Equifax Secures 27 Patents, Advancing its AI Strategy

Equifax announced it secured 27 new patents in the second half of 2025, with 20 directly supporting its AI initiatives under the EFX.AI strategy. These additions bring its total new patents for 2025 to 62 and expand a portfolio of nearly 700 issued or pending patents as of November 2025.​

What Equifax said

The company said the new patents focus on techniques that accelerate AI use, including machine learning for data and analytics and risk modeling, many of which are already applied in customer-facing solutions. Leadership emphasized that the growing EFX.AI-powered solutions are enabled by the Equifax Cloud and its differentiated data, aiming to deliver faster insights and new consumer opportunities.​

Why it matters for AI

Equifax framed more than 320 of its pending and approved patents as supporting its “responsible AI” approach, positioning the portfolio as a foundation for explainable, production-grade AI across decisioning, fraud, and risk. The second-half additions build on a first-half milestone of 35 new patents tied to AI, ML, cybersecurity, and identity/fraud, indicating a sustained investment cadence through 2025.​

By the numbers

• 27 patents added in H2 2025; 62 total new patents in 2025.​

• 20 of the H2 patents support the AI strategy (EFX.AI).​

• Nearly 700 issued or pending patents across 15 countries as of November 2025; 320+ tied to responsible AI.​

Additional coverage

Financial and market outlets, including Yahoo Finance, The Fly, and Seeking Alpha, echoed the announcement and highlighted the AI emphasis and portfolio scale. These reports also reference Equifax’s multi-year investment in its cloud infrastructure as an enabler of AI delivery.​