21 April 2025

Season 5, Episode 6. AI-driven Investment Strategies with Andrew Einhorn 

How can you remove emotion from investing — and make decisions backed purely by data?

 

In this episode of Innovation Meets Leadership, Natalie Born sits down with Andrew Einhorn, CEO and Co-founder of Level Fields, an AI-driven fintech platform that analyzes real-world events to uncover investment opportunities. With a career that began in epidemiology and transitioned into defense consulting and software, Andrew shares how his fascination with data and pattern recognition led him to create tools that help everyday investors make informed decisions.

 

He discusses how global events shape financial markets, how to identify reliable investment signals, and why emotional detachment—paired with the right data—can lead to better results.

 

[00:01 - 05:00] | How an Epidemiologist Built a Fintech Tool

  • How studying environmental contamination led to software development

  • The importance of following data rather than gut feelings

  • Why building software unlocked a creative and scalable way to solve problems

 

[05:01 - 10:49] | Why Past Pandemics Helped Predict the COVID Rebound

  • The importance of recognizing patterns in government and market responses

  • How comparing Zika and swine flu informed COVID analysis

  • Why emotion-free analysis led to accurate predictions while others panicked

 

[10:50 - 15:34] | How AI Detects Market-Moving Events

  • The importance of CEO changes, lawsuits, and product failures as stock indicators

  • How AI tools reduce noise and increase clarity for investors

  • Why consistent events provide more reliable signals than black swan moments

 

[15:35 - 21:16] | The Importance of Ignoring Headlines and Watching Behavior

  • Why dividend increases and stock buybacks signal strength

  • The importance of ignoring negative media narratives in favor of data

  • How analyzing company behavior reveals internal confidence long before analysts notice

[21:17 - 26:04] | How to Invest Like an Insider Without Being One

  • How billionaires entering a company often triggers a turnaround

  • The importance of watching early moves like executive changes and layoffs

  • Why Salesforce’s rebound shows the power of understanding corporate playbooks

 

Quotes:

“The market reacts to events, not opinions. Patterns repeat if you know where to look.” — Andrew Einhorn

“The same events happen again and again—and the market reacts the same way. The data proves it.” - Andrew Einhorn

 

Connect with Andrew:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/einhorn



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