The DeepMind trio who built a poker AI are now making money for quant hedge funds
THE SO WHAT
Ex‑DeepMind researchers turning poker AI chops into a $500M‑valued quant lab is another data point that top AI talent is flowing into proprietary trading, not just product startups. If you’re competing for that caliber of researcher, you need either similar upside economics or a radically different mission to stay in the game.
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