Debating Hackathon Ideas and Anish's Hedge Fund Project

Sohan Dillikar and Sidd Sai continued their discussion from January 8 to January 9, 2026, regarding a hackathon project and a collaborator named Anish (a friend of Nikhil). Sohan remained highly skeptical of Anish's "multi-agent hedge fund" idea, dismissing it as a cliché project that many high schoolers attempt. He questioned the feasibility of building a profitable trading agent in a 6-7 hour hackathon timeframe, arguing that without real utility or profit-making capabilities, it would just be another tool generating useless research suggestions. Sidd Sai attempted to act as a mediator, encouraging Sohan to voice his own ideas—specifically a "negotiation/call" idea—and trying to "poke holes" in Anish's proposal. Sohan noted that Anish had already rejected his ideas multiple times. The conversation also touched on a confusing mention of making GPU kernels faster, which neither participant seemed to fully grasp in the context of the project. Sohan eventually decided to stop arguing for the night, stating he would wait until Friday, January 10, 2026, to engage further once he had a working prototype of his own. The exchange ended with Sohan suggesting they go to sleep.