THE BILLION-DOLLAR TRADING AI THAT JUST GOT OPEN-SOURCED

By Guest Columnist, Forbes Tech DeskImagine having a cheat code for financial markets. Joseph Plazo didn’t just imagine it—he built it. Then gave it away.In a lecture hall humming with anticipation, Joseph Plazo stood before a crowd ready to rewrite how markets are understood.Students leaned forward. Professors clicked record. A single line of

When a technopreneur crafts a trading algorithm that beats Wall Street—and gives it away for free—you brace for either brilliance or bedlam.Singapore, 2025 — A hush fell over the Marina Bay Sands ballroom as Joseph Plazo stepped under the crystal chandeliers.“This,” he said, raising a tiny flash drive, “contains the code that made us bi