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WithAI

Custom command centers for hedge funds

Y CombinatorSpring 2026ActiveB2BArtificial IntelligenceTeam CollaborationInvesting

What they do

Problem

Institutional investors struggle to efficiently research stocks and monitor portfolios because generic AI agents lack high-quality, customized context and are too burdensome to tailor.

Solution

WithAI provides custom AI-powered command centers that manage context and integrate data to accelerate stock research and portfolio tracking for hedge funds and asset managers.

Who it's for

Hedge funds and independent institutional asset managers who need faster, customized investment research workflows.

Founders

Ian McInnis
Founder

Princeton Mathematics, 4.0, Shapiro Prize, Behrman Fellow, ΦΒΚ early election, ΣΞ induction & outstanding research award, researcher (check ArXiV), novelist (check nowhere) | Investor and builder of LLM investment systems at Bridgewater Associates, the world's largest hedge fund | Classically trained Shakespearean actor

Benjamin Finch
Founder

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.

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