Lab49

Last week Brian Wm. McAllister and I got to attend Future of Portfolio Management & Artificial Intelligence at Columbia University Mathematics of Finance (MAFN) hosted by Rebellion Research. Big thanks to Alexander Fleiss! ?? From Data to Dominance: What’s Next for AI in Investment Management? One thing was clear: AI is no longer an edge case—it is the core infrastructure for the future of investing. ?? Alpha is being found in narrative signatures, not just price signals. ?? LLMs and agentic AI are enabling new mid-frequency and systematic strategies. ?? But none of it works without clean, contextual, and explainable data. ?? The next-gen trading stack requires AI-ready data pipelines, resilient ML models, and deep domain alignment. At Lab49, we’re helping the world’s top financial institutions turn data complexity into AI-enabled opportunity. ?? From digital twins to dynamic workflows, the future is being built now—and it’s intelligent by design. #AI #ML #Fintech #CapitalMarkets #DataEngineering #InvestmentManagement #Lab49 #Quant #LLM #AgenticAI

Joseph McSorley, mobile team lead at Lab49, presents a lightweight SwiftUI navigation framework that simplifies programmatic push navigation, as well as modal, and alert presentation. It also provides lifecycle management for observables (ViewModels in MVVM) associated with each screen in your app.? ? Here’s part one of the three part the series:?https://lnkd.in/edkHHYaa ? Check out the following Github links for more details: ? - iOS 16:?https://lnkd.in/eUPJq_aU - iOS 17+:?https://lnkd.in/eEBra5ic ? #swift #swiftui #ios #navigation

Our own Enmanuel Rivera just published a new tech talk! ? Headless design systems are a great way to abstract branding out of style authoring. This helps shift responsibility of brand synchronization to product and design teams.? ? Figma variables are a great way to define design tokens that keep wireframes consistent. Variables are also used to produce build inputs that propagate branding across a applications without touching code.? ? Check out the new tech talk video right here:?https://lnkd.in/eyhhSyhq ? #designsystems #figma #collaboration #shiftleft

Building team culture is incredibly hard. It takes a team to do it, and it’s more than simply writing down your values. Having fun together is important: it’s what makes for a well-rounded shared experience. ? So at Lab49, we do some pretty fun stuff! In February, the Interactive Practice ran a global contest to see who could get the highest score on?https://cantunsee.space! ? Because we have multiple locations, we ran multiple events around the world to get the team together and fight it out to see who would come out on top.? ? After a full week of events and contest entries, here’s the results: ? ?? Lavi Gupta with a score of 7,930 ?? Joseph McSorley, also with a score of 7,930, but Lavi submitted his entry first! ?? Tied for third with scores of 7,730: Anshul Khare and Máté Végh ? Congrats to all the winners! ? Stay tuned here, many more contests to come at Lab49 in the future ?????? ? #teambuilding #events #contest #lab49 ? (Sidenote, thanks to Alex Kotliarskyi for creating Can’t Unsee!)

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"The o3-mini release proves that OpenAI is still in the fight - but this first post-DeepSeek round is, at best, a draw." Yiannis Antoniou, Lab49's head of AI, data and analytics recently shared his thoughts on OpenAI's two new variants, o3-mini and o3-mini-high, in an article for AI Business. With improved performance in?coding, STEM, and math, the models offer free-tier access to advanced reasoning capabilities for the first time. However, DeepSeek still holds its own in terms of reasoning style. By revealing more of its thought process and maintaining a more human-like reasoning approach, it remains a compelling alternative. Read Yiannis's full article below. #AI #DeepSeek #OpenAI

Lab49's head of AI, data and analytics, Yiannis Antoniou, shared his thoughts in Verdict today on the release of the DeepSeek R1 family of AI models. R1 not only holds its own against the best offerings from OpenAI but also redefines the rules of the game with its open-source commitment and low-cost innovation. While debates about the actual cost are ongoing, the optics of achieving on-par capabilities with leading US labs at a fraction of the cost have caused a stir. This breakthrough has significant geopolitical implications as China has positioned itself to challenge U.S. dominance in generative AI. Read the full article below. #DeepSeek #AI #Innovation

Yiannis Antoniou, Head of Data, Analytics and AI at Lab49, recently shared insights in Unite.AI about how firms can bridge the gap between AI’s vast promise and its currently limited practical impact on enterprise operations. Organisations often struggle to move beyond experimental pilots to scalable, workflow-integrated tools. To unlock AI’s value, firms must focus on a product vision when designing AI tools, prioritise clean and well-governed data, and make Responsible AI a centrepiece of strategy. #AI #Innovation #ResponsibleAI

“OpenAI’s announcement of Operator, its latest foray into the agentic AI wars, is both fascinating and incomplete.” Yiannis Antoniou, Head of AI, Data, and Analytics at Lab49, recently featured in an article for AI News explaining how OpenAI's Operator streamlines AI interactions through web browsers, eliminating the need for complex APIs and bespoke integrations while enabling accessibility and ease of use. Read the full article in AI News below to learn more about OpenAI's latest announcement and Yiannis's analysis. #OpenAI #Operator

Lab49's Director of Strategy, Kenan Maciel, recently contributed an article to Enter Quantum on the importance of early adoption of quantum computing for financial institutions. ? In the article, Kenan explains that to stay competitive, firms must proactively develop and implement effective quantum strategies to mitigate risks and maximize potential rewards. ? While quantum computing's full impact may still be years away, firms that begin laying the groundwork now, both technologically and strategically, will be better prepared for the transformative changes it will bring to financial services. ? Click below to read Kenan's full article. ? #QuantumComputing #FinancialServices