Oquant Inc.

Overview

Oquant Inc. is an artificial intelligence company based in New York City[1] founded in 2016. The company developed a self-learning AI engine called DNA (Dynamic Numerical Algorithms), described as "a generalizable algorithm generator that is applicable to the most massive, dynamic, and multivariate data sets" with applicability across industries handling such data[2]. Oquant's first commercial product was mBase, which the company described as "The world's first fully autonomous, quantitative trading system" built from DNA and designed to make trading predictions using dynamic stock data[3]. The company also identified healthcare early-stage diagnosis as a potential area for its technology impact[2]. As of its public team listing, Oquant's leadership included Mo Ali as Chief Executive Officer, Saurabh Joshi as Chief Technology Officer, and Yuriy Shkolnikov as Co-founder and Chief Research Officer, alongside four additional team members[4].

Oquant described its product mBase as "The world's first fully autonomous, quantitative trading system. mBase is built from DNA and uses dynamic stock data to make accurate trading predictions." [3]

Business address: 3 East 54th Street, New York, New York, 10022. [5]

Growth & traction

Oquant's about page listed a team of seven: Mo Ali (Chief Executive Officer), Saurabh Joshi (Chief Technology Officer), Yuriy Shkolnikov (Co-founder & Chief Research Officer), Gail Carpenter, Alexander Izmailov, Eissa Khan and Stephen Grossberg. [4]