The Founder

Picture a software engineer toggling between code reviews and stock charts, equally at home with AI/ML frameworks and Warren Buffett's shareholder letters. With 8+ years in machine learning and a deep passion for value investing, the founder's journey began during his Cornell MBA days at the Johnson School under Professor Tom Fields.

Those were the days of bone-chilling Ithaca mornings, when he'd drag himself out of bed after late-night study sessions to attend Professor Fields' early finance classes. That's how passionate he was about investing - no amount of cold or exhaustion could keep him from learning about markets, valuation, and the art of finding undervalued businesses.

"I learned from the best at Cornell's Johnson School. Professor Fields taught us that investing isn't just about numbers - it's about understanding the story behind every business, the management teams, the competitive dynamics, and the long-term trends shaping entire industries."

Armed with this foundation, he spent over a decade as a part-time investor, channeling the teachings of Buffett, Howard Marks, and Walter Schloss. By night, he'd pour over annual reports and 10-K filings. By day, he built machine learning systems at Google and other tech companies. When large language models emerged in 2023, he saw an opportunity to fuse these two worlds.

The empor.top Journey

After countless experiments with AI investing tools (most of which failed spectacularly), a breakthrough came: instead of having AI make investment decisions, why not use it to tell compelling company stories? The vision was simple - combine the depth of professional research with the accessibility of free, engaging content.

The name empor.top comes from Wassily Kandinsky's 1929 painting "Upward" (German: "Empor") - symbolizing growth, progress, and looking beyond short-term noise to understand long-term trajectories. Just like the painting was created at the height of the roaring twenties, empor.top aims to capture the upward potential of great companies.

"Every company story on empor.top is the result of processing thousands of data points - SEC filings, earnings calls, news articles, analyst reports - all synthesized by carefully designed AI models trained to maintain factual accuracy while telling engaging narratives."

What sets empor.top apart is its philosophy: no ads, no tracking, no paywalls, no artificial scarcity. In an internet increasingly dominated by clickbait and surveillance capitalism, we treat readers with respect. No pop-ups, no cookies, no articles cut off mid-sentence. Just fast-loading, comprehensive company stories that give you the full picture upfront.

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The Future & How You Can Help

empor.top serves thousands of readers monthly, but we need your help to keep it free and ad-free. Each company story requires significant computational resources and data subscriptions to maintain accuracy.

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Contact us: [email protected] - we'd love to hear your creative ideas to spread the word about quality, accessible company research!

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Ways to Support empor.top

• Sponsors welcome: Financial services companies, investment platforms, or anyone who believes in democratizing quality information
• LLM credits: Donate computational resources to keep our AI models running
• Spread the word: Share stories, follow us on social media, tell fellow investors

Together, we can ensure deep, thoughtful company analysis remains free and accessible in an internet increasingly dominated by paywalls and clickbait.