Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant
The Talking Tuesdays Podcast is all about quantitative topics but mainly focused around quantitative finance, data science, machine learning, career development, and technical topics. Join me for some insight from a risk management professional on how the industry works and how to break in!
Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant
Control Systems and Electrical Engineering to AI in Finance
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Didier Lopes studied control systems and electrical engineering in Europe before moving to the United States to build OpenBB, a next-generation financial research workspace.
Frustrated by how fragmented data, analysis, and decision-making tools were across finance and other industries, Didier set out to create a professional-grade platform where teams can bring their data, analytics, and AI into one unified environment.
Before founding OpenBB, he worked on cutting-edge technologies ranging from self-driving cars to wearable fitness devices, following a deep curiosity for complex systems and real-world impact.
In this episode, we talk about building in the age of AI, navigating life as a founder in the U.S., and the nuances of time-series modeling in financial markets.
OpenBB Examples:
https://openbb.co/solutions
OpenBB Product:
https://pro.openbb.co/
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/didier-lopes/
High Growth Handbook (book recommendation - affiliate link):
https://amzn.to/4aAvbfS
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