KelAI
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About
KelAI is a New York-based startup building an autonomous AI research engine for hedge funds and institutional investors 12. The platform automates the full investment research loop within a single agentic system: idea generation, backtesting, signal validation, live monitoring, and feedback 1. Founder and CEO Jeremie Cohen previously worked as a systematic portfolio manager at WorldQuant 2. KelAI is part of Y Combinator’s Spring 2026 batch 3. The company reports that its signals have been running with an institutional investor since October 2025 2.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
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| 2026-07-24 | Seed | $5M | Frst, Y Combinator, Robinhood Ventures | Angel investors from AI and finance sectors 123 |
What Investors Say
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What Founders Say
“After spending years inside leading hedge funds, I saw how much investment research remained limited by human time.” — Jeremie Cohen, Founder & CEO 2
“KelAI combines advanced AI with deep investment expertise. It was built specifically for hedge funds by people who understand how institutional research works.” — Jeremie Cohen, Founder & CEO 2
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FinTech Global, “KelAI secures $5m seed to automate investment research,” July 24, 2026. Accessed July 2026. https://fintech.global/2026/07/24/kelai-secures-5m-seed-to-automate-investment-research/↩↩↩
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AlleyWatch, “KelAI Raises $5M to Build an Autonomous Research Engine for Hedge Funds,” July 2026. Accessed July 2026. https://alleywatch.com/2026/07/kelai-ai-hedge-fund-research-autonomous-investment-intelligence-quant-platform-jeremie-cohen/↩↩↩↩↩↩
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Y Combinator, “KelAI: The AI Quant: Autonomous Alpha Engine for Funds and Traders,” accessed July 2026. https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kelai↩↩