Third-quarter revenue at the Toronto-based information software company rose eight per cent year-over-year. Operating profit fell 22 per cent, which Thomson Reuters attributed to a one-off bump in 2023 from the sale of legaltech company Elite. Adjusted earnings fell four per cent year-over-year. (The Logic)
Talking point: Thomson Reuters invested US$200 million in AI this year, including two major acquisitions this quarter: Safe Sign Technologies, a startup that creates legal-specific large language models, and Materia, a startup that developed an AI assistant for accounting firms. The media company signed an agreement in October to sell its online legal directory, FindLaw. It also plans to spend up to US$10 billion in overall acquisitions between now and 2027.