Revant Nayar is currently Principal and CIO at FMI Tech, among the first quantum AI based quantitative hedge funds. He started his career as a theoretical physics researcher at IAS and Princeton University with a specialty in quantum field theory and string theory, where he started FMI Tech as a think-tank applying cutting edge innovations in quantum physics to quantitative finance. In 2021, he became among the first fund managers applying quantum alternatives to AI to asset management starting with the Indian market and expanding to the US market in mid 2023. He has been featured as speaker and panellist at the leading finance and AI conferences including Bloomberg, Strata, ELS, YPO, and EMEX. He also runs among the largest econophysics research collaborations in the world (FTERC), bringing researchers from top universities around the world to generate alpha research. Today he is widely regarded as a trailblazer in quantum and physics-inspired approaches to asset and risk management.