Varun Goyal chose an AI startup over a quant role for broader career options. Goyal's master's program allowed exploration of AI and quant, influencing his career choice. He said AI startups offer ...

The emergence of artificial intelligence is forcing a lot of people, companies, and even whole industries to rethink the way they fundamentally operate. One such industry is the financial industry and ...

Quantitative trading relies on mathematical models as part of its strategy to execute trades. Quantitative trading relies on mathematical models and statistical analysis to make trading decisions.

Kenyan traders are no longer operating on the fringes of the global forex market. With widespread mobile money use, dependable 4G and fibre connections, and a fast-growing retail trading community, ...

Why is a Chinese quant shop behind one of the world’s strongest open-weight LLMs? It turns out that modern quantitative investing and frontier AI labs are converging on the same institutional machine: ...

Editor’s note: “The Quant Trading System Picking Stocks That Soar 300%” was previously published in January 2023. It has since been updated to include the most relevant information available. The ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Varun Goyal, a 25-year-old AI startup engineer, based in California. It's been edited for length and clarity. In 2022, I was standing at the ...