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The DeepMind trio who built a poker AI are now making money for quant hedge funds
Three former DeepMind researchers who created an AI that beat humans at poker have now applied the same technology to trading stocks — and the bet appears to be paying off.
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Three former DeepMind researchers who created an AI that beat humans at poker have now applied the same technology to trading stocks — and the bet appears to be paying off. Their Prague-based AI lab, EquiLibre Technologies , is now valued at $500 million after raising an undisclosed-sum Series A, TechCrunch learned.
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