Chaz Englander

Chaz and Arnie Englander, brothers and co-founders of Model ML, are revolutionizing financial services with their AI-powered workspace aimed at outpacing Microsoft Office. They share their journey from startup tool to platform, highlighting recent successes with top banks. The brothers discuss the need for trust in global markets and how they've built relationships from Hong Kong to India. Their insights on the evolving nature of software in the age of AI, along with the dynamics of a co-founder relationship, make for a captivating conversation.

Chaz Englander, founder of Model ML and former YC founder who built family office investing tools, explains how agentic AI is automating reporting, investment memos, and monitoring in private markets. He contrasts workflow automation with chat UIs. He predicts 2025 as the productivity year and 2026 for AI-generated investment insight, and explains why capturing internal data and embedding engineers with teams matters.

This discussion features Erin Wu, a technology reporter focused on Google’s TPU strategy, who explains how Google aims to compete with NVIDIA by pitching TPU chips to major players like Meta. Stephanie Palazzolo, an AI reporter, reveals concerns around Google's pretraining advantages with Gemini 3. Finance reporter Miles Kruppa discusses rising debt linked to Oracle’s data centers, while Ron Bencer analyzes the IPO outlook for 2026. Lastly, Chaz Englander, CEO of Model ML, shares insights on automating financial workflows with AI and their recent funding success.