Instacart Co-Founder Launches Hedge Fund Backing AI Agents Over Portfolio Managers

Instacart Co-Founder Launches Hedge Fund Backing AI Agents Over Portfolio Managers

Apoorva Mehta, co-founder of Instacart, has created a hedge fund designed to manage much of its investments through artificial intelligence rather than traditional portfolio managers, Bloomberg reported. The company, Abundance, is based in Palo Alto, California. It started last year. Abundance has a small team of quantitative researchers, engineers, and AI specialists focused on building…

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This French hedge fund is growing. Challenging industry norms is part of their secret sauce.

This French hedge fund is growing. Challenging industry norms is part of their secret sauce.

French hedge fund Capital Fund Management, which fosters an open, academic-inspired culture, is governed by a five-member board.Stefanía Iemmi; Courtesy of Capital Fund Management Equity fund management has been on a good run in recent years, growing amid strong returns. The firm fosters an open, malleable culture that appeals to Ph.D.s but differs from many…

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A new hedge fund launching next year hopes to be the ‘farm team’ for the  trillion industry

A new hedge fund launching next year hopes to be the ‘farm team’ for the $5 trillion industry

Riptide Advisors, a new multi-strategy hedge fund, plans to hire unproven talent as portfolio managers. Young PMs who succeed will get more capital and a path to starting their own company. Tyler Errickson, the company’s founder, said he envisions the fund as the minor leagues of the industry. Tyler Errickson doesn’t plan to compete with…

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