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Spectre Intelligence

YC S26

San Francisco, US · Founded 2026 · 2 employees · 2 known investors

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Spectre Intelligence is building an AI-driven quantitative trading firm structured as a multi-strategy ("pod shop") hedge fund, where AI agents run and evolve trading strategies while the company deploys its own capital and learns from each trade. It currently operates pods focused on semiconductors and biotech.

Also known as Spectre Capital

AI & Machine LearningBiotechFintechInvestingTradingSemiconductorsUnited States of AmericaAmerica / Canada

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S26)

Spectre Intelligence was founded in 2026 by Michelle Li and Joshua Zyzak.

MLMichelle Li
Michelle LiCo-founder & CEOCo-founder and CEO of Spectre Intelligence, on leave from Harvard where she studied Economics and Biology (class of 2027). Her prior research spans generative protein language models, bacteriophages, and CRISPR Cas9.
JZJoshua Zyzak
Joshua ZyzakCo-Founder and CTOFounder and CTO of Spectre Intelligence, having previously founded Spectre Capital. He studied computer science and electrical engineering at Harvard and has researched deep reinforcement learning controllers for quadruped robots as well as multimodal LLM-robotics.

Investors · 2

Y Combinatorlisted by Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K

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Spectre Intelligence - a neotrading firmycombinator.com · Aug 2026

Frequently asked questions

What does Spectre Intelligence do?
Spectre Intelligence is building an AI-driven quantitative trading firm structured as a multi-strategy ("pod shop") hedge fund, where AI agents run and evolve trading strategies while the company deploys its own capital and learns from each trade. It currently operates pods focused on semiconductors and biotech.
Who founded Spectre Intelligence?
Spectre Intelligence was founded by Michelle Li, Joshua Zyzak in 2026.
Who are Spectre Intelligence's investors?
Spectre Intelligence's investors include Lyra Capital Pty Ltd, Y Combinator.
Where is Spectre Intelligence headquartered?
Spectre Intelligence is headquartered in San Francisco, US.