About Venator

An Applied AI finance lab

We build AI research for finance. A system of specialist agents does the work of a full research desk on live market data, and hands it back in minutes.

Deep research is slow. A single thorough report can take an analyst days, and most firms run lean enough that it rarely gets done at all. Venator does that work in minutes.

The infrastructure to coordinate fifteen specialist agents on live data did not exist before 2025. We built it for ourselves first, then opened it to the operators who needed it most. Today twenty finance professionals at family offices and RIAs run real workflows on Venator.

Citation anchored

Every figure traces to SEC EDGAR, FRED, TreasuryDirect, or licensed market data. Agents flag uncertainty rather than fabricate. No black boxes.

Configuration is the moat

The same fifteen agents underneath, shaped to each firm's process, philosophy, and compliance posture. Your Venator is yours.

Compliance first

Per-customer disclaimer frameworks, an append-only audit log of every analysis, and SOC 2 on the roadmap.

Built by operators

We are the customer. We build the research tool we always wished we had, alongside the wealth managers who use it every day.

The team

Operators selling to operators

Walker Robinson

Walker Robinson

CEO

Built the agent architecture. AI engineer with a Master's in US foreign policy and national security, focused on AI.

Noah Kann

Noah Kann

Chairman

Co-CEO of an active hedge fund. Three prior startup exits.

Ethan Kann

Ethan Kann

Co-Founder

Former Chief Research Officer at Sagetech Capital. Knows the workflows worth automating.

Matt Van Smith

Matt Van Smith

CTO

Quantitative developer with a decade of personal capital in the markets. Knows production-grade financial code.

James Gibb

James Gibb

Treasurer

CFO at a multi-million-dollar startup. NYSE-listed CFO internships.

Arnav Gupta

Arnav Gupta

CMO

Former Head of Marketing at AGI, Inc. Former CMO at Slashy, YC S25.

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