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June 03, 2026
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Paris
AISOT Technologies
See a live demo of AI tools for asset managers, integrating ML inference directly into portfolio construction for enhanced decision-making.
Overview
A live demo of AI-driven quantitative tools for asset managers, focused on ML inference inside the portfolio-construction loop.
Tech stack
- AI-driven quant platformDesign, backtest, and deploy algorithmic trading strategies using institutional-grade data and cloud-based machine learning.QuantConnect serves a global community of over 275,000 quants and engineers by providing a robust, open-source engine for multi-asset algorithmic trading. The platform lets you write strategies in Python or C# and backtest them instantly using decades of high-resolution historical data (covering equities, FX, crypto, options, and futures). By integrating machine learning libraries like PyTorch and TensorFlow, you can build adaptive models that process alternative datasets, automate risk management, and execute trades directly through major brokerage APIs.
- ML inferenceML inference is the execution phase where a trained machine learning model processes live, unseen inputs to calculate real-time predictions or generate content.While model training builds the brain, ML inference is that brain at work in production. It is the operational phase where a finalized algorithm processes live data (such as a user prompt, a camera feed, or a financial transaction) to output immediate results like text generation, object detection, or fraud scores. Because production workloads demand low latency and high throughput, optimizing inference involves specialized hardware like GPUs and TPUs alongside software techniques like quantization and pruning to minimize compute costs without sacrificing accuracy.
- portfolio construction workflowsAn institutional-grade platform designed to streamline asset allocation, run complex optimization models, and stress-test multi-asset portfolios.Managing multi-asset portfolios demands a tight grip on risk and a highly structured approach to allocation. This technology replaces fragmented spreadsheets with a unified system for optimization, factor-constrained modeling, and historical stress testing (simulating custom market shocks). By integrating deep fund databases with advanced mathematical frameworks (such as Black-Litterman and risk parity), investment teams can map efficient frontiers and execute precise rebalancing. The result is a repeatable, auditable workflow that bridges the gap between raw market data and client-ready investment strategies.
- Artificial IntelligenceWe're talking systems (like Google's Gemini or IBM's Watson) that process massive data, learn complex patterns, and execute tasks traditionally requiring human cognition.Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the operational backbone for modern data-driven systems: it leverages deep learning algorithms (neural networks with billions of parameters) to analyze massive datasets and automate complex decision-making. Key deployments span multiple sectors: healthcare uses AI for diagnostic imaging analysis (improving accuracy by 10-15% in certain studies), finance employs it for real-time fraud detection (flagging millions of transactions daily), and large language models (LLMs) now drive productivity gains across professional services. This isn't future tech; it's deployed now, driving efficiency and new capabilities globally.
- Machine LearningCompute dense vector representations for sentences and paragraphs using a Python framework that optimizes transformer models for semantic similarity.Sentence Transformers (SBERT) maps variable-length text into fixed-size, high-dimensional vectors to enable high-speed semantic analysis. The framework fine-tunes architectures like BERT using Siamese and Triplet network structures: this ensures semantically similar inputs cluster together in vector space. This methodology powers critical NLP tasks: semantic search, clustering, and paraphrase detection. Standard models (like all-MiniLM-L6-v2) provide a 384-dimensional baseline for real-time applications, while larger variants (such as all-mpnet-base-v2) offer superior accuracy for complex information retrieval.