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This Russian billionaire just replaced VCs with AI algorithms.
The result: 17 investments outperforming top investors by 2X.
Meet Nik Storonsky.
He built Revolut from zero to Europe's most valuable startup.$45 billion valuation. 50 million users. Over $1 billion in profit in 2024.
Now he's applying his systems-first approach to venture capital.Traditional VCs rely on gut feelings and personal networks.
Most startups fail anyway despite "expert" human judgment.
In 2022, Storonsky launched QuantumLight with CEO Ilya Kondrashov.Their radical thesis: Remove humans from investment decisions entirely.
Here's how it works:
QuantumLight analyzes over 10 billion data points.It tracks more than 700,000 venture-backed companies worldwide.
The AI evaluates startups across dimensions humans can't process.
According to Kondrashov, this lets them "almost eliminate human judgment from the investment process."No subjective decisions. No unconscious bias.
Just pure data-driven analysis.The results speak for themselves:
All 17 of QuantumLight's investments were identified by algorithms.
Zero human deal sourcing. Zero gut instincts. Zero personal networks.
Just machines finding patterns humans miss.But here's the real validation:
They just raised $250 million.Storonsky personally contributed 25% of the funding.The rest came from billionaire tech founders and institutional investors.
Translation: The smartest money in the world is betting algorithms beat humans.
Around a third of VCs now find at least half their deals through AI tools.The future of venture capital won't be about who you know.It'll be about what your algorithms can see.The age of algorithmic investing has begun.
