COURSE
AI Agents for Financial Research and Quantitative Investing
A hands-on 6-hour workshop where participants build their first finance AI agent through real-world scenarios — no coding or finance background required.
Course Content
AI Agent
Goal
Data
Work
Evidence → Decision
Module 1
Introduction to AI Agents in Finance
Understand the difference between chatbots and AI agents
Learn how AI agents operate using goal-driven workflows
Explore the AI agent loop: Goal → Data → Work → Evidence → Decision
Understand the role of AI agents in financial research and analysis
Annual Report
Extract
Verify
Insight
Module 2
Reading Financial Reports with AI Agents
Extract key financial information from annual reports and financial statements
Summarize lengthy reports into concise insights
Cross-check financial data and identify inconsistencies
Use AI agents to answer financial research questions
Learn best practices for verifying AI-generated outputs
Valuation Model
Best
Base
Worst
Module 3
Financial Modeling with AI Agents
Understand the fundamentals of financial modeling
Build simple revenue and valuation models using AI assistance
Create and analyze best-case, base-case, and worst-case scenarios
Perform sensitivity analysis by adjusting model assumptions
Interpret model outputs and identify key drivers
Signals
Factor
Signal
Test
Module 4
Quantitative Investing in Plain English
Understand the quantitative research process
Learn the concept of factors, signals, strategies, and backtesting
Explore time-series and cross-sectional investment approaches
Understand how quantitative strategies are developed and evaluated
AI Agent
Task Definition
Memory Review
Data Binding
Factor Generation
Evaluation
Module 5
Building and Evaluating a Quant Research Agent
Learn the five-step quant research workflow:
Task Definition
Memory Review
Data Binding
Factor Generation
Evaluation
Generate and test investment factors using AI agents
Interpret quantitative performance metrics
Assess research outputs using evidence-based evaluation techniques
Deployment
Report
Exercise
Roadmap
Module 6
Trust, Limitations and AI Agent Deployment
Understand the limitations of AI-generated outputs
Learn how to validate and inspect AI-produced research
Apply AI agents across reporting, modeling, and quantitative research workflows
Complete a capstone exercise by assigning and evaluating a real-world finance task
using an AI agent
Develop a roadmap for progressing from research automation to decision support
and AI-assisted workflows
AI tools including but not limited to, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Quandora, etc, will be used.




