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KelAI launch: what they're building and where to launch next

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What they're building

The AI Quant: Autonomous Alpha Engine for Funds and Traders.

Batch
Y Combinator Spring 2026
Industry
Fintech
Team size
3
Based
New York City, NY, USA

Founders

kelaitech.com ↗

See their funding details ↗

KelAI on the record

What they shipped

  • From its YC profile: Founded by former WorldQuant portfolio manager & head of event driven systematic strategies Jeremie Cohen, KelAI is building the autonomous alpha engine for hedge funds, traders and institutional investors. Investment teams now have more data, tools and compute than ever, but research still runs across siloed systems and inefficient workflows. KelAI turns that fragmented process into a compounding AI-native engine that continuously finds, tests and validates trading signals at a pace no human team can match. (source)
  • Its own site describes it as: "KelAI is the AI alpha engine for hedge funds and institutional investors. Purpose-built AI that helps investment teams discover and validate new sources of alpha." (source)

Who is behind it

  • Jeremie Cohen, Founder/CEO: Founder and CEO of KelAI. Managed a large global systematic equity book at WorldQuant and lead an ML team at Millennium Management. Nuclear engineer by training. (source)
  • 3 open roles listed on its YC jobs page when the profile was read (2026-09-05). (source)

Timeline

  1. 2025: founded, per its YC profile. (source)

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Where else to launch KelAI

  • Indie Hackers Forum ↗
    Self-promotion allowed
    Audience: IndieHackers; bootstrapped solo founders sharing revenue and behind-the-scenes
  • Hacker News (Show HN) ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Hacker News readers; engineers, technical founders, infra-curious people
  • Product Hunt ↗
    Self-promotion allowedFree
  • Demand Curve ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • No Code Founders ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • OnlineGeniuses ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • Product Makers ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • ProductLed ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group

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