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The FINOS TechSprint is an extended collaborative effort that invites developers to explore cutting-edge financial solutions using open source tools. The primary focus of the sprint is TraderX, a highly modular, open source trading platform designed to serve as a reference architecture for integrating various FINOS projects. This hackathon-style event runs through September, culminating in demonstrations at the Open Source in Finance Forum (OSFF) New York​. Haven’t registered yet for OSFF NYC? Use the code OSFFNY24SOC to get 20% off your ticket and register here. 

To unlock the full potential of open-source software, as it is with any modern-day software, it must have an integrated ecosystem of complementary solutions that add value. 

That is the aim of the FINOS Tech Sprint 2024, which kicked off on July 16th with a gathering of existing FINOS projects and new teams creating new value (code, tests, documentations, GH issues, etc.) using existing solutions in the FINOS ecosystem and beyond. 

Summary of Previous Calls and Meetings: 

• 29th of May: FINOS kicked off the FINOS LLM Exploration Project, looking to identify areas of collaboration for Financial Services Institutions to build and fund collaborative research and infrastructure. The call was well-attended with a high level of engagement. 
• 12th of June: the feedback received during the kick-off call - “Don’t try to solve the world!” - was embedded in the presentation. In the second half of the call, the following “prior art” was presented: 
  • FinBen (Financial Benchmarking), by Yanglet (Columbia University) 
  • OS-Climate Data Commons, by Cara Delia (RedHat) 
  • Zenith Open Data Repository, by Keith O'Donnell (Feynic Technology)