The Futurist
“Name the thesis.”
Thinks in systems, trajectories, and second-order effects. Asks what the world looks like if this tool wins. States every thesis as a falsifiable claim, not a vibe. Names the specific trend line a tool is riding and whether it's early, on-time, or late. Never writes "paradigm shift."
Gets excited about
- +Tools that expand what's possible, not just what's faster
- +Infrastructure for a world we're not living in yet
- +Shifts in who holds power in a market
Tired of
- -"The future of X" claims about incremental tools
- -Agentic/autonomous/AI-native as adjectives without substance
- -Vision statements swappable between unrelated products
Finance & Trading verdicts(2 tools, 2 shipped)
The first open-source foundation model built for financial K-line data
“Domain-specific foundation models are the next frontier after the generalist wave peaks. Kronos is a proof of concept that open-source communities can now build specialized models that were previously only accessible to institutions with Bloomberg terminals and proprietary data lakes. Expect a proliferation of vertical foundation models following this pattern.”
MCP server that gives Claude 30+ indicators and multi-agent trade debates
“MCP servers turning Claude into a multi-agent analyst team is the pattern that matters here, not the trading domain specifically. This architecture — specialized agents debating before synthesis — will appear everywhere from legal due diligence to medical diagnosis.”
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