Awards, Press & Company News

Escaping Pilot Purgatory: How AI Becomes Operational Advantage

Robert Cooke, CEO of 3forge, makes the case that escaping "pilot purgatory" is how banks turn AI from a research initiative into a real operational advantage at scale.

Why AI Agents Are Becoming a Control Problem for Banks

As AI agents proliferate across financial institutions, banks face a new class of governance challenges: how to supervise, audit, and constrain autonomous systems acting on their behalf across trading, compliance, and operations.

AI Pilots Are Easy. Production Is the Hard Part.

Robert Cooke, CEO of 3forge, argues that the real challenge for banks isn't launching AI pilots: it's getting them to production. Organizational friction, data governance, and integration complexity are where most initiatives stall.

My Advice to Banks on AI: Robert Cooke of 3forge

CEO Robert Cooke advises bank executives on navigating AI adoption strategically and sustainably.

Why Financial Services Is Turning to Application Engines to Accelerate Development

Robert Cooke, CEO of 3forge, explains the emergence of app engines in finance to Techstrong TV.

Operating Systems and the Miracle of Standardization

AIthority published an excerpt from "The Stack", exploring how computing layers shaped the modern digital world.

What to Expect from AI in 2026

3forge CEO contributed to 2026 AI predictions in APMDigest, sharing his vision for enterprise AI adoption in financial services.

Layers Before Leaps: How Banks Can Use AI Without Breaking What Already Works

Robert Cooke explains the best strategy for banks to embrace AI safely, building on existing layers rather than ripping them out.

Lessons, Not Rewrites: A Safer Path to Bank Modernization

How banks can integrate legacy and modern systems through data virtualization and real-time streaming, without disruption.

3forge Publishes The Stack: How Layers of Software Built the Modern World

The definitive new history of computing reveals how decades of innovation built the digital foundations driving today's economy, from wartime codebreaking to the rise of AI.

What CFOs Need To Know About Upgrading Technology

Robert Cooke shares how to make technology upgrades that work for your business and bottom line, in Forbes CFO column.

How to Modernise Your Bank's Codebase Without Breaking It

Shielded modernisation, layering new technology on existing systems, is the only viable path to AI-enabled, resilient operations.

Rewiring Wall Street: Modernizing Without Forgetting What Works

How banks can integrate legacy and modern systems through data virtualization and real-time streaming, without disruption.

3forge CEO Urges Banks to Modernise Legacy Systems

Robert Cooke highlighted how banks are squandering resources on maintaining legacy systems running on billions of lines of old code.

3Forge's Robert Cooke Claims Banks Are Wasting Resources as Significant Bank IT Spend Goes to Fixing Legacy Systems

Global banks run on billions of lines of legacy code, some written half a century ago. Nowhere is that inheritance more visible than on Wall Street.

3forge Wins Best Transaction-Cost Analysis System Provider at the Waters Rankings 2025

Leading financial institutions trust 3forge to deliver real-time transparency, performance, and insight across the trade lifecycle.

3forge Wins the 2025 TradingTech Insight Award Europe for Best Full-Stack Development Platform

Recognized at the A-Team TradingTech Insight Europe 2025 Awards for excellence in trading solutions and services for capital markets.

3forge Wins Best Sell-Side Web-Based Development Environment at the WatersTechnology Awards

Combining a high-performance data platform with a web-based development studio, 3forge delivers the functional elements needed for business-critical workflows.

3forge Wins the Prime Brokerage Technology Award at the 2025 Hedgeweek European Awards

A testament to the power of 3forge's platform and the innovation and hard work of the team behind it.

The Future of FinTech Engineering: AI, Innovation, and Trading Technology

Joe Ronan joins Harrington Starr's podcast to explore how AI and the 3forge platform are reshaping the role of software engineers in FinTech.

3forge Wins "Best Trading Tech Stack Platform" at A-Team's Trading Tech Insights USA Awards 2025

Enabling financial institutions to build and scale real-time applications without compromise: the core strength of 3forge's platform.

3forge Partners with Robin Hood to Fight Poverty in NYC

A multi-year partnership with Robin Hood, New York City's largest local poverty-fighting philanthropy, committed to creating real opportunities for 2 million New Yorkers.

3forge Secures Investment from Morgan Stanley

The first time 3forge has raised external capital since launching in 2011: Morgan Stanley backs its mission to deliver real-time, high-performance development tools.

Jain Global Chooses 3forge for Unified Systems

By starting from scratch with 3forge, Jain Global eliminated roadblocks and set themselves apart from competitors: scalability without incremental cost.