Summary
attimet is a research lab that tests learning systems and AI research ideas in financial markets. Founded by Kirthi Banothu and Xiaoyu Li, both ex-Optiver traders with backgrounds in high-frequency trading and quantitative strategies, they apply research to one of the most complex, information-rich environments. Kirthi previously built low-latency trading systems at Optiver and DRW and led ML libraries at Argo AI, while Xiaoyu specialized in index and equity options market-making and started an algorithmic trading team at Optiver.