Dmitry Balyasny
About Dmitry Balyasny
Dmitry Balyasny is Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Balyasny Asset Management (BAM), a Chicago-based multi-strategy investment firm. He co-founded it in 2001 with Scott Schroeder and Taylor O'Malley. He also leads BAM's global Equities Long/Short business.
He began his trading career at Schonfeld Securities in 1994 and holds a business degree from Loyola University Chicago. He was born in Kyiv and moved to Chicago as a child. In 2021 he founded ATLAS Fellows, a nonprofit that connects under-resourced young people with careers in finance and investing.
BAM has built an internal Applied AI team. According to OpenAI, it was set up in late 2022 and builds AI research tools for the firm's investment teams. In December 2025, Balyasny told Reuters that the biggest tail risk for 2026 is AI surprising to the upside or the downside. His angel investing is separate from BAM's fund activity.
Public databases list few angel investments by Balyasny personally. Tracxn and CB Insights each show one earlier deal: Skyryse's $200M Series B on October 27, 2021, alongside other investors. Both classify him as a US-based angel investor. His most recent public angel deal is Liquid Compute's seed round in September 2026. These databases are incomplete, and he has not published a full angel portfolio.
Balyasny joined Liquid Compute's $15M seed round as an angel. The round was announced on September 15, 2026, and co-led by FirstMark and Chemistry. K8 Capital, Night Capital, TrueBridge, Brainchild Holdings, UFO Holdings and Y Combinator also took part.
Liquid Compute is based in New York and was founded by Ronit Jain and Aarav Patel. It is building regulated venues for trading AI infrastructure, starting with compute. It has applications pending with the CFTC for exchange and clearinghouse status.
No public statement from Balyasny describes his angel stage preferences, sectors or check size, so none are stated here. His two documented deals are a 2021 Series B in aerospace and a 2026 seed round in AI compute infrastructure. Both companies are US-based. Two deals do not establish a pattern.
- Liquid Compute: New York startup building a regulated exchange for AI compute; joined the $15M seed round in September 2026.
- Skyryse: aerospace company; Balyasny appears among investors in its $200M Series B in October 2021, per Tracxn and CB Insights.
- bamfunds.com/about-us/leadership/dmitry-balyasny
- linkedin.com/in/dmitry-balyasny-5395b3107
- wikidata.org/wiki/Q120720268
- financialcontent.com/article/bizwire-2026-9-15-liquid-compute-launches
- liquidcompute.com/blog/compute-is-a-grid-not-a-barrel
- app.dealroom.co/news/note/liquid-compute-raises-15m-to-build-regulated
- tracxn.com/d/people/dmitry-balyasny/__lG2FQJ3g84L--psdTSia8EUUrMm0SIIW
- cbinsights.com/investor/dmitry-balyasny
Investing activity
Dmitry Balyasny appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $15M. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $15M. The most recent is Liquid Compute (Seed, $15M, Sep 2026).
Dmitry Balyasny most often invests alongside FirstMark Capital, Chemistry, K8 and Transpose Platform Management, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Dmitry Balyasny
Does Dmitry Balyasny invest in AI startups?
Yes. He joined Liquid Compute's $15M seed round as an angel in September 2026. Liquid Compute is building a regulated exchange for AI compute.
What is Dmitry Balyasny's angel check size?
It is not public. No source found gives his check size, including the Liquid Compute round.
Who is Dmitry Balyasny?
He is the co-founder, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Balyasny Asset Management, which he started in 2001. He also founded the nonprofit ATLAS Fellows in 2021.
What stage does Dmitry Balyasny invest in as an angel?
No stated preference is public. Known deals include the Skyryse Series B (2021) and the Liquid Compute seed (2026).
How should founders approach Dmitry Balyasny?
No public pitch process or contact route for his angel investing was found. His LinkedIn profile is the only verified public channel found, and he has no confirmed X account or personal site.
Which investors joined Balyasny in the Liquid Compute round?
FirstMark and Chemistry co-led it. K8 Capital, Night Capital, TrueBridge, Brainchild Holdings, UFO Holdings and Y Combinator also took part.
Is Dmitry Balyasny an angel investor?
Yes. Dmitry Balyasny invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Dmitry Balyasny invested in?
Dmitry Balyasny's AI investments include Liquid Compute. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Dmitry Balyasny invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Dmitry Balyasny has invested at Seed, with a median round of $15M.
Who does Dmitry Balyasny co-invest with?
Dmitry Balyasny's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are FirstMark Capital (1 deal), Chemistry (1 deal), K8 (1 deal), Transpose Platform Management (1 deal) and Night Capital (1 deal).