Gate News reports that on March 19, Nasdaq Options Research Director, Leadpoet co-founder, and CTO Pranav Ramesh stated that Nasdaq has significantly expanded the application of AI agents over the past 18 months, covering areas such as market monitoring, compliance, and microstructure analysis, while retaining human review in final decision-making. Ramesh expects crypto trading platforms to be the first to introduce AI agent tools for retail traders, including position analysis, trading suggestions, and execution support, although the systems are not yet fully autonomous. He also pointed out that AI agents have begun replacing entry-level positions, with recent layoffs at a certain crypto platform, a blockchain data company, and a payments company citing the push for AI automation, confirming this trend. Ramesh, along with Gavin Zaentz, co-founded the AI sales startup Leadpoet, which disclosed in February 2026 that it achieved $1 million in annualized revenue in its first quarter and received investments from DSV Fund and Astrid. The company uses the Bittensor decentralized AI network and has joined the NVIDIA Inception program.