Laurence
Hedge fund for ads
What they do
Amazon brands manage advertising with manual bid and keyword adjustments using delayed, noisy data, leading to inefficient spend and lower profits.
Laurence applies hedge-fund-style quantitative optimization to automate and improve Amazon advertising bidding and keyword decisions to increase net profit.
Amazon brands and sellers running ads on Amazon.
Founders
Built the Data Science Agent at Google. Grew Facebook new user retention by 18% by tuning Facebook's friending model. Third engineer at health-tech startup. Math+CS & AI research at Cornell. Ex-national team and semi-pro soccer goalie. Washed dishes and waited tables to pay for college. Financially independent at 17. National team & semi-pro soccer goalie. Taught myself to code at 18. Chemistry research at 15. CEO
Researcher at Jump Trading, building quantitative models to execute 50% of all global crypto trades. $250,000 in high-stakes professional poker winnings. Founded a crypto investing platform at 18. ETH Zurich Electrical Engineering Chief Technology Officer
Company timeline
- Founded2025
- YC batchWinter 2026
- StatusActive
- Team size2 people
- LocationNew York City, NY, USA
Similar startups
