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Conviction

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Founded 2025Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Conviction lets you create and discover trading ideas, then monitors the market and acts on them for you.

Start with any idea you have - or discover one from traders you follow on X or Reddit - and turn it into a strategy in natural language. Backtest it, paper trade it, deploy it and share what you learn.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Previously Parachute, Parachute AI, Parachute, Parachute AI, Parachute

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

Aria Vikram

Founder/CEO

Co-founder & CEO @ Conviction. Previously NLP Researcher @ Columbia; deployed AI chatbots for doctors @ CUIMC. Google Code-In Grand Prize winner, RSI alum, and USAID awardee.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Tony Yamin

Founder/CTO

Co-Founder & CTO @ Conviction; turned down offers from Google and BlackRock. Previously built machine-learning infrastructure for the U.S. Department of Defense at Booz Allen. Best AI @ HackPrinceton and Finalist @ YaleHack.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
2team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2025 · Source

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Y Combinator

Profile depthverified profile
Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
Pricing evidenceNo pricing page confirmed
Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

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