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Anton Katz

Cofounder, CEO at Talos

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Anton Katz is the CEO of Talos, responsible for leading the firm's overall operations and driving its strategic initiatives. Prior to co-founding Talos, he served as Head of Trading Technology for AQR Capital Management, a prominent quantitative investment firm. Before that, he spent six years at Broadway Technology, most recently as Director of Software, leading trading technology development projects for various banks, asset managers, and vendors. His technology career began at Microsoft. Mr. Katz is a veteran of the Israel Defence Forces and a former member of the Israeli National Shooting Team. He holds a degree in Computer Science from MIT.

Investments

Name
Round
Valuation
Amount
Date
Borderless Borderless
Pre-Seed -- $ 3 M
Oct 23, 2024
Chaos Labs Chaos Labs
Series A -- $ 55 M
Aug 15, 2024

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