Notes

Notes from Bonton AI on quantitative research, trading infrastructure and how we test results before anyone acts on them. Written by Robert Yenokyan.

• The refusal: not negative on this sample. The AI testing a crypto strategy for us found a good-looking result and refused to say the strategy worked. What it wrote instead, and what to ask of any result before client money goes near it. 7 October 2026, Robert Yenokyan
• The demo our AI failed. Our AI agents could not reproduce a client's backtest. It turned out the client's result was the wrong one, and the reason was the price its trades were filled at. 6 October 2026, Robert Yenokyan

About Bonton AI

Bonton AI is a quantitative research and development firm based in Yerevan, Armenia, founded in 2023 by Robert Yenokyan. It builds trading infrastructure, runs quantitative research and trains institutional teams.