Zoa Research (YC Summer 2024)

TL;DR: Zoa Research is a Y Combinator Summer 2024 startup Powerful quantitative forecasting models, currently active with a team of 5.

Powerful quantitative forecasting models

YC ID
29731
YC Batch
Summer 2024
Status
Active
Team size
5
Industry
B2B
Tags
Data Science, AI
YC profile
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/zoa-research

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Historically, quantitative models are domain specific. Brilliant people spend their best years testing features, tuning hyperparameters, and iterating architectures within a narrow domain. But scale is the panacea: large models will find patterns people, and specialized models, could not. Forecasting generalizes. Zoa trains cross-domain event forecasting engines. *Automating Iteration* LLMs—embedded in multi-agent optimization loops and evaluated against fixed policies—can automate the build-test-improve modeling cycle. Think AlphaEvolve for forecasting problems. *Sample-Efficient General Models* Today’s forecasting models are narrowly crafted with deep human priors. But larger models will outperform state-of-the-art specialized models. Unlike existing event models, our models leverage da…

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Frequently asked questions

Is Zoa Research a YC (Y Combinator) company?

Yes. Zoa Research was funded by Y Combinator in the Summer 2024 batch. Powerful quantitative forecasting models

What does Zoa Research do?

Historically, quantitative models are domain specific. Brilliant people spend their best years testing features, tuning hyperparameters, and iterating architectures within a narrow domain. But scale is the panacea: large models will find patterns people, and specialized models, could not. Forecasting generalizes. Zoa…

What YC batch was Zoa Research in?

Zoa Research was part of Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch.

How big is Zoa Research?

Zoa Research has a team of 5 people according to Y Combinator's directory.

Is Zoa Research still active?

Zoa Research is currently listed as Active with a team of 5 in Y Combinator's directory.

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