Benedict Brady

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

Benchmarks

• A Review of GPT 5.5Apr 29, 2026
• Philosophy BenchApr 24, 2026
• A Review of Opus 4.7Apr 17, 2026
• Perception BenchApr 16, 2026
• Negotiation BenchApr 10, 2026
• Chess BenchMar 31, 2026

Misc Writing

• Notes on Foundation ModelsJun 8, 2026
• Learnings from Optimization ArenaApr 9, 2026
• Closing the Software LoopJan 25, 2026
• Predictions for 2026Dec 31, 2025

Projects

• Optimization Arena
  • Negotiation ChallengeApr 9, 2026
  • Shape Packing ChallengeMar 5, 2026
  • Persuasion ChallengeMar 1, 2026
  • Dogfight ChallengeFeb 20, 2026
  • Prop AMM ChallengeFeb 13, 2026
  • AMM ChallengeFeb 6, 2026
• Chess CoachApr 1, 2026
• Benedict Chess EngineApr 1, 2026

Trading

• Building a Router with ClaudeJan 15, 2026
• Building a Prop AMM with ClaudeJan 8, 2026
• Payment for Order FlowDec 29, 2025

Sports

• Modeling Shot Difficulty on the PGA TourMay 2019
• Skinny-Ball: Weight vs. Height in the NBANov 1, 2017
• Shot Selection when Trailing by Two PointsJan 19, 2017
• Do NBA Players Believe in the Hot Hand?Jan 12, 2017

Podcasts & Talks

• Conversations at Meridian: Austin FederaDec 16, 2025
• Breakpoint 2025: MeridianDec 2025
• Conversations at Meridian: HumidiFiDec 9, 2025
• Conversations at Meridian: Nick TrileskiNov 26, 2025
• The Gwart Podcast: Dark AMMsAug 17, 2025
• The Gwart Podcast: Benedict and DougJun 17, 2024
• Breakpoint 2022: MEV Profit DistributionNov 2022

Contact Me

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