Second guest episode of the SP era - with a guy living the dream. Akash worked in the front offices of the New York Yankees and Miami Dolphins as well as a Google data scientist before leaving it all behind to be a full-time bettor.
This builds on our recent modeling episodes as we take a jump from simple/ regression based models into the AI/ML blackbox.
You can find Akash in the GP Discord under the name joshroyale
00:00 Show Intro
01:50 Yankees Front Office
11:05 Transition from Sports Analytics to Betting
23:30 Data Pipelines, Friction Reduction and Useful Features
39:45 AI vs. Pro Sports Bettor
49:50 Modeling Philosophy: Transparency vs. Black Boxes
1:11:35 Handling Downswings and Model Validation
1:17:00 News Roundup: IL Tax, FanDuel Ban, Polymarket x Twitter
1:30:50 Listener Q&A
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