The Hedgineer Podcast explores the world of finance, hedge funds and prop trading by looking at the technology that is used to build it. We interview the brightest minds in industry to discuss where they see the technology in the space going and how it is shaping the industry. For anyone building a career in the industry, trying to leverage technology to get an edge, or just curious about what this crazy world of technology in investing is like, this show is for you!
Hedgineer = Hedge Fund + Engineer
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The Hedgineer Podcast explores the world of finance, hedge funds and prop trading by looking at the technology that is used to build it. We interview the brightest minds in industry to discuss where they see the technology in the space going and how it is shaping the industry. For anyone building a career in the industry, trying to leverage technology to get an edge, or just curious about what this crazy world of technology in investing is like, this show is for you!
Hedgineer = Hedge Fund + Engineer
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Welcome back to Season 2 of The Hedgineer Podcast, where host Michael Watson talks data, AI, and technology in the hedge fund and asset management space.
In this episode, Michael sits down with Didier Lopes, the founder of OpenBB, for a conversation that started five years ago during the meme stock boom. Michael reached out to Didier in 2021 after he shared his "Gamestonk Terminal" on r/wallstreetbets. Michael reached out to Didier if he was interested in a job on his team at Citadel but Didier had other ideas. That initial LinkedIn message from Michael ended up in the pitch deck that helped Didier raise nearly $9 million for his company and the rest is history.
Didier recounts his journey from being a software engineer who automated his personal investment research to becoming the creator of a massively popular open-source project. The Gamestonk Terminal went viral on WallStreetBets and Hacker News, gaining 4,000 GitHub stars in less than 24 hours by cleverly aggregating the free API tiers from hundreds of different data vendor and has evolved into what OpenBB is today.
Join us as we dive into the evolution of a viral tool into a sophisticated enterprise platform and explore the disruptive forces reshaping the financial data landscape.
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This is episode is for anyone at the intersection of finance, data science, and artificial intelligence.
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