Innovation Hub: What’s New

Explore the newest innovations from Optimal Blue

Automate workflows, connect systems, and deliver frictionless experiences across the mortgage life cycle.

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Product strategy and execution

From Client Insight to Delivered Innovation

Optimal Blue takes a disciplined approach to product development, grounded in client feedback and a transparent four-quarter roadmap.

Chief Product Officer Erin Wester, Director of AI Labs Kevin Foley, and CTO Seever Sulaiman share how client needs are translated into prioritized roadmap initiatives and consistently delivered releases.

Summit 2026

New innovations announced at the 2026 Optimal Blue Summit

Virtual Economist

Generate mortgage rate and volume forecasts on-demand, using proprietary machine learning models.

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Profitability Center

Bring all Optimal Blue products and insights into one centralized experience at login.

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Hedge Cost in the PPE

View key hedge values instantly inside the PPE. Evaluate current versus proposed pricing to understand profitability impact.

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AI Rules Assistant

Speak policy. Ship rules. Turn natural language into accurate, fully built pricing and eligibility logic in the PPE.

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Enhanced Admin Experience

Simplify access to important configuration in the Optimal Blue® PPE and CompassEdge.

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Coming Soon

Ratesheet Pricing Insights

Connect pricing, analytics, and margin controls in one seamless workflow between CompassEdge and the Optimal Blue PPE.

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Coming Soon

Loansifter & Comergence Connection

Streamline broker and investor workflows offering a unified path from pricing to prospect engagement.

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Competitive Data License Plus

Benchmark, analyze, and model the entire loan life cycle using real time, anonymized market data.

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Integration Studio

Launch “done-for-you” integrations with platforms like Salesforce in under an hour. Map custom fields, validate data, and automate updates.

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Agency Direct

Simplify retained execution with clear coverage visibility in CompassEdge.

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Built across the mortgage life cycle

Modern and Proven End-to-End Innovation

Optimal Blue delivers industry-leading innovation across pricing, hedging, trading, compliance, and more, equipping secondary marketing professionals with the tools they need to maximize performance and results.

Optimal Accuracy

The Optimal Blue PPE delivers near-perfect pricing precision across thousands of products and 150+ investors, ensuring compliant, competitive quotes every time.

Trusted by Originators Nationwide

Optimal Blue empowers lenders with real-time pricing, seamless execution, and scalable automation proven across thousands of users every day.

Featured innovations

Innovation in action

Virtual Economist

Virtual Economist

Generate mortgage rate and volume forecasts on-demand, using proprietary machine learning models.

Ask Obi

Ask Obi: AI-Powered Executive Insights

Interact with your Optimal Blue data like never before. Ask Obi is a generative AI assistant that delivers real-time, actionable insights across your Optimal Blue ecosystem.

Capture for Originators

Capture for Originators

Retention strategy and refinance analysis for originators. Capture for Originators simplifies refinance prospecting with a dashboard and closed-loan analysis that goes beyond rate alerts – saving loan officers time and effort. Create borrower-ready presentations in minutes.

More Innovations

More ways to automate and execute with confidence

In Comergence

Solution Center

Discover, connect, and grow with the mortgage industry’s most comprehensive partner marketplace

The Solution Center empowers originators, partners, and investors to find and activate the tools and services they need – all in one place.

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In the Optimal Blue PPE

Best Efforts Direct Lock

Eliminate manual locking steps and accelerate efficiency through automation

Automate direct best-efforts locking with participating investors via API to eliminate manual steps, improve accuracy, and boost efficiency throughout the locking lifecycle.

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In CompassEdge

Pool Solver

Automate loan pooling with precision and speed – no manual work required.

Automate investor-compliant loan pooling in minutes eliminating spreadsheets, maximizing execution value, and scaling effortlessly for any institution.

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Resources

Keep exploring

Optimal Blue Key to Alliant Credit Union’s Mortgage Business Transformation

See how a leading credit union transformed its mortgage business by implementing a modern, integrated technology platform.

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Unlocking Refi Potential

Learn how Capture for Originators turns past loans into future wins.

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Choosing the Right Tech Partner: Modern Technology. Proven Experience.

Explore how Optimal Blue’s AI and automation solutions drive measurable ROI.

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