## alternative data in finance
- inspiration
[Matthew Granade – Inside Data Science at Point72 (First Meeting, EP.22) Capital Allocators](https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/capital-allocators/id1223764016?i=1000486944539)
[Matthew Granade Discusses Quantitative Investment (Podcast) Masters in Business](https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/masters-in-business/id730188152?i=1000431848906)
- [**How Traders Used Google Searches** To See The Economic Recovery In Real Time](https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/odd-lots/id1056200096?i=1000491535681) 2020 Odd Lots
specific discussion about **Twitter wealth of alternative data** during 2020 coronavirus period by [Ben Breitholtz of Arbor Data Science](https://datascience.arborresearch.com/about/)
## financial exchanges
[In twenty years, exchanges have gone from clubby firms to huge conglomerates](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/4783/Big%2Bfish%2B-%2BIn%2Btwenty%2Byears_%2Bexchanges%2Bhave%2Bgone%2Bfrom%2Bclubby%2Bfirms%2Bto%2Bhuge%2Bconglomerates%2B_%2BFinance%2B_%2Beconomics%2B_%2BThe%2BEconomist.pdf)
> They control everything from the software powering back offices to the data pored over by investors
and in Russia too [Чего хотят инвесторы](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/4795/_D0_A7_D0_B5_D0_B3_D0_BE%2B_D1_85_D0_BE_D1_82_D1_8F_D1_82%2B_D0_B8_D0_BD_D0_B2_D0_B5_D1_81_D1_82_D0_BE_D1_80_D1_8B%2B-%2B_D0_92_D0_B5_D0_B4_D0_BE_D0_BC_D0_BE_D1_81_D1_82_D0_B8.pdf) «Ромир» выяснил инвестиционные предпочтения россиян
## https://alternativedata.org/
[Safegraph](https://alternativedata.org/data_provider/safegraph/)
Geo-location data from over 50m mobile devices, tracked to 15m POI and 1000 brands. Has raised $16m in funding.
https://www.unacast.com/