TOGGLE AI Takes Investment Up A Professional Level

Jan Szilagyi & Giuseppe Sette Co-Founders

TOGGLE AI

Winner

• Most Promising New Entrant

AI, and Generative AI especially, has become especially popular this year but this is something we have been working on for a long time. I think having TOGGLE become synonymous with Generative AI in investment research is definitely a qualitative goal.

Please explain what you think makes your firm successful in its chosen field?

Szilagyi: TOGGLE was founded to serve professional investors, by professional investors. Giuseppe and I had worked at some of the world’s largest asset managers and we were most recently Co-CIOs at Lombard Odier.

Working at large firms, we had access to every imaginable piece of data but it became clear that simply having access to the data itself, did not produce Alpha. Even if you are looking at a few dozen securities, you still have to monitor thousands of different data points. You can set alerts but that in and of itself is an extremely time intensive exercise.

What are the main contributions you think you bring to the wealth management industry?

Szilagyi: Wealth managers thrive when they have the time to connect with clients. Any solution to expand this capacity is going to be attractive. When a client asks how their portfolio could react to a bear market, or if they should sell their tech stocks because inflation is rising, that client is looking for their advisor for their knowledge.

Where in the world do you operate - are you mainly a domestic player or international?

Sette: We are international, not only working with partners all over the world but providing global coverage as well, whether that be German stocks, Canadian ETFs, Chinese commodities or global indices. We’ve partnered with global players like Nasdaq, Fidelity and Interactive Brokers, as well as leading Japanese groups like Line Securities and MUFG and four of the top five brokerages in South Korea.

What does success look like for you - can this be measured in hard numbers, or in qualitative ways, or both?

Sette: I think it's both. AI, and Generative AI especially, has become especially popular this year but this is something we have been working on for a long time. I think having TOGGLE become synonymous with Generative AI in investment research is definitely a qualitative goal.

Whom do you look to in terms of ideas and inspiration? What other business sectors do you follow for ideas?

Szilagyi: I started my career working for Stanley Druckenmiller and it was actually Stan who encouraged Giuseppe and I to spin out TOGGLE as its own company. Stan has been part of some of the most fascinating trades in history and has been an avid supporter of TOGGLE.

What position would you like your firm to hold in its sector in five years’ time?

Szilagyi: I think in five years if we’re seen as the AI-driven Bloomberg for every investor, that wouldn’t be a bad outcome!

What do you most like about the wealth management industry, and what do you like the least and would most like to change?

Sette: The wealth management industry is intensely competitive and incredibly dynamic so it requires your absolute best. The bar for success here is so much higher and yet if you can deliver value not only will your clients stay with you but you can develop an incredible referral network.