From insight to impact: Why Intralinks sets the AI standard

While artificial intelligence is reshaping how transactions are performed and executed, true leadership and innovation in the M&A space requires more than strivial feature enhancements. SS&C Intralinks established its Research and Data Science Centre in 2018, with the primary goal of investing in AI technologies to build intelligence directly into its core platform with the goal of transforming traditional deal processes. While many providers are only now introducing AI enhancements in an attempt to remain competitive, Intralinks recognized the power of AI early and has invested years in refining, scaling and operationalizing its AI capabilities across thousands of real-world deal transactions.

This early and sustained investment matters. AI that is natively architected into the platform ecosystem from the outset performs exactly as intended for each designed use case, far exceeding the outcomes using AI that’s layered – or “patched”- onto legacy systems. Purpose-built AI allows for truly connected workflows, contextual insights and measurable efficiency gains rather than fragmented and isolated automation.

DealCentre™ AI: Intelligence across the entire deal lifecycle

DealCentre AI was designed to support the complete, end-to-end transaction lifecycle, not just individual deal phases. From origination and initial preparation to due diligence and final close, the DealCentre AI platform utilizes artificial intelligence throughout to organize information, accelerate stakeholder review processes and surface critical insights. Diligence documents, including Legal agreements, financial disclosures and operational documents can be analyzed in seconds, allowing deal teams to streamline workflows and focus more attention on strategic evaluation instead of devoting inordinate time and resources to the traditional manual sorting, scanning and searching of files.

The result is meaningful time savings and productivity improvements. Teams reduce tedious repetitive work, eliminate bottlenecks and dramatically shorten diligence review cycles. Faster access to relevant information leads to quicker and better-informed decisions, which directly influences deal velocity and competitive positioning, while also fostering a clearer path to close.

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At the foundation of DealCentre AI is Link, Intralinks’ proprietary AI engine. Link goes beyond routine document tagging or simple keyword search, pinpointing and analyzing key information across documents and enabling users to interact with deal data in an intuitive, conversational format – while always providing full document traceability to further validate the results, if desired. This combination of contextual undertanding and unparalleled transparency both speeds and strengthens decision-making, while reducing overall potential unforeseen risk.

Competitors such as Datasite have introduced AI functionality in recent years, primarily focused on basic tasks like document categorization and redaction. However, these features operate as incremental, ‘one-off’ enhancements rather than as part of a fully integrated intelligence framework. Without a deeply embedded AI architecture that spans the entire deal lifecycle, the impact is limited to minor task-level efficiencies instead of delivering broader workflow transformation. Intralinks’ approach is fundamentally different, connecting intelligence, process and collaboration within a unified platform ecosystem that’s designed to drive meaningful performance gains across every deal phase.

Built for Scale, Security, and Strategic Impact

Artificial intelligence is only as valuable as the platform that comprises it. Intralinks pairs unsurpassed AI capabilities with enterprise-grade security, granular permission controls and global scalability. Organizations managing complex, cross-border, or highly-regulated transactions need more than rudimentary task automation. They require complete visibility, control, compliance and confidence at every deal stage.

By combining proven, long-standing AI innovation with secure, end-to-end deal management, Intralinks delivers tangible outcomes: streamlined diligence, improved cross-team collaboration and accelerated time to close.

In a market where many are still trying to catch up to the virtual data room (VDR) technology that Intralinks invented nearly three decades ago, the company has raised the bar again - delivering a robust, fully integrated AI-powered platform that’s built for the next three decades of dealmaking. For dealmakers seeking measurable gains and a future-ready solution that gives them the advantage, the choice is clear.