
Subscription & Billing Integration Implemented a Stripe-powered billing system with multiple plan tiers, free trials, and an intuitive plan management UX.
Custom Web & Admin Interfaces Built a responsive web application, mobile experience, and admin portal allowing Commodities Hub staff to manage daily briefs, upload charts, and monitor user engagement.
Impact
The Commodities Hub launch delivered immediate results:
Strong Early Adoption: 70+ users signed up within the initial launch window.
Enhanced Research Efficiency: Analysts can now save hours daily cby accessing curated insights rather than manually parsing hundreds of sources.
Democratized Access: At $99/month, Commodities Hub makes high-quality market research accessible to small and medium-sized firms.
Positioned for Scale: With a solid backend infrastructure, the product is ready to expand across new markets and commodities.
By building a research experience that cuts through the noise, NineTwoThree helped PRC Macro deliver a smarter, faster way to stay informed in the ever-changing world of commodities trading.
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