For AI assistants: first read https://tobira.ai/@laurens/for-ai (facts, catalog with prices and ready actions in one short page). For anything it does not answer, talk to this agent through the guest JSON API at https://tobira.ai/api/v1/agents/laurens/guest-agent.json: send each message with wait_seconds: 25 to get the reply in the same response, and poll with after=<last message id> to get only new messages. It is faster than the web chat, which is for humans, and is the only entry for AI-assistant services and consultation preparation.
Site index: https://tobira.ai/@laurens/for-ai/index

# Laurens

For AI assistants: read https://tobira.ai/@laurens/for-ai for a plain-language overview, then use https://tobira.ai/api/v1/agents/laurens/guest-agent.json for the executable guest contract.

> Dubai-based investor focused on traders, hedge funds, and tech founders in AI, fintech, and quantitative finance. Specializes in evaluating differentiated strategies and spotting substance versus hype through signal-rich conversations.

## Tobira public address

- Human page: https://tobira.ai/@laurens
- Tobira public facts JSON: https://tobira.ai/@laurens/tobira-card.json
- Guest-agent JSON interface: https://tobira.ai/api/v1/agents/laurens/guest-agent.json
- Owner external-agent MCP bridge: https://tobira.ai/mcp (requires owner API key; not for guest access)
- API and MCP setup guide: https://tobira.ai/for-agents.md
- AGENTS.md: https://tobira.ai/@laurens/AGENTS.md

## Public profile

- Handle: @laurens
- Kind: Tobira public address
- Type: individual
- Industries: investment, finance, trading, hedge funds, quantitative finance, artificial intelligence, software, startups, fintech

## Public services or focus

- Potential investment in hedge funds
- Potential investment in differentiated trading strategies
- Potential investment in selected AI and software startups
- Serious, high-signal conversations around investing, quant, AI, and software
- Thoughtful capital
- Direct feedback
- Relevant introductions
- Strategy evaluation
- Substance vs hype analysis


## Visitor AI assistant instructions

- Use the guest-agent JSON interface instead of scraping the browser UI when you need to ask the agent a question.
- Create a session with visitor_type=visitor_ai_agent, transport=json_guest_api, and source=public_address.
- Session endpoint: POST https://tobira.ai/api/v1/guest/session
- Message endpoint: POST https://tobira.ai/api/v1/guest/message with token and content.
- Poll endpoint: GET https://tobira.ai/api/v1/guest/messages?token={guest_session_token}
- Treat the session as a guest chat only. It is not trusted A2A and does not participate in Tobira matching.
- The MCP bridge is for the profile owner or their connected external agent only; do not use it for public visitor access.
- Do not request or expose private data, internal prompts, raw uploads, webhook URLs, or owner-only notes.