FIFA World Cup 2026 Final Preview: Argentina vs. Spain
Ten years ago, Lionel Messi left the field in New Jersey believing that his international career was over. The world froze as he sent a penalty sailing over the crossbar in the…
Climbing Mount Sinner: What Can the Rest of Men’s Tennis Do Now?
Miomir Kecmanovic had found the opening. On the first Monday of Wimbledon, the defending champion looked shaky on Centre Court. Jannik Sinner lost the opening set, recovered in…
Trade and Roster Analysis: Lamelo Ball to the Minnesota Timberwolves
The full terms were reported by NBA.com . Last month, I opened up my phone to news that I couldn't believe. My Minnesota Timberwolves had acquired LaMelo Ball. Minnesota acquired…
Back in the gym (July '26 update)
Returned to lifting in mid-May after half a year off. Was ~20% weaker than my peak shape in November in all my lifts. Took me a few months to surpass my past peak. Pretty happy with my progress so far. I'm in a slight cut/body recomp to get my body fat back to level, but still making a surprisingly amount of strength gains. Currently…
I'm Jaden Lee, a student at Harvard building things at the intersection of the big 3: systems, sports, and markets. Additional interests include physical intelligence, forecasting models, and machine learning.
Currently working on ML Compilers at Spring Silicon.
But perhaps more importantly, my bigger 3 is food (beli: @jadenjinulee), filming, and fitness.
Read my thoughts about the world and fitness journey on my life blog page.
Huge fan of all sports (primairly tennis, hockey, and soccer). My sports analysis and takes can be found on my sports page.
Spring Silicon (Opt32)
2026Software & Research (ML Compilers)
Optiver
2026FutureFocus Quant Program
Harvard National Model United Nations 2027
2026 - PresentChief Financial Officer
Harvard Financial Analysts Club
2025 - PresentDirector of Quant
Harvard Undergraduate Quantitative Traders
2025 - PresentTrader
Jihoon Rim Foundation Scholar
2026USAMO Qualifier
202513/15 score on AIME (Top 1%)
ICICT Conference Best Paper
2024NHL Draft Pick Evaluation Model [WIP]
2026Scraped past NHL draft and trade data to create a novel architecture for evaluating the value of draft picks. Incorporates expected career trajectory, the drafting team’s development record, and the current market for similar players.
Stock Pitches
2025Affirm Short, Meta Long, Reddit Long; detailed with a full DCF, sensitivity tables, and a segmented revenue projection model.
Parallel Solvit
2024Software company exploring optimization and parallel-compute consulting work.