KX + Habla AI Meetup

Details:

This international group, headquartered in Madrid, is dedicated to promoting the q programming language, the kdb+ database, and their ecosystem. All talks are technical and conducted in English, with a focus on creating a hybrid experience (in-person + streaming). If you like elegant code and astonishing speed, this is your place.

Agenda:

18:20 Registration and Welcome!
18:30 KDB-X Dual Mode (Alex Weinrich & Farhang Mehregami)
19:15 Two Speeds, One Market: Combining q, Events and AI Agents (Sergio de la Garma & Pablo Lobato)
20:00 Networking

Abstract:

KDB-X Dual Mode

See how AI agents built on KDB-X turn live data into faster decisions. We'll share live demos and explain how Sovereign AI keeps your data and models in your control.

Two Speeds, One Market: Combining q, Events and AI Agents

Financial markets move faster than AI agents can reason. Rather than putting agents in the critical path, can we give them a useful role around it?

Using a market-making testbed as a running example, this talk explores how q/kdb, Solace messaging and AI agents can work together at different timescales. We take a look at what this combination can make possible, while numerical processing and execution remain deterministic.

The focus is on the boundary between fast computation and slower reasoning: what to delegate, how to coordinate it, and how to observe the consequences. A practical exploration of complementary roles for real-time data systems and agent-based architectures.

Biography:

Alex Weinrich, Senior Solutions Engineer, KX

Alex is a 20-year markets professional, having worked as a FX Trader, Risk Manager, FX Sales, and mainly Fintechs for the last decade. At KX, he works with clients to build analytics solutions across all asset classes. KX is widely known to provide the world's fastest analytics for time series and vector data.

Farhang Mehregami, CEO & Founder, Engine AI

Farhang started his career at Citi where he spent 16 years in a variety of senior roles across Capital Markets. Farhang’s passion for empowering decision makers began in 2004 when he deployed a trading & risk platform across Citi’s Global Equities division. He then identified Palantir in 2007 as a game-changing analytics and workflow solution; his work with Palantir's founders resulted in Citi adopting it as one of Palantir’s first financial services engagements. After Citi, Farhang co-Founded Silver Ridge Asset Management, a Discretionary Asset Manager, where he spearheaded the effort to develop an in-house ML and AI platform. While building the solution, it became clear there was a need in the market for an intelligence engine to address the needs of business users across Capital Markets. In 2019, Farhang decided to tackle these opportunities and launched Engine AI. Farhang holds a BSc in Economics, Finance, from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Sergio de la Garma, Software Engineer, Habla Computing

Sergio holds a B.S.c. in Computer Science and BBA and is currently a Software Engineer at Habla Computing in Madrid. He works primarily with KDB+ and q, and has a passion for functional and array programming.

Pablo Lobato, Software Engineer, Habla Computing

Pablo holds a B.S.c. in Mathematics and is currently a Software Engineer at Habla Computing in Madrid. He works primarily with Solace Agents and has a passion for functional and array programming and agentic systems.