{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"START","title":"START: Ian M.J. McInnis, CEO & Co-Founder, WithAI “Custom command centers for hedge funds”","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/08290b8d\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1159,"description":"The biggest hedge funds have entire teams building AI. Most asset managers are on their own.\nBut closing that gap isn't about buying more AI. It's about a problem most people get wrong.\nYou can test code by running it.\nYou can't test an investment by buying it.\nSoftware engineering and investing aren't the same problem\nIn software, we've moved from autocomplete to agents to long-running agent swarms - each step climbing another level of abstraction\nIn investing, human judgment still has to exist at the object level\nSo the challenge was never deploying agents\nThe challenge is giving them the context to be useful\nEvery source of knowledge\nInternal and external\nStructured and unstructured\nConnected to the people making decisions.\nThat's what Ian M.J. McInnis and his co-founder Ben Finch built at WithAI (YC P26)\nNot another AI tool\nA customized environment where agents can work the way investors actually do.\nIan knows the problem firsthand. Before co-founding WithAI, he worked at the center of AI and investing at Bridgewater, studying how AI would reshape markets and knowledge work.\nHis conclusion after trying the alternative:\n\"The DIY approach ends in pain\"\nThe future isn't simply managing swarms of agents\nIt's knowing what to delegate\nWhat to automate\nAnd where human judgment remains essential\nThat's why WithAI focuses on amplifying investors rather than replacing them\nResearch faster\nMonitor more companies\nSurface information that would otherwise be missed\n\"AI for asset managers, built with you\": Security, infrastructure, and white-glove service for harnessing the latest agents\n🎙️ Ian McInnis, CEO & Co-Founder, WithAI on Fondo START pod‍00:20 Why AI adoption in investing requires more than simply deploying agents00:35 Building a customized AI operating environment for asset managers01:12 Making hedge fund-grade AI capabilities accessible to smaller firms01:55 From Princeton mathematics to a career in investing02:35 Becoming one of Bridgewater's internal AI...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/q-E1hh7K6IS4AfZiNy2p4MYVGcUOO8lQP92h8QbOEOA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NzVj/MDEzNjkxNjU1N2Uy/NDFhMDQ3M2ZhNWI3/NWY0MS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}