Prodigy Research
YC S26 · Active · Training the world's best AI model for quantitative finance.
Competitors
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 Event Horizon LabsShared: research lab, investing, financeActiveAI | AI | Active | YCW24 |
 AfterQueryShared: research lab, foundation model, frontierActiveAI, Data, Devtools | AI, Data, Devtools | Active | YCW25 |
 idlerShared: research lab, reinforcement learning, frontierActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCS25 |
 TraverseShared: research lab, reinforcement learningActiveAI | AI | Active | YCW26 |
 TrataShared: investing, finance, deskActiveAI | AI | Active | YCW25 |
 DeepMindnot in a program hereShared: google deepmind, trading, researchElsewhereOther | Other | Elsewhere | |
 General Intuitionnot in a program hereShared: foundation model, trained, frontierElsewhereOther | Other | Elsewhere | |
 TwelveLabsnot in a program hereShared: foundation modelElsewhereOther | Other | Elsewhere |
Adjacent
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 AlgorizShared: trading, financeInactiveAI | AI | Inactive | YCW16 |
 Spectre IntelligenceShared: trading, investingActiveAI | AI | Active | YCS26 |
 AYC FundShared: trading, financeActiveAI | AI | Active | YCW22 |
 ArbitalShared: trading, investingActiveAI | AI | Active | YCS26 |
 HapiShared: trading, financeActiveOther | Other | Active | YCW21 |
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Founders
- Michael WangFounder/CEO
- Yuhua WangFounder/CTO
About Prodigy Research
Prodigy is the frontier AI trading research lab. We've trained the world's best foundation model for quantitative finance. We've already achieved more than 100% returns in live trading over the course of our YC batch, doubling our capital while major indices were flat. Our founders previously worked on a trading desk at Jane Street, trained frontier AI models at Google DeepMind and shipped cutting-edge AI at Apple to billions of customers. Join us as we use AI to solve the market.
- YC batch
- S26 · Summer 2026
- Status, per YC
- Active
- Category
- AI
- Team size
- 2
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Founded
- 2026
- Checked
- 34m ago
YC tags: Reinforcement Learning, Finance, Investing, Trading, AI
Prodigy Research: questions
Which YC batch was Prodigy Research in?
Prodigy Research was in Y Combinator's Summer 2026 batch (S26).
Is Prodigy Research still active?
Y Combinator lists Prodigy Research as active.
Who founded Prodigy Research?
Prodigy Research's founders, as listed on its YC page: Michael Wang (Founder/CEO), Yuhua Wang (Founder/CTO).
Where is Prodigy Research based?
Prodigy Research lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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