About Venator

An applied AI finance lab.

We build agentic AI research for institutional finance. Not a chatbot. A coordinated team of fifteen specialist agents working live market data into accountable, decision ready analysis.

A single Wall Street analyst costs roughly $170,000 a year. The vast majority of registered advisory firms have fewer than fifty people, and they cannot afford one. Venator gives them the research desk anyway.

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 could not afford to buy, alongside the wealth managers who use it every day.

The team

Operators selling to operators.

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Walker Robinson

CEO

Built the agent architecture. AI engineer with a Master's in AI policy.

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Noah Kann

Chairman

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

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Ethan Kann

Co-Founder

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

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Matt Van Smith

CTO

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

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James Gibb

Treasurer

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

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Arnav Gupta

CMO

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

See the desk in action.