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Alejandro Soumah

Alejandro Soumah

Co-founder and quantitative researcher focused on prediction markets

New York, New York, USA
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Joined June 2026
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Summary

Founder and product-focused researcher building institutional prediction-market infrastructure. As co-founder of Ito Markets, he is building systematic indices, baskets, and an institutional data plane for prediction markets (Polymarket, Kalshi) and shipping open-source tooling to support historical market data and backtesting. itomarkets+2
Quantitative finance background with hands-on quant/strat roles. Public bios and filings list multiple quantitative roles at Goldman Sachs (Quantitative Analyst; Credit Quant Strat), indicating experience applying quantitative methods within FICC/credit contexts prior to founding startups. finra+2
Applied AI and supply-chain researcher focused on agricultural commodities. Through RISO Data he has produced case-study work and tooling that combine knowledge graphs, LLMs, and computer vision to improve cocoa and cashew supply-chain transparency and farm-level data collection (including an AI agent called Gervais). risodata+2
Active open-source contributor and writer. Publishes code and tools (e.g., prediction market history tracker) and maintains a personal research newsletter (ITO RESEARCH) to share work bridging quantitative market research, tooling, and applied AI. github+2

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Writing

The Hidden Cost of Cocoa - Can AI Save It? (TEDxSanDiego talk)

March 1, 2025

TEDx talk addressing opacity in the cocoa supply chain and how AI-driven knowledge graphs and models can improve transparency and support producers.

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A Knowledge Graph Approach to Modeling the Cocoa Supply Chain

Case study describing integrating knowledge graphs and LLMs to improve transparency and real-time forecasting in the cocoa supply chain; covers methodology, validation, and results for RISO Data's approach.

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ITO RESEARCH (Substack)

Personal Substack publication associated with Ito Markets covering research and analysis on prediction markets, indices, and related research topics.

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Hobbies

Quant trading and public speaking (active speaker, TEDx presenter). nitter+1