Category: Vanilla Updates
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Jun 30, 2026
Vanilla and Callan Family Office Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Estate Planning for...
Partnership deepens Vanilla's commitment to serving the most complex wealth planning needs BELLEVUE, Washington - June 30, 2026 — Vanilla, a leading estate planning platform for wealth management firms, today announced a strategic partnership with Callan Family Office, a registered investment advisor serving ultra-high-net-worth families, family offices, foundations, and endowments. The collaboration includes a strategic investment by Callan Family Office in Vanilla and a joint product development and go-to-market agreement, bringing together two organizations with a shared conviction that the ultra-high-net-worth market deserves fundamentally better estate planning technology. The Gap This Partnership Is Built to Close Ultra-high-net-worth families and family...
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Jun 03, 2026
Vanilla Named a Finalist in Two Categories at the 2026 Wealth Management Industry...
BELLEVUE, WA — June 3, 2026 — Vanilla, the modern estate planning platform built for financial advisors, today announced it has been named a Finalist in two categories at the 2026 Wealth Management Industry Awards (the "Wealthies"). Vanilla was recognized as a Finalist in the following categories: Technology Providers — Thought Leadership: Estate Planning and Women research report Estate Planning — Technology The Thought Leadership recognition reflects Vanilla's research into how women approach estate planning, a study that surfaced where advisors can build deeper relationships with an underserved and fast-growing segment of wealth holders. The Estate Planning — Technology recognition...
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May 20, 2026
Vanilla Extends Estate Planning to Carson Group’s Network of 600+ Advisors
Vanilla Continues National Expansion, Adding Carson Group to a Growing Roster of Leading Advisory Firms Bellevue, Washington — Vanilla is expanding its footprint across the independent advisory landscape, announcing today a partnership with Carson Group that brings its estate planning platform to more than 600 advisors. Carson Group manages over $58 billion in assets under management and serves more than 60,000 client families across a network of 165+ partner offices nationwide. "Estate planning is one of the most meaningful services an advisor can offer, and one of the most underleveraged," said Gene Farrell, CEO of Vanilla. "This partnership puts Vanilla...
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May 13, 2026
What’s New in Vanilla: Our Latest Product Update Recap
If you missed our most recent product update webinar, here's a full rundown of everything we've shipped in 2026 — plus a preview of what's coming next. Our Product Marketing Specialist Jess walked attendees through the updates organized around the three commitments that guide everything we build: AI that elevates you, confidence in every client conversation, and getting you faster to the moments that matter. AI That Elevates You Tax Return Prompt for V/AI V/AI, Vanilla's proprietary AI, already generates comprehensive estate summaries from client documents. This year we added a dedicated tax return prompt to the Custom Prompt Library....
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May 12, 2026
Vanilla and BlackRock Are Equipping Advisors with the Estate Planning Education They Need...
Clients come to advisors for help navigating some of the most consequential financial decisions of their lives. Estate planning is the door to those conversations, and advisors who open it consistently become the trusted advisor for life's biggest moments, deepening client relationships and growing their practice in the process. That's why BlackRock has partnered with Vanilla to bring estate planning education directly to advisors through the BlackRock Advisor Center, a growing library of resources built to help advisors make estate planning a consistent part of how they serve clients. What's available now Advisors can access the following content written in...
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Apr 30, 2026
Vanilla Wins Best Technology Start-up at the Thirteenth Family Wealth Report Awards 2026
Bellevue, WA – April 30, 2026 Vanilla, the modern estate planning platform built for financial advisors, has been named the winner of the Technology Start-Up category at the Thirteenth Family Wealth Report Awards 2026. Vanilla was also recognized as a finalist in the Innovative Use of AI category. The annual Family Wealth Report Awards celebrate innovation and excellence among the firms, teams, and individuals serving North America’s family office, family wealth, and trusted advisor communities. These prestigious awards shine a spotlight on those making a real impact in the industry. "Estate planning has never had a true technology category leader...
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Mar 31, 2026
Vanilla Named a Finalist in the Thirteenth Annual Family Wealth Report Awards 2026
Bellevue, WA – March 31, 2026 – Vanilla, the leading platform in modern estate planning, has been selected as a finalist for the Thirteenth Annual Family Wealth Report Awards 2026 in the following categories: Technology Start-Up Innovative Use of AI The Family Wealth Report Awards recognize the firms and individuals driving meaningful change across the family office, family wealth, and trusted advisor communities in North America 2014 selected through an independent judging process that evaluates real impact, not just ambition. “Being recognized in both the Technology Start-Up and Innovative Use of AI categories reflects what we’ve been building toward since...
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Mar 10, 2026
Vanilla Joins The Wealth Engineering Expert Sourcing Consortium as its Exclusive Estate Planning...
The Wealth Engineering Family of Companies (WE) is pleased to announce the inclusion of the Vanilla patented estate planning platform as a core component ORLANDO, FL, UNITED STATES, March 10, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Wealth Engineering Family of Companies (WE) is pleased to announce the inclusion of the Vanilla patented estate planning platform as a core component of its Expert Sourcing Consortium; synchronized with our other expert sourcing firms and our elastic infrastructures – The FusionPowered Wealth Advisor and OpenOption Practice Engineering Dashboards. "The top-tier firms that we consult with build practices that go beyond investing, they advise on the...
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Mar 09, 2026
Vanilla Partners with Worthy to Bring AI-Native Tax Intelligence to Financial Advisors
The partnership gives Vanilla customers access to the first personalized tax planning tool for advisors BELLEVUE, WA – March 9, 2026 Vanilla, the most trusted modern estate planning platform for financial advisors, today announced a partnership with Worthy, the AI-native tax intelligence platform built for financial advisors. Together, Vanilla and Worthy help advisors surface opportunities, deepen client conversations, and deliver more value across both estate and tax planning. Worthy will be available to Vanilla customers at special pricing. Tax and estate planning are deeply intertwined — the same life events that shape a client’s estate plan carry significant tax implications...