Our story
Alex and Hugo met as MIT students in 2018 and have been building advisor tech ever since. Our first startup, born at MIT in 2019, was acquired by an RIA firm in 2020, and we ran the RIA's operations and investments for 3 years, on top of advising clients directly. We have a background in software engineering, quantitative finance, and machine learning.
2018
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
We met at MIT and started Aimvest Technologies, a portfolio-risk-management startup, mentored by our professor and Nobel laureate Robert C. Merton.
2020
Lifeworks Advisors
Lifeworks — RIA firm funded by Marty Bicknell, CEO of Mariner Advisors — acquired Aimvest in 2020. Alex became CIO and a licensed advisor, Hugo COO.
2023
Vega Minds
In 2023, we launched Vega Minds. Vega, the first AI Associate Advisor, ushered in the era of AI-native client intelligence.
Alex
Co-Founder • Chief Executive Officer
Previous experiences: Lifeworks Advisors, Morgan Stanley, Rothschild, Lazard
Academic background: MIT, HEC Paris
Hugo
Co-Founder • Chief Product Officer
Previous experiences: Lifeworks Advisors, Acadian, Alpha Vertex, BNP Paribas
Academic background: MIT, Baruch
Team
We're building the first AI Associate Advisor with a team of software engineers, machine learning specialists, and advisors based in Orange County, CA.
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