Pranav Ramesh, Head of Nasdaq Options Research and Co-founder & CTO of Leadpoat, stated that Nasdaq has significantly expanded the application scope of AI agents over the past 18 months, covering areas such as market monitoring, compliance, and market microstructure analysis, while retaining human review for final decision-making.

Ramesh predicts that crypto trading platforms will be the first to launch AI agent tools for retail users, covering position analysis, trading suggestions, and execution support, but the systems are not yet fully autonomous at this stage. He also noted that AI agents have begun to replace entry-level positions, citing recent layoffs at companies like Crypto.com, Messari, and Block, which were attributed to advancing AI automation, as evidence of this trend.

Leadpoet, the AI sales startup co-founded by Ramesh and Gavin Zaentz, disclosed in February 2026 that it had achieved $1 million in annualized revenue in its first quarter of operation and received investments from DSV Fund and Astrid. The company utilizes the Bittensor decentralized AI network and has joined the NVIDIA Inception program. (CoinDesk)