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AI & I · Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Hedge Fund CEO on AI's Impact: 'If we ultimately get disrupted by AI, that's that's on me.'

Will, a hedge fund CEO, feels a strong sense of responsibility to lead his firm's AI adoption, stating that any disruption due to AI would be his fault. He believes his background in mathematics and coding, combined with his firm's long history in quant trading, positions them well to navigate the AI revolution. He initiated an internal AI program two years ago and emphasizes that the firm is already implementing AI solutions.

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“If we ultimately get disrupted by AI, that's that's on me. And so let's get after that.”
“So even two years ago, like this isn't a sense of, oh yeah, we're going to do all these things in the future, you know, two years ago, we started an internal AI program.”
“Um, you know, today, um, we're already doing doing a lot. So it's not just a story about what's to come.”
Heard on AI & I — “A $10B Hedge Fund’s AI Playbook (Best of the Pod)”, published Wednesday, August 26, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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Hedge Fund CEO on AI's Impact: 'If we ultimately get disrupted by AI, that's that's on me.' — Heardvine