Kokko: AlphaSense's Legacy Sentiment Model Still Outperforms Modern LLMs
Jack Kokko · Jack Kokko – Building the Google of Finance at AlphaSense (EP.461) · Sep 25, 2025 · at 20:10
AlphaSense CEO Jack Kokko explains how the financial research platform adopted large language models while retaining certain legacy models.
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“Although I mentioned the sentiment piece, that is still, you know, the incredible sentiment model we built with the prior generation of technology still is running and is doing a job that's better than what we see LLMs doing.”
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