In the spirit of momentum and collaboration, Teza’s global team gathered in Amsterdam for our Summer Work-Together Week.
A five-day event structured around core themes: People, Microstructure, AI, Platform, and Alpha.
Unlike a traditional conference, this week blurred the lines between lecture hall and lab.
Mornings featured focused talks and workshops; afternoons and evenings were dedicated to hands-on collaboration across research, development, and operations.
One major theme was AI integration.
Sessions explored how recent tooling is transforming the pace of idea generation, coding, and analysis.
Another focus was microstructure research.
We began with a foundational lecture, followed by practical workshops, including the now-iconic “Everyone Can Cook!” session.
Later in the week, attention turned to data, infrastructure, and signal development.
Sessions ranged from how
to find and access quality data to how to filter, license, and debug it.
Across the board, we emphasized working with every layer of available information: from microstructure to alternative and broker data. Office hours gave participants space to dive deeper into tools and workflows.
And of course: good food, stories, and the right house.
Our days didn’t end when the laptops closed. Evenings brought everyone together around long tables, impromptu whiteboard debates, canal walks, and shared meals that lasted well past sunset.
The house — equal parts workspace, testbed, and gathering place — set the tone.
It reminded us that innovation is social, and the best ideas often start somewhere between a plate of cheese and a late-night code review.
And when we did step away from the screen, we did it right: bike rides through tree-lined paths, detours to Haarlem’s cobbled streets, and even a 40-minute pedal out to the beach.
Well worth it, as anyone who made the trip will tell you!
Work-Together Week wasn’t about stepping away from the business —
it was about stepping further into it, together.
And Amsterdam, with its openness and momentum, was
the right place to do just that.
