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News articleYahoo Finance· March 1, 2026

Public Storage and Welltower Announce Strategic Data Science Partnership to Advance Application of AI in Real Estate Investing

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Public Storage and Welltower Announce Strategic Data Science Partnership to Advance Application of AI in Real Estate Investing FRISCO, Texas and TOLEDO, Ohio, March 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Public Storage (NYSE: PSA) and Welltower (NYSE: WELL) today announced a strategic data science partnership bringing together Wellto…
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  • Each company owns an unparalleled repository of proprietary data that is neither accessible nor replicable by competitors, third party data providers, or large language model interfaces, creating a durable asymmetric information advantage.

    80% confidence
  • While real estate is the world's largest asset class, it has historically been characterized as a local, 'gut-feel' industry that has proven to be one of the most unscalable businesses. The only way to truly scale this business is through the data generated by the assets, not through service models.

    80% confidence
  • Harnessing Welltower's data science platform, Public Storage will be deploying quantitative models for the real world – a world of science and math, not language and images – trained on decades of actual, proprietary performance data. This will significantly accelerate capital allocation decisions, demonstrating a tangible, real-world application of AI.

    80% confidence
  • Both Welltower and Public Storage have built differentiated data science capabilities that create a durable competitive advantage. By integrating Welltower's data science-driven capital allocation capabilities into PS4.0 platform, they expect to further sharpen how capital is deployed and accelerate value creation. Over time, Public Storage's operational analytics capabilities will help enhance Welltower's operating platform.

    80% confidence
  • Welltower has compressed transaction timelines from industry standard of 5-9 months to mere weeks using advanced mathematical models and high performance compute, substantially reducing latency and dramatically increasing velocity to market.

    80% confidence

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