McGinnis joined from Onex Partners, where he served as a Principal, responsible for the evaluation and execution of private equity investments.

In June, it hired Simon Thornington, formerly a vice president in low latency execution engineering at Two Sigma, as a quant dev.

At a bustling Amazon warehouse, robots weave through aisles, selecting items for shipment with increasing speed and accuracy. These aren’t pre-programmed machines but artificial intelligence (AI)-driven systems constantly learning and adapting through reinforcement learning. This technology is quietly changing commerce, promising to reshape how businesses operate in the digital age. Reinforcement learning (RL), a subset of machine learning, is driving breakthroughs across industries, from eCommerce giants optimizing logistics to financial firms developing sophisticated trading algorithms. As this technology matures, it’s unlocking new efficiencies and capabilities that could redefine competitive advantages in the global marketplace