Jay A is a founder and angel investor who created Nof1, an AI research lab focused on financial markets that trains models designed to recursively self-improve with every trade. Jay A's Twitter Score is 153 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #3,621 (top 1%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Jay A founded Nof1 as what the project describes as the first AI lab dedicated to financial markets. Under his leadership, Nof1 launched Alpha Arena, a public benchmark where frontier AI models trade crypto futures autonomously using real capital. Nof1 raised $15M in funding co-led by SUI Group and Karatage Opportunities, with SUI Group contributing $3M of that total. The team includes co-founder and CTO Matthew Siper and Head of AI Julian Togelius.
Jay A brings a background spanning engineering, finance, and biology. He previously ran a small fund that grew from $3M to $20M in assets under management. As an angel investor, Jay A has backed companies across crypto, biotech, and AI. Jay A's account has 47,434 followers as of August 2026 and 2,446 posts, and has been mentioned by 28 accounts a total of 48 times.
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