Economist · Builder · Founder

RiyaPradhan.

Building at the intersection of AI, finance, and data — turning information asymmetry into tools that give people and institutions a sharper edge.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE LIVE
+2.34%
ALPHA
847B
M&A VOL
0.82
BETA
18.4x
EV/EBITDA
Python ML Models PostgreSQL React Claude API
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The Finance LayerMarkets & Machines

Markets &
Machines.

Quantitative tools at the intersection of economics, AI, and financial markets. Where rigorous data meets human judgment.

MergerIQ
Building

AI-powered M&A intelligence platform with proprietary ML models trained on 150+ historical deals. Predicts deal success probability and automates target screening for corporate development teams — turning weeks of analyst work into minutes.

PythonMachine LearningPostgreSQLReactFlask APIM&A
View on GitHub
AlphaKnaut
Live

AI-driven portfolio intelligence tool analyzing the Magnificent 7 tech stocks. Real-time market data with predictive analytics and risk assessment — built for investors who think seriously about concentration risk.

PythonReactFinancial APIsPortfolio AnalyticsAI
GitHub ↗ Live Demo
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The Climate LayerPlanet & Capital

Planet &
Capital.

Where environmental science meets financial infrastructure. Building tools that price what markets consistently ignore.

Climate Risk
Intelligence
Coming Soon

Quantifying physical climate risk for financial assets. Combining satellite data, environmental modeling, and financial analysis to surface the risks that traditional models miss entirely.

Climate ScienceRisk ModelingPythonESG
Carbon Market
Analytics
Coming Soon

Data infrastructure for voluntary carbon markets. Applying economic rigor to an opaque, fragmented market that urgently needs an independent analytical layer.

Carbon CreditsMarket DataPolicyEconomics
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The LabExperiments & Ideas

Experiments
& Ideas.

Passion projects built from genuine curiosity. Things that start with a frustration and end with a product.

Patina
Validating

An independent data platform scoring luxury fashion items on quality, resale trajectory, and true investment value. Fixing a broken information market — giving resale platforms, investors, and buyers the data layer fashion never had.

Data PlatformFashion IntelligenceB2BAI ScoringInformation Asymmetry
↗ patina-app.netlify.app
AKI Index
Building

Economic research and indexing project exploring alternative data signals and their predictive power in macroeconomic modeling.

EconomicsPythonMacroAlternative Data
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About
Riya Pradhan
UniversityUniversity of Toronto
DegreeEcon · Policy · Env. Science
GraduateGeorgetown MSBA · Fall 2026
FocusAI × Finance × Markets
BasedWashington, DC
StatusOpen to opportunities

Driven by curiosity.
Built on rigor.

I grew up asking why markets get things wrong — and building tools to fix it. I spent four years studying economics, public policy, and environmental science at the University of Toronto, learning to see the world through data.

What drives me is simple: information asymmetry is everywhere — in M&A deals, in fashion resale markets, in climate risk pricing. I build AI tools that close those gaps, giving people and institutions the edge that better data creates.

I am headed to Georgetown McDonough MSBA in Fall 2026, going deeper at the intersection of quantitative finance, machine learning, and market intelligence. Long term, I want to be in the rooms where the hardest market problems are being solved — and to be building the tools that solve them.

Journey
Fall 2022
University of Toronto
Began Economics, Public Policy & Environmental Science. Started asking the questions that led to everything else.
2025
AlphaKnaut
Built AI portfolio intelligence for the Magnificent 7. First proof that economic thinking and AI tools belong together.
Spring 2026
Patina & MergerIQ
Building Patina to fix fashion's broken information market. Building MergerIQ to bring ML precision to M&A decision-making. Both actively in development.
Fall 2026
Georgetown MSBA
Starting Georgetown McDonough MSBA. Deepening quantitative finance and AI foundations. Building in public.

Let's
talk.

Open to conversations about finance, AI, markets, and anything at the intersection of those three things.