Chicago Quant Meetup 2025

On September 11, 2024, Databento and Architect co-hosted our annual quant meetup in Chicago, bringing together members of the quant trading community for an evening of technical discussion and networking. The event kicked off with a lightning talk from Carter Green (Databento), who shared some of the reasoning behind our choice to use C++ instead of Rust for a rewrite of our market data feed handler.

The evening continued with a panel discussion on designing modern trading platforms, featuring Brett Harrison (Architect), Kyle Benton (Lunar Capital), and Zach Banks (Databento). Drawing on experience from firms such as Citadel Securities, Jane Street, DV Trading, and Two Sigma, the panelists discussed practical considerations in system design and how teams approach building trading infrastructure today.