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This Week in Startups · Monday, July 6, 2026

The Unsexy Core: Building Systems of Record for Funds

Chris Halank explains that Henofer Park's initial focus was on building the 'unsexy, like core, like systems of record for the fund.' This foundational step is crucial before layering on AI agents for accounting and financial reporting.

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So we started by building the unsexy, like core, like systems of record for the fund.
Chris Halank
On top of that, we said, okay, then there was a bunch of humans that were clicking buttons to actually do the accounting and financial reporting and capital calls and distributions.
Chris Halank
And said, how can we build AI agents on top that learn from every single thing for a fund?
Chris Halank
Heard on This Week in Startups — “$100T is managed by “human duct tape” | E2308, published Monday, July 6, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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