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This as-told-to interview with Barry Duong, lead AI strategist for public equities at the professional services AI startup Hebbia, where his team generates original prompts and works directly with financial services firms. Previously, Duong was a portfolio manager at the hedge fund Balyasny Asset Management, an analyst at Citadel, and an associate at New Mountain Capital.His comments, told to Business Insider correspondent Reed Alexander, have been edited for length and clarity.Why I left Wall Street for AIMy most recent stint in the world of financial services was in hedge funds. After I left Balyasny, I was under a noncompete, and I decided to learn more about AI.I started testing tools, including stealth-mode startup products that were in early stages. What was possible was far bigger t...

Between billion-dollar investments and global market shocks, partners at Goldman Sachs have no shortage of things to worry about. But two of them share a common nighttime preoccupation.Business Insider separately asked Meena Lakdawala-Flynn, co-head of Global Private Wealth Management and One Goldman Sachs, and Asahi Pompey, global head of the Office of Corporate Engagement and chair of the Urban Investment Group, what keeps them awake at night."I'm always thinking about our people," said Lakdawala-Flynn, who has been at the firm for more than 25 years and became a partner in 2014. "You've built talent, you've invested in talent, they're cultural stewards. To me, it's about retaining people."She added that having a "rotating door" makes it more difficult to create strong businesses and cli...

Kenyans Benson Kipruto (L) and Alexander Mutiso celebrate taking first and second place respectively in the New York City Marathon in New York City on Sunday. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images Benson Kipruto, 34, and Hellen Obiri, 35, both from Kenya, secured victory in the TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday. Kipruto, an Olympic bronze medalist, narrowly beat fellow Kenyan Alexander Mutiso by .03 seconds in the Pro Men's race, as both men finished with a time of 2:08:09. Albert Korir, also of Kenya, landed in the third s...

President Donald Trump threatened to send the U.S. military into Nigeria “guns-a-blazing”, citing claims of mass killing of Christians in the African nation.“If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities,” Trump posted on his Truth Social account, calling on the Nigerian government to “act fast.”Trump’s post included a directive for the Pentagon to prepare for “possible action,” to which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth responded: “Yes sir” on his social media."The killing of innocent Christians in Nigeria — and anywhere — must end immedi...

Attendees listen as former President Obama joins former congresswoman and current Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger at a rally on Nov. 1 at Chartway Arena in Norfolk. Shaban Athuman/VPM News hide caption toggle caption Shaban Athuman/VPM News Several late-breaking surprises have shaken up what political watchers thought would be a quiet race in Virginia. The commonwealth's gubernatorial race — one of just two held the year after presidential elections — is often seen as a temperature check on how voters feel about leaders in Washington. Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic ...

Policeman stands near a convenience store destroyed by a fire in Hermosillo, Sonora state, Mexico, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. Abraham Tellez/AP hide caption toggle caption Abraham Tellez/AP MEXICO CITY — A fire and explosion at a convenience store in northwestern Mexico killed at least 23 people, including children, and injured 12 others, state authorities said. The fire occurred Saturday in downtown Hermosillo, the capital of Sonora state, Sonora Gov. Alfonso Durazo said in a video posted on social media. Six people remained hospitalized on Sunday morning, according to Sonora's prosecutor's of...

A train is parked at the station after a mass stabbing on a London-bound train in Huntingdon, England, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption toggle caption Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP LONDON — British police dismissed speculation on Sunday that a mass stabbing attack on a London-bound train the previous evening was terrorism-related and said two people who were wounded remain in a life-threatening condition. Police also said that two men, born in the United Kingdom, remain in custody at separate police stations. They were arrested eight minutes after the first emergency calls we...

This photo released by the Italian Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, rescuers prepare for rescue operations with a helicopter in search of five mountaineers, all German, who were hit by an avalanche Saturday afternoon, Nov. 1, 2025, while climbing the Cima Vertana, in the Ortler mountains in Solda, Italy. Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico/AP/Third Party hide caption toggle caption Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico/AP/Third Party ROME — Five German mountaineers died after being hit by an avalanche in South Tyrol, in northern Italy, rescuers s...

Participants who'd been enrolled in the now canceled program to lift people out of poverty in the Palabek Refugee Settlement in northern Uganda as well as in the local community: (from left) Santa Angwech, 26, a single mother of three who takes care of two other children; Michael Obwoya, 49, an elder in the refugee camp; Florence Amungo, 34, who'd hoped to raise pigs to help support her family. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR PALABEK, Northern Uganda — Imagine if you were a refugee living at a makeshift settlement in a foreign country with no way to earn a stead...

Anna Cinaroglu/Moment RF/Getty Images The switch from daylight saving to standard time offers a reprieve for those who need more sleep. Clocks fell back an hour on Sunday morning and many people may have enjoyed an extra hour of slumber. Going forward, this change means darker evenings and brighter mornings — and you can take advantage of that morning light to reset your sleep schedule. This can be especially helpful for teenagers who get chronically little sleep. Three out of four high school students don't get enough shut-eye, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dragging groggy teens out of bed in the morning, or forcing them off their screens and into bed at night can be frustrating for parents. Sleep doctors say a little better under...