Stephen Hutchens
Commander · DISC type DStephen is an applied AI engineering leader and former CTO of the YC-backed fintech, Payflow. He has hands-on experience architecting and building agentic AI systems from the ground up, with expertise in LangGraph and RAG. Colleagues describe him as brilliant, dedicated, and having razor-sharp focus.
Outside of his formal roles, Stephen pursues complex personal projects that leverage his professional skills. He has been building an AI-powered swing trading agent, which he has back-tested over five years to refine its performance, demonstrating a deep personal interest in algorithmic financial strategies.
Unique fact: The AI swing trading agent he built has a Sharpe ratio of 1. 36 and a profit factor of 1. 72 over 5 years of backtesting.
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