Jesus Rodriguez
Jesus Rodriguez builds AI tools and writes about machine learning for TheSequence. He led DRW's quantitative platform from 2008 to 2010 and co-founded IntoTheBlock in 2018 to bring market intelligence and quantitative trading to crypto markets. In July 2020, he helped start TheSequence, then wrote about reinforcement learning and AI-driven scientific discovery. By 2025, he was a LayerLens co-founder proposing independent evaluations for frontier AI models, and he served as Sentora's CTO. As of October 2026, he is Sentora's co-founder and CTO-CPO and a co-founder of LayerLens.
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- TheSequence, LayerLens and Sentora
Timeline
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2008–2010
Quant work at DRW
He leads DRW's quant platform from 2008 to 2010, and his technical career includes quantitative systems work for Wall Street hedge funds.
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2018
IntoTheBlock's crypto tools
He co-founds IntoTheBlock as CEO in 2018, building a platform for crypto market intelligence and quantitative trading.
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July 2020
Starting TheSequence
He helps start TheSequence in July 2020 as an educational newsletter for machine learning and artificial intelligence.
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2021
Reinforcement-learning recap
He publishes a full recap of TheSequence's reinforcement-learning series in 2021.
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2024
AI Scientist essay
He writes about Sakana AI's AI Scientist framework in 2024, describing its open-ended research, experiments, code generation, and reports.
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By 2025
Building LayerLens evaluations
By 2025, he is a LayerLens co-founder and proposes an independent evaluation platform for frontier AI models.
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July 2025
CTO at Sentora
In July 2025, he serves as Sentora's CTO and writes about insurance models for decentralized finance.
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As of October 2026
Sentora co-founder and CTO-CPO
As of October 2026, he is Sentora's co-founder and CTO-CPO and a co-founder of LayerLens, which focuses on AI evaluations.
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