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Christina Qi

Co-Founder, Domeyard LP

Search every verified Christina Qi interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Christina Qi, co-founder and CEO of Databento, appeared on theCUBE + NYSE Wired: Fintech Exchange on September 8, 2026, to discuss her company's role as a financial market data API provider. She described Databento as aiming to be a "single source of truth" for financial information, aggregating stock price data from various exchanges and venues. Qi explained that the company was founded after her experience running a hedge fund, where she observed that traditional data providers were designed for human consumption via terminals, while most data is now consumed by machines. She noted that Databento's technology is complex, which she attributed to the company's broad customer base across industries. During the interview, Qi discussed Databento's recent funding round, stating that venture capitalists approached the company to invest rather than the company actively fundraising. She said the company declined to sell early in part because she felt her team would be disappointed, and she emphasized the importance of maintaining team satisfaction and company culture as the business grows. Qi also outlined Databento's customer engagement model, noting that users typically want to try the product before purchasing, and she referenced the industry adage that "data is bought, not sold," explaining that the company's approach relies on users seeking out data when their team needs it.

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“So we have two different types of models. When most users come in, they want to try it before they buy it, right? And in our industry, there's a comment saying, 'Data is bought, not sold.' I'm not going to call a leader in this industry. I'm not going to call Ray Dalio and be like, 'Did you know you need data?' And then he's not going to be like, 'Yes, I need data.' Like, that's so unrealistic of a scenario. And so i”

“So the difference and the reason why we started Databento to begin with is actually because I ran a hedge fund before Databento and when we were dealing with the previous generation of data providers we noticed that they were designed for human consumption essentially, so like they were designed around for a human basically staring at a terminal, and we noticed that even today like most data is being consumed by mach”

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