Taewan Yoon, CFA

Columbia MBA/MS | Enterprise AI | Financial Technology

The intersection of frontier AI and enterprise finance is still being defined — I’m drawn to that. I translate what the best models can do into strategies that institutions can actually deploy, and I’m always working to understand both sides more deeply.

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Agentic Systems, AI Strategy | MBA/MS at Columbia

Columbia MBA/MS. Built and scaled Claude’s NYC builder ecosystem from 0 to 1,000+ members. Leading the AI Club and AI Startup Challenge, and founded BRAIN NYC—a startup network tackling the hardest business challenges with frontier AI.

AI strategist, product manager, and startup community builder. Shipped agentic workflows as a Manus AI Fellow and co-founded AI-native fintech startup (acquired by a major insurance firm). Mentor at CFA Society New York.

Writing

Thinking through AI — systems, products, and the questions worth asking

A Science-Based Skincare Routine

People keep asking what products I use. The answer is boring; the principles behind them aren’t. A pairing of my daily routine with the dermatology and photobiology research that justifies each step.

Last updated on May 11, 2026 13 min read Health

Tracing the Minds Behind Claude Code

I spent a weekend reading two Claude Code source trees side by side, to find what changed and hasn’t across 13 months of the most successful AI product.

Apr 6, 2026 9 min read AI Strategy

Agents Don't Need Better Models. They Need Better Infrastructure.

I watched 300 builders hit inference limits at Mistral’s worldwide hackathon. Three weeks later, GTC 2026 announced the infrastructure to fix it. Here’s what agent developers need to understand about the serving layer beneath the models.

Mar 24, 2026 10 min read AI Strategy

Agents Don't Need Better Models. They Need Better Infrastructure.

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Projects

March 2026 Data Science

Causal Inference — Interactive Study Guide

A single-page interactive web app covering causal inference from potential outcomes to Double ML, with canvas visualizations, KaTeX formulas, and a full method comparison framework.

September 2025 AI Systems

AI Pipeline for Quantitative Finance Research

Built a LightRAG pipeline that transforms 4,000+ academic papers into a queryable graph vector database, surfacing contrarian investment strategies with 2.4x more comprehensive responses than naive RAG.

Events

AI Startup Challenge — Final Competition Day

Apr 24, 2026 Morrison Foerster, 250 W 55th St, New York, NY

Columbia x NYU Claude Builder Club Hackathon

Apr 12, 2026 Columbia Business School, David Geffen Hall — 645 W 130th St, New York, NY

Building the Future of Finance with Claude — Columbia Executive Education

Mar 17, 2026 Columbia Business School

GDG NYC Build With AI Hackathon — Google Cloud Labs x Columbia Business School

Mar 8, 2026 9:00 AM — 9:00 PM Columbia Business School, 665 West 130th Street, New York

Mistral AI Worldwide Hackathon — New York

Feb 28, 2026 — Mar 1, 2026 Verci Flatiron, New York

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Contact

Selectively pursuing enterprise AI roles — developer relations, product management, solutions architecture, and go-to-market — where deep FinTech expertise and hands-on AI deployment experience create measurable business value.