Brian grew up in suburban Maryland obsessed with Math and Science and learning that cold 6 AM swim practices taught grit more than competition ever could.

After MIT's collaborative culture shock and a brief stint as a bond trader at Morgan Stanley, he spent years in high-frequency trading before co-founding Glider. A DeFi infrastructure he describes as "React for DeFi." In this conversation, he breaks down why AI trading agents have a long way to go (but financial planning agents don't), how he found his co-founder through a 4-year recruiter relationship, and why traditional finance is a dying industry that blockchain will overwrite.