Better models make the data engineering matter more.
Before a model can find a signal, someone has to make sense of the data.
INSIDE THE MECHANISMFIG. 01
01RAW INPUTSNoisy inputs
02USABLE DATATime-aware data
03RESEARCHTestable ideas
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SELECTED READING
The briefing.
What changed. How it works. What it means for markets.
THE READING LIST03 BRIEFS
A smaller API response can break a research pipeline.
Databento separates batch-job summaries from full details. A small change at the boundary can travel a long way.
Financial AI needs more than an accurate answer.
Reproducing a result is a different question from getting a good score.
A curated selection, with original source dates shown. Read the reporting, then explore the mechanism.