https://ryanorban.com/categories/research-lab/Recent content in Research-Lab on Ryan OrbanHugoen-usme@ryanorban.com (Ryan Orban)me@ryanorban.com (Ryan Orban)Ryan OrbanFri, 12 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://ryanorban.com/notes/worldfund-strategy-memo-ai-investing/Fri, 12 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000me@ryanorban.com (Ryan Orban)https://ryanorban.com/notes/worldfund-strategy-memo-ai-investing/<h3 id="summary" class="scroll-mt-8 group"> Summary <a href="#summary" class="no-underline hidden opacity-50 hover:opacity-100 !text-inherit group-hover:inline-block" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to this heading" tabindex="-1"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" class="lucide lucide-link w-4 h-4 block" viewBox="0 0 24 24" > <path d="M10 13a5 5 0 0 0 7.54.54l3-3a5 5 0 0 0-7.07-7.07l-1.72 1.71" /> <path d="M14 11a5 5 0 0 0-7.54-.54l-3 3a5 5 0 0 0 7.07 7.07l1.71-1.71" /> </svg> </a> </h3> <p>WorldFund is a research lab and investment fund founded around the thesis that artificial intelligence will eventually automate investing end-to-end — sourcing, underwriting, and securitizing — and that whoever builds the right systems early will have a compounding structural advantage as AI performance scales with data. The November 2021 strategy memo outlines a $5M seed raise to hire a research team and build production modules for alpha-finding in venture capital, digital asset markets, and public markets, which ensemble into an autonomously learning neural network.</p>