Shannon Bridge avoids AI for investment decisions or recommendations, Sugrue says
Brian Chagru · AI in the Investment Office – Abby Barlow, Laura Hill, Brian Sugrue, Jenny Heller, John Lawrence, Matt Bank, Kristin Kallergis Rowland, Jon Webster (EP.515) · Sep 14, 2026 · at 20:12
Brian Sugrue (misattributed as Chagru in audio diarization) is the CIO of Shannon Bridge Investments, an Ireland-based single-family office. He discusses how their team bounds the use of AI.
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“The one thing we have not used it for is as a decision maker or a recommendation tool, because I'm not that comfortable with the idea of that.”
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