Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I’m Zack Miller.

What does car racing have to do with financial services? Actually, a lot. Many of the same dynamics persist — improving car and driver performance, optimizing operations and sustainability. Substitute financial performance, personalized product marketing, and risk management and now you’re talking about financial services. Can you identify patterns that provide better competitive insight and winning race strategies?

Just as Moneyball revolutionized baseball, AI and predictive analytics are transforming Formula E racing. Formula E, by the way, has similar cars as Formula 1, but they’re electric. Richard Branson’s Envision Virgin Racing team approach financial services firm Genpact to see if it could improve the team’s performance. Genpact's Chief Science OfficerArmen Kherlopian joins us on the podcast to discuss how his team’s advanced analytics solutions and race strategies helped keep the racing team in the top three all season.

Importantly, we talk about how this work can be applied to financial services and the role AI and predictive analytics tools will increasingly play for competitive firms.

Armen Kherlopian is my guest today on the Tearsheet Podcast.