CS student builds open-source Telegram AI financial analyst running 100% on free tiers
Trout_dev · reddit · 2026-08-18
A second-year CS student built Finley after a hackathon: an AI analyst agent living in Telegram, with no dashboard or commands — you just talk to it.
- Accepts tickers, voice notes, earnings-report PDFs and chart screenshots; pulls live data from Finnhub/yfinance/SEC EDGAR
- Uses real vector memory (not just chat history) and proactively DMs morning briefings and price alerts
- Runs on 100% free tiers: Gemini multi-key rotation across accounts (auto rate-limit detection, rotation, retry), free MongoDB + Qdrant clusters, zero paid APIs
MIT-licensed and open source; the author posted it inviting criticism and asked what users would need before trusting it with a real watchlist.
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