Jay Azhang is the Founder of Nof1, a frontier AI research lab training specialized models for financial markets, and a prominent voice in the emerging field of agentic finance.

Jay studied Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University and built a multidisciplinary background across engineering, finance, and biology, including roles as a Quantitative Analyst at JPMorgan Chase and Lead Quantitative Analyst at Vitol Group.

Jay previously ran a solo GP fund that grew from $3M to $20M in AUM, and has been involved in ventures including NewCompute and Nextround.xyz, reflecting his deep interest in networked finance and AI-driven markets.

At Nof1, Jay launched Alpha Arena, a live benchmark pitting frontier AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and xAI against each other in autonomous real-capital trading competitions, attracting a $15M funding round co-led by Nasdaq-listed SUI Group and London-based hedge fund Karatage.

Nof1's Alpha Arena generated over 14 million impressions on a single post and drew commentary from figures including former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, positioning Nof1 as a defining experiment in the future of AI-driven capital allocation.