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title: "Building Stripe for Investing with Yoshi Yokokawa"
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# Building Stripe for Investing with Yoshi Yokokawa

Code Story | Startup Podcast for Technical Founders — S3 E4: Building Stripe for Investing: Scaling Alpaca’s Trading APIs Globally with Yoshi Yokokawa Press Play to Listen While You Browse S3 E4: Building Stripe for Investing: Scaling Alpaca’s Trading APIs Globally with Yoshi Yokokawa Code Story | Startup Podcast for Technical Founders 0:00 19:15 1× Born and raised in Japan, Yoshi Yokokawa started his career at Leimen Brothers in the US. In doing so, he was exposed to the fragility of the economies, yet saw how all things were connected and potential for areas of automation - IE, where things didn't need a human hand. A marathon runner, triathlete and yoga teacher, he attempts to understand himself physically, spiritually and mentally. When he set out on a venture of his own, he originally started building deep neural net prediction models for trading funds and hedge funds. In doing so, he quickly figured out that in order to scale this quickly, his solution would need to work with existing brokerage firms and banks. It was at this pain point that he decided to pivot and build Alpaca, the best way for developers to trade US stocks through an API. Links https://alpaca.markets/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoshiyokokawa/ https://www.crunchbase.com/person/yoshi-yokokawa https://twitter.com/iyoshyoshi?lang=en Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts Amazing tools we use: If you want the best publishing platform for your podcast, with amazing support & people - use Transistor.fm Want to record your remote interviews with class? Then, you need to use Squadcast . Code Story uses the 1-click product ClipGain , sign up now to get 3hrs of podcast processing time FREE Credits: Code Story is hosted and produced by Noah Labhart . Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Pocket Casts , Google Play , Breaker , Youtube , or the podcasting app of your choice. Checkout our episode stacks on Stacklist! https://stacks.codestory.co/ Hosted by Noah Labhart | Technical Founder & Startup Mentor. Advertising Inquiries : https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Latest Season of the Podcast is Sponsored By