AI in Action E570: Building Trustworthy AI for Faster, Smarter Decisions with Reflexivity’s RJ Assaly

Today's guest is RJ Assaly, Chief Product Officer at Reflexivity. Founded in 2019, Reflexivity is an AI-powered market intelligence platform for institutional investors, asset managers and hedge funds. Combining financial data with proprietary AI technology, it helps investment professionals conduct research, uncover relationships across global markets, identify market signals and test investment scenarios. The platform delivers auditable, source-backed insights to support more informed investment decisions and improve research efficiency.

RJ has a background in institutional finance and AI product development, having managed investment portfolios at AllianceBernstein before building AI products at Kensho (S&P Global). He specialises in developing AI-driven financial products, including reasoning agents, knowledge graphs and market intelligence systems. He has led product strategy for platforms serving investors overseeing $250 billion+ in assets, delivered enterprise solutions for major financial institutions and leads a cross-functional team spanning Product, Design and Data Science.

In the episode, RJ talks about:

0:00 His journey to using AI to make financial decisions faster and smarter

3:01 How language models help investors triage data and prioritize opportunities

5:21 Why transparency and data lineage build trust and drive adoption

7:15 Building trust requires transparency, user agency and complete accuracy

9:46 How transparent limitations prevent polished hallucinations from undermining trust

13:36 Staying transparent, user-focused and committed to constant experimentation

To find out more about all the great work happening at Reflexivity, check out the website www.reflexivity.com