WorldQuant Foundry Chairman, Amir Husain, Speaks at Future Investment Initiative 2025 on Deep Tech and AI Innovation

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WorldQuant Foundry’s Chairman, Amir Husain, participated in two prominent panel discussions at the 9^th Edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII9) conference held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from October 27-30, 2025.

Husain joined industry leaders as part of FII's flagship panels on innovation, delving into critical topics shaping the future of technology and investment:

Panel 1: "How Does Deep Tech Survive Hype Cycles?"

• During the session, Husain noted: “I am a systems thinker, the way that I think about these problems is not to take some fashionable conception of elegance that may exist today and may change tomorrow… instead, wherever we live, wherever we are, in whatever state of technology that is available to us, the question should be: how can I apply this as a systems thinker to solve real problems that make real money right now?”
• A full replay of sessions can be found here.

Panel 2: "Deb(AI)te: Round I - Do Models Truly Reason or Mimic Reasoning?"

• During the session, Husain noted: “Capturing data in the real world when you can is very valuable… we have found that legacy data goes so far but when you fully want to develop a useful AI system there is an element of let the thing go out and learn and adapt.”
• A full replay of session can be found here.

As a serial entrepreneur and emerging technology specialist with over 30 patents in AI and distributed systems, Husain brought deep expertise to both discussions. His ventures, including SparkCognition and SkyGrid, have practically applied AI across aerospace, defense and enterprise sectors.

WorldQuant Foundry, founded by Igor Tulchinsky, is a venture studio building companies driven by exponential technologies. The organization works with leading entrepreneurs on high-impact innovations designed to address humanity's most pressing challenges.

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WorldQuant Foundry is a venture studio – a factory conceived for world-changing ideas – building companies driven by exponential technologies, all powered by a common artificial intelligence platform. The organization works with leading entrepreneurs on high-impact technologies designed to alter the future of mankind.

WorldQuant Foundry, founded by Igor Tulchinsky, is a separate entity from WorldQuant, LLC, a global quantitative asset management firm.

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