Energy, Learning, and Optimization
In the last post I spoke about how there will be a brief shiny period of AI solo-unicorns. This post examines what happens beyond that era of high AI valuations, as we enter a world where more companies with tiny AI-empowered teams are are competing with each other. » Read More
As AI agents have gained traction over the past year, there’s a buzz in the Bay Area: Someone, somewhere, sometime soon, might have the first one-person company with a $1 billion valuation: 1-person-1-billion, 1P1B, or the solo-unicorn.
AI-first companies have already had some impressive exits (Base44 sold for $80M in June 2025), » Read More
At a hackathon in 2023, I worked alongside a rising college Junior majoring in Computer Science who was worried that he should switch majors because AI would eliminate software development jobs. At the time, I brushed off his concerns, as I expected most of the usefulness to be in written language, » Read More
This blog has been quiet the last 4+ years while I was working at Teza Technologies, a quantitative hedge fund based in Austin. A combination of financial regulations, company policies, and a culture of secrecy keeps people from talking about life at quant funds- but now that I’m out, » Read More
Since winning the Correlation One / Citadel datathon in February, I’ve been fascinated by data science jobs in the Finance sector, and the idea of applying my strategic bidding research to equity markets where trading volumes are greater, physical constraints are looser, » Read More
Solar panels, electric vehicles, smart appliances, and storage systems are rewriting the electricity production landscape. When used intelligently, these Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) can reduce cost, improve reliability, and help fight global warming by integrating more renewable energy into the electricity grid. » Read More
Blockchains are often described as “trustless”: this doesn’t mean that they can’t be trusted- but instead that the users don’t have to trust each other. In many applications, this is what sets them apart from conventional technologies- the lack of a centralized figure like a bank, » Read More
I was delighted to be quoted in Bloomberg Technology in their coverage of the Datathon organized by Citadel and Correlation One- definitely an unexpected honor, and I’ve been humbled by the responses. For more the Datathon itself, check out my post about the Correlation One Datathon. » Read More