What AI research, patents and partnerships does Bank of America have?
Bank of America does its AI research through its patent program. Its Fast Facts page puts the estate at about 8,600 granted patents and pending applications, more than 1,700 of them AI-focused (20% of the portfolio), more than half granted, up from 762 AI and machine-learning patents and applications in September 2023. A record 644 patents were granted in 2023, 18% of them AI and machine learning, and the bank says it holds the most US patents of any financial services company. Recent grants cover adversarial machine-learning attack detection (June 2026), AI/ML model decision rectification (January 2026), data poisoning and drift prevention, defensive deepfakes and voice biometrics in a virtual assistant. Partners come largely through its Technology Innovation Summit, held for the 15th time on October 7, 2026: about one-fifth of 7,000 companies that took part became vendors, among them Redis, which powers caching, event streaming and AI infrastructure, and Tableau. On models, Erica began on BERT and OpenNLP, Orchestra routes work to open-weight and unnamed proprietary models, the bank was in Anthropic's Glasswing program from the start, and Reuters reported a $520 million credit line to OpenAI in July 2026.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Data as of Oct 16, 2026 · BofA profile updated Oct 13, 2026 · 33 sources cited on this page · 140 banks profiled on this site · Markdown
How many AI patents does Bank of America have, and how has that changed?
Counts as the bank or Banking Dive published them. Scopes differ (AI-only versus AI and machine learning; granted plus pending), so the series is indicative.
| Date | Total patents and applications | AI share | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 19, 2023 | More than 6,100 active patents and applications; 7,000-plus inventors | 762 AI/ML patents and applications, up 22% since 1H 2022; 22% of 313 grants in 1H 2023 | Bank of America[2] |
| March 6, 2024 | Nearly 6,600; a record 644 granted in 2023; 64th on the IPO Top 300 | 18% of 2023 grants were AI and machine learning | Bank of America[3] |
| October 1, 2024 | Not restated | Nearly 1,100 AI and ML patents and applications, up 94% since 2022 | Bank of America[15] |
| April 1, 2025 | Most US granted patents of any financial services company | More than 1,200 AI and ML focused (17% of the portfolio) | Bank of America[16] |
| June 12, 2026 | About 8,400 granted and pending | About 1,600 AI-focused | Banking Dive[17] |
| Retrieved October 2026 | About 8,600 granted and pending | More than 1,700 AI-focused (20%), more than half granted | Fast Facts[1] |
Which AI patents has Bank of America been granted recently?
Assignee Bank of America Corporation, per Google Patents. Grant dates shown; selected for AI relevance from a portfolio of thousands.
| Number | Title | Granted |
|---|---|---|
| US 12,705,363 B2 | Vulnerability detection and mitigation using artificial intelligence in an electronic environment | August 11, 2026[18] |
| US 12,647,436 B2 | Adversarial machine learning attack detection and prevention system | June 2, 2026[4] |
| US 12,518,205 B2 | AI/ML model decisioning and rectification system: lets a user challenge an AI or ML decision and triggers training-data acquisition | January 6, 2026[5] |
| US 12,425,392 B2 | Voice biometric authentication in a virtual assistant | September 23, 2025[8] |
| US 12,401,744 B2 | Defensive deepfake for detecting live deepfaked audio and video | August 26, 2025[7] |
| US 12,373,551 B2 | Data poisoning and model drift prevention system using generative adversarial networks | July 29, 2025[6] |
| US 12,254,314 B2 | Natural language processing enabled CI/CD deployment | March 18, 2025[19] |
| US 12,198,074 B2 | Executing a network of chatbots using a parallel bot approach | January 14, 2025[20] |
Who are Bank of America's AI and technology partners?
Named by the bank, the partner or tier-1 press. Contract values are not disclosed unless shown.
| Partner | Type | What it is | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technology Innovation Summit | Partner scouting | Invitation-only, about 500 founders and investors; 15th edition October 7, 2026; about one-fifth of 7,000 participating companies became vendors | Annual; 2026[9] |
| Redis | Data platform | Summit honoree; used for caching, session management, event streaming and AI infrastructure | October 10, 2024[10][9] |
| Salesforce (Tableau, CRM) and Zoom | Software | Tableau became a partner via the summit; Salesforce CRM data and Zoom underpin the AI-Powered Meeting Journey for advisers | 2026[9][21] |
| Anthropic (Mythos) | Frontier model | Part of the Glasswing program from the start, testing Mythos internally; 1,000 contractors added in Q2 2026 to patch flaws it exposed | April-October 2026[13][22] |
| OpenAI | Borrower | First credit line, $520 million, per a Reuters source; bank eyeing advisory roles on OpenAI and Anthropic IPOs | July 8, 2026[14] |
| IBM | Cloud | IBM built its financial-services-specific public cloud with Bank of America as the first major bank user | November 6, 2019[23] |
| Five peer banks | Industry principles | Principles for trusted agentic commerce with ASB, Capital One, Commonwealth Bank, ING and NatWest | September 22, 2026[24] |
| BioCatch | Behavioral biometrics | Named by American Banker among BioCatch users; the bank has not described its deployment | March 18, 2026[25] |
What does the BofA profile record on this topic?
The rows below are the entries of the Bank of America AI strategy profile that bear on this page, as of Oct 13, 2026; the profile holds the full record of 45 dated moves, 18 use cases and 68 sources.
| Use case | What the record shows | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier-model testing | Part of Anthropic's Glasswing programme from the start; testing Mythos internally, per Reuters sources. | Pilot | [13] |
| Behavioural biometrics (BioCatch) | American Banker (March 2026) names Bank of America among banks using BioCatch, whose technology reads how a user logs in, the device, the angle the phone is held at, keystrokes and past behaviour to decide whether the user is a real customer, a fraudster or a bot; Bank of America has not described its deployment. | In production | [25] |
| AI-Powered Meeting Journey | Meeting preparation, consented AI note-taking and follow-up tasks for Merrill and Private Bank advisers, built on Salesforce CRM data and Zoom; the bank says it can save up to four hours per meeting. | In production | [21][26] |
| Date | Move | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2026 | Principles for AI shopping agents | With NatWest, ING, Capital One, ASB and Commonwealth Bank, the bank warns AI shopping agents raise scam, fraud and data-privacy risks and proposes disclosure when an agent is in a transaction. | [27] |
| Jul 16, 2026 | Moynihan on Mythos: 'a big change' | The CEO joins bank chiefs warning that frontier models such as Anthropic's Mythos change how fast system vulnerabilities must be fixed. | [28] |
| Jul 8, 2026 | Reuters: $520 million credit line to OpenAI | A person familiar with the matter says the loan is the bank's first to OpenAI and that the bank is eyeing advisory roles on the planned OpenAI and Anthropic IPOs; the bank's internal data put its share of AI-related fundraising at 60% since 2025. | [14] |
| Jun 12, 2026 | About 8,400 patents and applications, 1,600 AI-focused | Cameron Wadley, a wealth-management technology executive with 70 applications filed, says several of his patents underpin Erica and now run in all eight lines of business. | [17] |
| Mar 26, 2026 | AI meeting tools for Merrill and the Private Bank | Meeting prep, summaries and next steps integrated with Salesforce and Zoom; about 15,000 employees in the first phase. | [29][30] |
| Oct 28, 2025 | Datos Insights names CashPro Data Intelligence best AI innovation | The suite of CashPro Search, Forecasting and Insights wins the 2025 Datos Impact Award for AI; Merrill SENSE, a large-language-model search engine for marketing teams, wins a second award. | [31] |
| Jul 29, 2025 | Gopalkrishnan replaces Bhasin as CTIO | Aditya Bhasin, CTIO since 2021, leaves for a role advising and investing in small and mid-sized companies. Moynihan's memo says Hari Gopalkrishnan 'leads our efforts to develop, deliver, and drive expanded AI-based services and solutions' with Vice Chair Thong Nguyen, and cites 7,800 patent filings and Erica's 3 billion interactions. | [32] |
| Jul 16, 2025 | Q2 2025 deck maps AI across four domains | Erica for Employees used by more than 90% of teammates, cutting service-desk calls by about half; an AI assistant for about 17,000 developers; more than 50 AI-enabled fraud-detection models; about 1,400 AI and machine-learning patents granted and pending. | [33] |
| Oct 1, 2024 | AI and ML patents up 94% since 2022 | Nearly 1,100 AI and machine-learning patents and pending applications. | [15] |
How many AI patents does Bank of America have?
Its Fast Facts page, retrieved October 2026, says about 8,600 granted patents and pending applications, of which more than 1,700 are AI-focused (20% of the portfolio) and more than half are granted. That compares with 762 AI and machine-learning patents and applications in September 2023 and about 1,600 AI-focused in June 2026.
Which recent AI patents has Bank of America been granted?
Grants since 2025 include adversarial machine-learning attack detection (US 12,647,436, June 2026), vulnerability detection using AI (US 12,705,363, August 2026), AI/ML model decision rectification (US 12,518,205, January 2026), data poisoning and model drift prevention, defensive deepfake detection and voice biometric authentication in a virtual assistant.
Does Bank of America work with OpenAI or Anthropic?
Reuters reported in July 2026 that the bank extended its first credit line to OpenAI, $520 million, and is eyeing advisory roles on the planned OpenAI and Anthropic IPOs. Reuters also reported the bank was part of Anthropic's Glasswing program for Mythos from the start; the bank has not named the proprietary model providers it uses internally.
How does Bank of America find AI technology partners?
Largely through its invitation-only Technology Innovation Summit, held for the 15th time on October 7, 2026 with about 500 founders and investors. CTIO Hari Gopalkrishnan said about one-fifth of the 7,000 companies that have taken part became vendors, including Redis and Tableau.
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- US 12,647,436 B2: Adversarial machine learning attack detection and prevention system (Bank of America Corporation)
- US 12,518,205 B2: AI/ML model decisioning and rectification system (Bank of America Corporation)
- US 12,373,551 B2: Data poisoning and model drift prevention system (Bank of America Corporation)
- US 12,401,744 B2: Defensive deepfake for detecting live deepfaked audio and video (Bank of America Corporation)
- US 12,425,392 B2: Voice biometric authentication in a virtual assistant (Bank of America Corporation)
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- US 12,705,363 B2: Vulnerability detection and mitigation using artificial intelligence in an electronic environment (Bank of America Corporation)
- US 12,254,314 B2: Natural language processing enabled CI/CD deployment (Bank of America Corporation)
- US 12,198,074 B2: Executing a network of chatbots using a parallel bot approach (Bank of America Corporation)
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- Bank of America hired 1,000 contractors to patch software flaws exposed by Anthropic's Mythos
- IBM, Bank of America team up to launch financial services-specific cloud
- Global Banks Collaborate on Principles for Trusted Agentic Commerce
- Agentic AI shopping bots are coming. Banks need to be ready
- Bank of America's wealth management firms roll out AI tool
- Banks warn AI shopping bots raise scam, fraud and data-privacy risks
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