Nof1 · Company in New York Tech

Overview

Nof1 is an AI research lab that trains frontier models for financial markets [1]. Based in the New York AI scene, the company focuses on developing advanced artificial intelligence systems tailored to financial market applications [1].

Growth & traction

LinkedIn lists 8 people working at Nof1. [4]

May 18, 2026
VentureVenture / equityDetails$15M
Reported amount $15,000,000
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InvestorsKKaratage SGSui Group Holdings

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Key people

Jay AzhangFounder

Matthew SiperCo-founder & CTO, AI Research Scientist

1 alumni

In the news

At Nof1 we believe the next breakthrough in AI after reasoning is adaptation If reasoning is the ability to detect patterns and leverage them, adaptation is anticipating how those patterns will change This is a crucial capability for real world AI, and current LLMs struggle@jay_azhangX · Aug 14, 2026
QuotedMatthew Siper@MatthewSiper1/6 🧵 How do you train a language model to become a self-adaptive, long-horizon optimization engine for executable trading policy search? In our new paper, "The Time Value of Evolution," we introduce Lineage-Value Policy Gradients, or LVPG, a new long-horizon RL technique for adaptive evolutionary search.

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