Dear Yu Shi and the Kronos Team,
Congratulations on the AAAI 2026 acceptance — Kronos is genuinely the most capable financial time-series foundation model I have evaluated, and I want to thank you for releasing the mini, small, and base variants under MIT license.
My name is Andre, and I am the founder of Apex Global Strategies, where I have built Apex Alpha — a production AI-powered stock analysis platform for retail investors, currently running in private beta.
I am writing to formally inquire about a commercial license for Kronos-large (499.2M parameters).
HOW I AM CURRENTLY USING KRONOS:
I am running Kronos-base in production as the core forecasting engine of Apex Alpha, generating multi-timeframe predictions (5-minute, hourly, daily, and weekly) across a fixed watchlist of 100 large-cap US equities — the Apex 100. The model runs on a dedicated RTX 3090 GPU and has been integrated into a full pipeline alongside 15+ alternative data signal sources including FINRA short volume, congressional trading data, options flow, Reddit sentiment, insider activity, and institutional analyst ratings.
Every prediction is logged with a timestamp and automatically checked for directional accuracy at the appropriate future time window. I currently have several weeks of live prediction tracking data on US large-cap equities — a market segment your paper's primary validation did not cover.
WHY I NEED KRONOS-LARGE:
Based on your paper's results, Kronos-large materially improves performance on daily and weekly horizon forecasting — exactly the timeframes most critical for the investment decisions my users make. The base model performs well on short-term predictions but I believe the larger model's deeper representational capacity would meaningfully improve the daily and weekly signal quality.
WHAT I OFFER IN RETURN:
Beyond standard licensing fees, I can offer something potentially valuable to your research:
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Real production accuracy data on US large-cap equities — directional accuracy logs across 100 symbols, multiple timeframes, tracked daily. This is a dataset your paper does not have and could be useful for validating Kronos performance on US markets.
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Detailed feedback on US equity market behavior vs your primary A-share / CSI300 validation set — different volatility regimes, liquidity profiles, and trading hours.
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Full attribution — Apex Alpha's platform, documentation, and any public communications will credit Kronos and link to your repository.
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Willingness to sign any non-redistribution or commercial licensing agreement you require. The model would run exclusively on our own hardware and never be redistributed.
I understand Kronos-large may require institutional licensing terms, and I am fully prepared to discuss appropriate compensation. If a formal licensing agreement is required, I am happy to proceed. If Kronos-large is not yet available for commercial use, I would greatly appreciate any guidance on optimizing Kronos-base configuration for US equity daily and weekly forecasting.
Thank you for building something that is genuinely advancing what is possible for independent investors. I look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
Andre Nascimbeni
Founder, Apex Global Strategies
apexaibot.io
Apexlogic1@gmail.com
Dear Yu Shi and the Kronos Team,
Congratulations on the AAAI 2026 acceptance — Kronos is genuinely the most capable financial time-series foundation model I have evaluated, and I want to thank you for releasing the mini, small, and base variants under MIT license.
My name is Andre, and I am the founder of Apex Global Strategies, where I have built Apex Alpha — a production AI-powered stock analysis platform for retail investors, currently running in private beta.
I am writing to formally inquire about a commercial license for Kronos-large (499.2M parameters).
HOW I AM CURRENTLY USING KRONOS:
I am running Kronos-base in production as the core forecasting engine of Apex Alpha, generating multi-timeframe predictions (5-minute, hourly, daily, and weekly) across a fixed watchlist of 100 large-cap US equities — the Apex 100. The model runs on a dedicated RTX 3090 GPU and has been integrated into a full pipeline alongside 15+ alternative data signal sources including FINRA short volume, congressional trading data, options flow, Reddit sentiment, insider activity, and institutional analyst ratings.
Every prediction is logged with a timestamp and automatically checked for directional accuracy at the appropriate future time window. I currently have several weeks of live prediction tracking data on US large-cap equities — a market segment your paper's primary validation did not cover.
WHY I NEED KRONOS-LARGE:
Based on your paper's results, Kronos-large materially improves performance on daily and weekly horizon forecasting — exactly the timeframes most critical for the investment decisions my users make. The base model performs well on short-term predictions but I believe the larger model's deeper representational capacity would meaningfully improve the daily and weekly signal quality.
WHAT I OFFER IN RETURN:
Beyond standard licensing fees, I can offer something potentially valuable to your research:
Real production accuracy data on US large-cap equities — directional accuracy logs across 100 symbols, multiple timeframes, tracked daily. This is a dataset your paper does not have and could be useful for validating Kronos performance on US markets.
Detailed feedback on US equity market behavior vs your primary A-share / CSI300 validation set — different volatility regimes, liquidity profiles, and trading hours.
Full attribution — Apex Alpha's platform, documentation, and any public communications will credit Kronos and link to your repository.
Willingness to sign any non-redistribution or commercial licensing agreement you require. The model would run exclusively on our own hardware and never be redistributed.
I understand Kronos-large may require institutional licensing terms, and I am fully prepared to discuss appropriate compensation. If a formal licensing agreement is required, I am happy to proceed. If Kronos-large is not yet available for commercial use, I would greatly appreciate any guidance on optimizing Kronos-base configuration for US equity daily and weekly forecasting.
Thank you for building something that is genuinely advancing what is possible for independent investors. I look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
Andre Nascimbeni
Founder, Apex Global Strategies
apexaibot.io
Apexlogic1@gmail.com