{"id":109747,"title":"Prodigy: The Frontier AI Trading Research Lab","tagline":"Training the world's best foundation model for quantitative finance","body":"**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\u0026amp;P 500 and the Nasdaq were flat or down.\n\n**Traction**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=109747\u0026key=user_uploads/3203618/c02ef51e-f0e4-43b8-a335-b55e66d5afd2)\n\nOur 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.\n\n\u003chttps://youtu.be/wkT96INB3RA\u003e\n\n**Why Now**\n\nTrading 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.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=109747\u0026key=user_uploads/3203618/31e0abc2-381b-4cdb-8d4f-86498b669b39)\n\n**The Team**\n\nOur 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.\n\nA new era has arrived in the world of quantitative finance. To learn more, contact [founders@prodigy.markets](mailto:founders@prodigy.markets).","slug":"SY7-prodigy-the-frontier-ai-trading-research-lab","created_at":"2026-08-10T18:30:00.360Z","updated_at":"2026-09-19T05:57:12.970Z","total_vote_count":34,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/SY7-prodigy-the-frontier-ai-trading-research-lab","share_image_url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/media/?type=post\u0026id=109747\u0026key=user_uploads/3203618/1e35e521-95ab-43bc-8f5e-0b33df6589ea","company":{"id":32254,"name":"Prodigy Research","slug":"prodigy-research","url":"https://prodigy.markets","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/a2db1ee59cf597cd664444e784ae76e1f753d775.png","batch":"Summer 2026","industry":"Fintech","tags":["Reinforcement Learning","Finance","Investing","Trading","AI"],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/32254"}}