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Pawel Skrzypek is a Polish computer scientist, entrepreneur, and financial technologist, known for his work in artificial intelligence (AI), quantitative finance, and cloud computing. He is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Omphalos Fund, a hedge fund managed entirely by AI systems. Skrzypek is also the Chief Technology Officer of AI Investments Ltd., where he develops machine learning models for autonomous portfolio management. He has published 18 peer-reviewed research contributions with 180 citations (details on ResearchGate) on cloud computing and serverless computing and has been recognized as one of The Hedge Fund Journal's "Tomorrow's Titans" in 2024.

Career

Skrzypek is currently Chief Technology Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Omphalos Fund, a Luxembourg-based hedge fund that uses fully autonomous AI systems for investment decision-making. Prior to his CTO role, Skrzypek served as Chief Executive Officer of Omphalos Fund from October 2021 to May 2024. He has overseen the technological scaling of the fund's platform, including the deployment of over 600 autonomous AI-driven trading agents.

Since February 2018, Skrzypek has also been Chief Technology Officer of AI Investments Ltd., a Warsaw-based firm specializing in AI solutions for asset management. At AI Investments, he leads research and development efforts in time series forecasting, deep learning, and reinforcement learning for portfolio optimization. His approach is inspired by techniques such as AlphaZero, adapted to financial market dynamics.

In support of his financial expertise, Skrzypek holds a Polish stockbroker license, issued in 2011 by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF).

Research and academic contributions

Skrzypek has authored multiple peer-reviewed papers on topics such as serverless computing, hybrid cloud architecture, and cloud optimization strategies. His academic work bridges theoretical research with practical applications in distributed systems and AI infrastructure (see publications below).

As of 2025, his research has been cited over 240 times, with an h-index of 8 and i10-index of 7, according to Google Scholar.

His academic contributions are closely linked to his involvement in EU-funded initiatives such as the MELODIC and Functionizer projects, which explored intelligent orchestration of cloud resources across providers.

Media coverage

• Börsen-Zeitung: Warum echtes KI-Investing nichts mit großen Sprachmodellen zu tun hat
• Fundview: KI-Hedgefonds steuert mit positiver Performance durch Börsen-Beben
• Forbes Polska: Stworzyli maszynkę do zarabiania
• PWM Professional Wealth Management: The growing importance of AI in fund management
• 99 twarzy AI podcast: Jak działa fundusz inwestycyjny w 100% zarządzany przez AI?

Speaker & Panelist

• ML in PL (2019)
• Conf42 Python (2021)
• Big Data Conference (2021)
• SREday (2025)
• HFM Future of Fund Technology Summit (2025)
• Luxembourg-Poland Business Conference (2024, 2025)

Recognitions

• Tomorrow's Titans 2024 – The Hedge Fund Journal
• European Digital Transformation of the Year (Asset Manager), 2024 – Funds Europe Awards
• AIF Factor Award 2024 - Amsterdam Investor Forum

Selected Publications

• Kritikos, Kyriakos; Skrzypek, Pawel; Moga, Alexandru; Matei, Oliviu (July 2019). "Towards the Modelling of Hybrid Cloud Applications". 2019 IEEE 12th International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD). pp. 291–295. doi:10.1109/CLOUD.2019.00056. ISBN 978-1-7281-2705-7.
• Horn, Geir; Skrzypek, Pawel (May 2018). "MELODIC: Utility Based Cross Cloud Deployment Optimisation". 2018 32nd International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops (WAINA). pp. 360–367. doi:10.1109/WAINA.2018.00112. ISBN 978-1-5386-5395-1.
• Kritikos, Kyriakos; Skrzypek, Pawel (2018). "A Review of Serverless Frameworks". 2018 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing Companion (UCC Companion). pp. 161–168. doi:10.1109/UCC-Companion.2018.00051. ISBN 978-1-7281-0359-4.
• Różańska, Marta; Skrzypek, Pawel; Horn, Geir; Materka, Katarzyna (2022). "An Architecture for Autonomous Proactive and Polymorphic Optimization of Cloud Applications". Advanced Information Networking and Applications (Volume 3 ed.). pp. 567–577. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-99619-2_53. ISBN 978-3-030-99619-2.
• Kritikos, Kyriakos; Skrzypek, Pawel; Zahid, Feroz (April 2021). "Are Cloud Platforms Ready for Multi-Cloud?". Are Cloud Platforms Ready for Multi-cloud?. 8th European Conference on Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing (ESOCC). Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 12054. pp. 56–73. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-44769-4_5. ISBN 978-3-030-44768-7.

External links

• Pawel Skrzypek publications indexed by Google Scholar
• Publications by Pawel Skrzypek at ResearchGate