What Takes PhDs Two Months, AI Is Doing In 2 Hours: Billionaire Investor
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin revealed that an autonomous AI agent can now complete complex financial research tasks in hours that previously took PhD-level employees weeks. Griffin emphasized that the technology is being used to expand the firm's capabilities rather than reduce headcount.
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This demonstrates the rapid advancement of agentic AI in high-level professional fields and its potential to disrupt traditional white-collar workflows.
Citadel is the most profitable hedge fund in history and its founder and CEO Ken Griffin is considered one of the most influential leaders in modern finance.Citadel, the world's most profitable hedge fund in history, has built an AI system that takes two to three hours to execute a high-level task that took PhD-level employees at the company six to eight weeks. Citadel Founder and CEO Ken Griffin who is widely considered one of the most powerful and influential leaders in modern finance shared this recently with Goldman Sachs partner Raj Mahajan."One of our team members built an agentic system to recreate academic papers in finance. And, you know, you have a legion of young masters and PhDs doing this work.
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