Yash Shah
Entrepreneur | AI/ML | Finance Nerd
Vancouver, BC Canada
I’m a founder-minded builder and self-taught software engineer, working on AI and product. I believe the best AI products are built by people who understand both the technology and the human problem it solves.
Currently working on Agent Studio — helping businesses deploy AI agents with confidence through education and tooling. Previously I co-founded Autonomy Finance, where I led AI and product and learned a lot alongside the team, building autonomous intelligence for modern finance.
Before that, I built TakeStock, a market analysis engine for public securities that evolved into Autonomy Finance. I’m driven by the idea that AI should augment human capability, not replace it.
- 2026
Founded Agent Studio
AI agent deployment & education
- 2025
Co-Founded Autonomy Finance
Head of AI & Product
- 2023
Built TakeStock
Market analysis engine → evolved into Autonomy Finance
- 2018-2023
Equity Analyst & Trader
Building trading strategies & analyzing public securities
- 2012-2018
Accounting & Taxation
Practicing Chartered Accountant
Full-stack developer with expertise in product, AI, and finance.
- Proprietary agentic framework
- Agentic workflows & orchestration
- RAG & retrieval systems
- Prompt engineering & evals
- Roadmaps & prioritization
- User research & discovery
- Go-to-market & metrics
- APIs & services
- Scalability & reliability
- Node, Python
- APIs, queues, workers
- React, TypeScript
- UI/UX implementation
- SQL & NoSQL
- Schema design & migrations
- Hiring & mentoring
- Cross-team alignment
- Modeling & analysis
- Compliance & reporting
Where each skill comes from and how I use it.
AI Engineering
Designing and deploying agentic systems that combine LLMs with tools, retrieval, and workflows. Built production agent frameworks at Agent Studio and Autonomy Finance for reasoning, tool use, and evaluation.
Where I learned it:
- Shipping agent frameworks and workflows at Agent Studio and Autonomy Finance
- Self-directed study and research on LLM tool use, evals, and RAG
Product Management & Strategy
Defining product vision, roadmaps, and prioritization. User research and discovery to align build with real problems. Go-to-market and metrics to ship and iterate.
Where I learned it:
- Product leadership at Autonomy Finance and Agent Studio
- Earlier: equity research and building TakeStock from zero to product
System Architecture
Designing APIs, services, and system boundaries for scalability and reliability. Thinking in terms of failure modes, latency, and clear contracts between components.
Where I learned it:
- Production architecture at Autonomy Finance and TakeStock
- Side projects and ongoing system design in new products
Backend Development
Shipping backend services in Node and Python: REST/GraphQL APIs, queues, background workers, and integrations. Comfortable owning the full stack from DB to API.
Where I learned it:
- Node and Python services at Agent Studio and Autonomy Finance
- Mostly on-the-job and self-taught—docs, code review, and shipping
Frontend Development
Building UIs with React and TypeScript. Implementing designs, state management, and responsive layouts. Focus on accessibility and performance.
Where I learned it:
- Product-facing UIs at Agent Studio and Autonomy Finance
- React, TypeScript, and the surrounding ecosystem—official docs and real apps
Database Design
Schema design, indexing, and migrations for SQL and NoSQL. Modeling data for query patterns and evolution over time.
Where I learned it:
- Schema design and operations at Autonomy Finance and TakeStock
- Postgres, Supabase, and document-style stores in production
Leadership
Hiring, mentoring, and aligning teams around goals. Running processes that keep everyone moving in the same direction without unnecessary overhead.
Where I learned it:
- Co-founding Autonomy Finance and Agent Studio
- Hiring, mentoring, and aligning small teams around clear goals
Finance
Financial modeling, security analysis, and compliance/reporting. Deep exposure to public markets and accounting from my CA and equity analyst background.
Where I learned it:
- Chartered Accountant in practice (2012–2018)
- Equity analyst and trader on public markets (2018–2023)
- Finance and compliance context again at Autonomy Finance
Topics I’m investing time in beyond day-to-day product and AI work.
- CybersecurityFoundations and secure-by-default practices.
- AWS Cloud InfrastructureDesigning and running workloads on AWS.
- RustSystems programming and performance-critical code.
- NetworkingProtocols and infra.