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Everyone realizing we need more DATA
The founder of CarbonArc, Kirk, said on a call recently, “The world is becoming a quant shop.” He said this talking about a corporate client. Not a hedge fund, not an investment firm, but a corporation. What he meant is everyone is realizing what quants have known for ever, who ever has the most data wins!
The AI labs have figured it out. We now have companies like Micro1 and many others that are paying millions for workflow data. We have companies deploying people into your home to clean your house for free, all because they are wearing sensors and cameras to capture the data to train robots.
The future runs on data. Unique data is expensive and scarce. Quality data, that is timely, clean, accurate, and sourced at a low cost, is valuable. Data that has transparency to where it is pulled from, that is available via API and MCP, is what everyone wants.
Quants were supposed to take over the investment world with quantamental investing. Now quants are leading the way, teaching everyone that data is the most valuable resource.
Which makes you wonder: are data hunters now more valuable than ever? Is the data leaders, the sourcers of data, the new AI engineers? I once said data hunting is dead, but maybe it’s the opposite. Maybe platforms like Initial Data Offering are now more valuable than ever because they tell you about datasets coming to market.
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