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Prodigy Research

Fintech · YC Summer 2026

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Automated design study · full homepage

Light, center-aligned type-led product story with mixed geometry and image-led proof.

Prodigy Research — Frontier AI for quantitative finance opens with “Frontier AI for quantitative finance.” in a center-aligned type-led hero.
Evidence & method · 1 capture note
Source
https://prodigy.markets/
Captured
2026-09-08
Extractor
2.5.0
Evidence
hero, middle, closing, mobile
  • Automated interpretation; editorial review is pending.
  • The hero heading was read from semantic heading markup.
  • 3 responsive breakpoint declarations were inspectable.
  • 1 stylesheet was inspectable; 0 cross-origin stylesheets were unavailable to rule inspection.
  • Computed styles describe the captured render; source design tokens and proprietary font files were not copied.

Captured screens

2026-09-08 · source viewport 1600 × 1000

Prodigy Research hero homepage design evidence. Visible section: Frontier AI for quantitative finance. · Michael Wang Yuhua Wang
Hero1600 × 1000
Prodigy Research mid-page homepage design evidence. Visible section: SoTA in live trading. · Up +140% over our YC batch on delta-neutral strategies.
Mid-page1600 × 1000
Prodigy Research closing homepage design evidence. Visible section: Going after the largest TAM on Earth. · Want to learn more? Let’s talk.
Closing1600 × 1000
Prodigy Research mobile homepage design evidence. Visible section: Frontier AI for quantitative finance. · Michael Wang
Mobile390 × 844

System overview

Hero
type-led · center
Surface
light
Density
sparse
Content width
1600px full-width canvas
Confidence
medium
Primary action
Get in touch

Color system

Light surfaces use 8 repeated semantic colors; the primary action carries the strongest interactive emphasis.

Canvas

Page canvas

Dominant rendered page background.
Surface 1

Surface

Repeated container or section fill; relative occurrence score 24.
Surface 2

Surface

Repeated container or section fill; relative occurrence score 3.
Surface 3

Surface

Repeated container or section fill; relative occurrence score 2.
Primary text

Primary text

Observed display foreground with 18.5:1 contrast against the captured canvas.
Secondary text

Secondary text

Observed reading foreground; measured canvas-reference contrast is 8.9:1.
Action

Primary action

Fill used by the dominant first-viewport action.
Border

Border and divider

Most repeated inspectable border color.

Typography

The observed type system assigns Instrument Serif to display, heading text; Inter to body, body-small, label text.

Metric previews use the observed CSS values. Source font files are not bundled, so unavailable families fall back locally.
display

Frontier AI for quantitative finance.

Instrument Serif · 84px/85.68px · weight 400 · tracking -0.84px · color rgb(15, 14, 12) · preview scaled
heading

Michael Wang Yuhua Wang

Instrument Serif · 64px/64px · weight 400 · tracking -0.64px · color rgb(15, 14, 12)
body

Trading firms generated hundreds of billions in profit last year, and this number is growing quickly…

Inter · 16.5px/26.4px · weight 400 · tracking 0px · color rgb(74, 71, 66)
body-small

This website does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any…

Inter · 11.5px/17.825px · weight 400 · tracking 0px · color rgba(107, 104, 97, 0.800)
label

founders@prodigy.markets

Inter · 13.5px/20.25px · weight 500 · tracking 0px · color rgb(15, 14, 12)

Spacing & shape

Spacing

Base unit
8px
Section gap
32px
Container
32px
32px64px8px24px12px16px48px10px128px40px

Shape

Mixed geometry is the dominant shape voice. Separation relies on borders and surface contrast rather than shadow.

Pills
9999px
Containers
16px
Media
0px
Buttons
0px
Inspect borders & shadows · 3
Borders
1px solid rgb(232, 229, 221)1px solid rgb(214, 210, 200)
Shadows
None observed

Component grammar

Token-based examples, not original components. Source fonts may fall back locally.

Hero

Opening proposition

1 observed

Type led, center-aligned opening anchored by “Get in touch”.

Inspect 4 properties
Pattern
type-led
Alignment
center
Heading
Instrument Serif · 84px / 400
Media
image-led

Navigation

Global wayfinding

1 observed

Static navigation with 2 visible actions in the desktop opening.

Inspect 7 properties
Text
#0f0e0c
Border
none
Radius
0px
Padding
0px 0px 0px 0px
Type
Inter · 16px / 400
Position
absolute
Height
81px

Primary action

Conversion

1 observed

“Get in touch” is the strongest first-viewport action by semantic intent and visual contrast.

Get in touch
Inspect 6 properties
Background
#0f0e0c
Text
#fbfaf7
Border
none
Radius
9999px
Padding
12px 24px 12px 24px
Type
Inter · 14.5px / 500

Media frame

Visual proof

2 observed

2 style-matched media elements were found among 3 rendered candidates; fill fitting and 0px are the most repeated treatments.

Inspect 4 properties
Fit
fill
Ratios
3.49, 2.34
Radius
0px
Candidate pool
3

Footer

Closing navigation

1 observed

3 visible actions close the page on a rgba(245, 240, 235, 0.4) surface.

Inspect 7 properties
Background
rgba(245, 240, 235, 0.4)
Text
#0f0e0c
Border
none
Radius
0px
Padding
0px 0px 0px 0px
Type
Inter · 16px / 400
Links
3

Layout & narrative

The homepage continues through 5 observed sections, moving from the opening proposition into Michael Wang Yuhua Wang, SoTA in live trading, Up +140% over our YC batch on delta-neutral strategies.

Structure
Editorial product narrative
Hero pattern
Type-led hero: display copy is the primary graphic
Grid
2 columns
Closing
Utility footer with 3 actions
Full section sequence · 5
  1. Michael Wang Yuhua Wang
  2. SoTA in live trading.
  3. Up +140% over our YC batch on delta-neutral strategies.
  4. Going after the largest TAM on Earth.
  5. Want to learn more? Let’s talk.

Imagery, motion & responsive

Imagery

Image led media acts as the page’s primary visual proof rather than decoration.

fill fitting · square-edged frames
Inspect imagery inventory
Composition
A focused visual anchors the first viewport.
Inventory
3 images/canvas elements and 0 videos across the analyzed homepage.

Motion

2 declared keyframes and 4 active animations were inspectable at capture; observed timing uses 0.7s, 700ms.

Reduced-motion rules detected
Inspect motion inventory
Libraries
CSS / browser-native or bundled source not identifiable
Keyframes
reveal, spin
Durations
0.7s, 700ms
Easings
cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.2, 1), linear
States
hover, focus, disabled

Mobile

The same 2 visible navigation actions remain at mobile width. Hero remains center-aligned; mobile heading size is 38px.

Observed multi-column desktop regions collapse to a single-column mobile flow.
Inspect responsive test
Viewport
390 × 844
Overflow
No horizontal overflow detected

Reproduction guidance

Do

  • Pair the observed #fbfaf7 canvas with #0f0e0c primary copy before adding secondary surfaces.
  • Use Instrument Serif at 84px/85.68px, weight 400, for the primary display moment.
  • Reserve the strongest first-viewport contrast for “Get in touch” within the center-aligned type-led hero.
  • Image led media acts as the page’s primary visual proof rather than decoration.

Don’t

  • Do not mix in arbitrary radii; 9999px is the repeated treatment on pills.
  • Do not reuse the #0f0e0c action color across decorative elements; keep its interactive emphasis selective.
  • Do not introduce extra type families beyond Instrument Serif and Inter.
  • Do not add card shadows; the source separates content without repeated elevation.