Ahmad Shadid

Ahmad Shadid is an accomplished entrepreneur and quantitative systems engineer with a proven track record in the financial technology sector. As the Founder of o.xyz since June 2024 and the Founder & CEO of io.net from November 2018 to June 2024, Ahmad successfully scaled io.net from $0 to $4.5 billion in just 12 months. Ahmad's innovative contributions include inventing DarkTick, a machine learning-powered risk-management engine designed to protect investor capital by monitoring market flows with the collaboration of engineers from NASA and Intel. Additionally, Ahmad developed low-latency trading algorithms at WhalesTrader and contributed to bridging investment gaps at ArabFolio Capital. Previous experience includes involvement in M&A at Cordoba Partners.