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Thársis Souza is a computer scientist, author, and product leader specializing in AI-driven products. He has held Product Management leadership roles at some of Wall Street’s largest hedge funds as well as early-stage Silicon Valley technology startups.

He is a former Lecturer in Columbia University’s Master of Science in Applied Analytics program, creator of podcastfy.ai, and co-author of the O’Reilly book Large Language Models - The Hard Parts: Open Source AI Solutions for Common Pitfalls.

Thársis holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCL, University of London, following an M.Phil. and M.Sc. in Computer Science and a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering.

Selected Interviews and Talks

Mentorship Spotlight: Tharsis Souza, Two Sigma

Mentorship Spotlight

FactSet Investment Process Symposium - Innovative Data Panel

Factset Symposyum

BattleFin Alternative Data - Interview