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The DeepMind trio who built a poker AI are now making money for quant hedge funds

TechCrunch·June 30, 2026

EquiLibre Technologies, a Prague-based AI lab, has reached a valuation of over $500 million. The company was founded by three former researchers from DeepMind, a renowned artificial intelligence firm. EquiLibre Technologies is now generating revenue by providing its AI services to quantitative hedge funds. Its founders had previously developed a poker-playing AI, leveraging their expertise to build the company's successful AI-based financial models.

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