Benedict Brady
Current Life
I live in San Francisco by way of Chicago, New York, and Boston
Past Life
2025-2026: Founding
Meridian
, an intelligent interface for financial markets
2022-2024: Building
Ergonia
, a defi focused systematic trading firm
2019-2022: Quant research at
Cumberland/DRW
2017-2019: President of the
Harvard Sports Analysis Collective
Misc Writing
Notes on the Software Factory
Jul 8, 2026
Adapting Robotics Models for Chess
Jun 30, 2026
Notes on Robotic Manipulation
Jun 18, 2026
Notes on Foundation Models
Jun 8, 2026
Learnings from Optimization Arena
Apr 9, 2026
Closing the Software Loop
Jan 25, 2026
Predictions for 2026
Dec 31, 2025
Benchmarks
Philosophy Bench
Apr 24, 2026
Perception Bench
Apr 16, 2026
Negotiation Bench
Apr 10, 2026
Chess Bench
Mar 31, 2026
A Review of GPT 5.5
Apr 29, 2026
A Review of Opus 4.7
Apr 17, 2026
Projects
Optimization Arena (now Paradigm Puzzles)
Negotiation Challenge
Apr 9, 2026
Shape Packing Challenge
Mar 5, 2026
Persuasion Challenge
Mar 1, 2026
Dogfight Challenge
Feb 20, 2026
Prop AMM Challenge
Feb 13, 2026
AMM Challenge
Feb 6, 2026
Chess Coach
Apr 1, 2026
Benedict Chess Engine
Apr 1, 2026
Trading
Building a Router with Claude
Jan 15, 2026
Building a Prop AMM with Claude
Jan 8, 2026
Payment for Order Flow
Dec 29, 2025
Sports
Modeling Shot Difficulty on the PGA Tour
May 2019
Skinny-Ball: Weight vs. Height in the NBA
Nov 1, 2017
Shot Selection when Trailing by Two Points
Jan 19, 2017
Do NBA Players Believe in the Hot Hand?
Jan 12, 2017
Podcasts & Talks
Conversations at Meridian: Austin Federa
Dec 16, 2025
Breakpoint 2025: Meridian
Dec 2025
Conversations at Meridian: HumidiFi
Dec 9, 2025
Conversations at Meridian: Nick Trileski
Nov 26, 2025
The Gwart Podcast: Dark AMMs
Aug 17, 2025
The Gwart Podcast: Benedict and Doug
Jun 17, 2024
Breakpoint 2022: MEV Profit Distribution
Nov 2022
Contact Me
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