Prodigy: The Frontier AI Trading Research Lab
TL;DR Prodigy Research is an AI lab that has trained the world's best foundation model for quantitative finance. We’ve already achieved 140% returns in live trading over the course of our YC batch, while major indices like the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were flat or down.
Traction
Our model beats Claude Fable and GPT-5.6 Sol at financial and quant research tasks. Prodigy's strategies are delta-neutral, and thanks to our rigorous and comprehensive risk controls, we've never had a down week.
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Why Now
Trading firms generated hundreds of billions in profit last year, and this number is growing quickly YoY. Global financial markets now exceed $175 trillion in value across equities, derivatives, and digital assets. Prodigy's agents find new opportunities and alpha in the financial markets faster than any team of human quant researchers.
The Team
Our founders are two brothers who left seven-figure jobs to build the future of quant trading. We bring together over 16 years of combined experience in quantitative finance, frontier model research, and large-scale AI infrastructure. Michael was a senior researcher at Google DeepMind, where he trained SoTA foundation models. He previously worked at Jane Street, one of the world’s most successful quantitative trading firms. Yuhua built cutting-edge AI at Apple serving billions of users across the world.
A new era has arrived in the world of quantitative finance. To learn more, contact [founders@prodigy.markets](mailto:founders@prodigy.markets).