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Agent harnesses for asset managers
WithAI helps institutional investors research stocks and manage their portfolios. We're live with four hedge funds, and our users spend 5+ hours a day in the platform. Investors who try "nearly every tool on the market," to quote a client of ours, "wind up with an unwieldy collection of fragmented point solutions." Those who focus on building a great setup with general agents are instead "signing up for a full-time job." So we deploy a platform called Multiplier that unifies structured data, unstructured data, AI work, human work, and tacit firm knowledge in one secure, governed, customized application. Our first vertical: independent equity funds with $250M-$5B of assets. They know AI is essential for staying relevant, but they don't have the time or talent to figure out what to do about it. But once we deploy Multiplier––"We used to spend 80% of our time gathering information and 20% of our time acting on it," said one customer. "WithAI has flipped those percentages."
WithAI provides an AI platform for asset managers that automates research, enforces firm-specific processes, and offers a centralized command center with secure, on-prem/cloud-hosted data handling. It emphasizes customization to a firm's workflows, personalized support, and integration with a wide range of data and trading tools.
Multiplier platform learns a firm's processes to tailor AI agents that conduct automated stock research, updates projections, and surfaces insights. Data stays on the client’s cloud, with no access by WithAI or third parties. The platform enforces the firm’s folder structure for easy retrieval, offers a single command center for checks, research, financials, risk, and trade history, and builds connectors as needed to various data providers and trading systems. It includes security, infrastructure, white-glove service, and personalized support from the founders.
Who it’s for: Asset management firms and teams that rely on research-driven investment processes and seek to automate research, modeling, and portfolio monitoring within a secure, customized AI-driven workflow.
Funding mentioned (backed by Y Combinator and notable angels), notable investors including Bridgewater connections; customer testimonials from investment firms; product launch and ongoing enterprise-focused development.
Before WithAI, Ben was the founding researcher and chief of staff at unicorn AI lab Sentient. He oversaw prompt security and multi-agent coordination work and built a million-strong community. He received a bachelor's and a master's in Electrical and Computer Engineering Magna Cum Laude from Princeton, writing acclaimed theses on solar power investment and a novel blockchain design to solve coordination issues in Energy. He grew up in Maryland, Mongolia, Kenya, and Indonesia.
Before WithAI, Ian was an investor at Bridgewater Associates in all asset classes. He spearheaded the questions "How will AI affect the economy?" and "How can we use LLMs to invest?" At Princeton, he studied pure math, applied math, humanistic studies, and European cultural studies, graduating with a perfect GPA. Ian authored several papers (check arXiv) and one novel (check nowhere). He's a classically trained (albeit rusty) Shakespearean actor and opera singer.
We help institutional investors research stocks and track their portfolio using AI.
WithAI deploys Multiplier, a secure AI platform for institutional investors to research stocks and manage portfolios, connecting agents to fund-specific data, tools, and knowledge with on-premise infrastructure.
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