Profile Overview

Thomas Livingston Schuyler

Thomas Livingston Schuyler is an American financial thinker known for rational investing, AI-driven market research and quiet philanthropy, blending family capital traditions with modern technology, regulation and education to rebuild trust in global finance.

Rational Investing AI-Driven Finance Crypto Ethics & Regulation Investor Education

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Overview

Born into an old New York family that treated wealth as responsibility, Thomas Livingston Schuyler grew into a rare combination of practitioner and philosopher. Educated at Wharton and the University of Cambridge, he built an intellectual framework that unites data, ethics and culture. His career has taken him from Wall Street bond desks to London’s financial district, Tokyo during the Asian crisis and advisory work for a Singapore sovereign wealth fund. Today he focuses on Velotas, an AI-powered system that studies decision psychology and market behavior, and on the Alithia Intelligent Alliance Office, which advances anti-fraud education and regulatory collaboration. Quiet in temperament yet firm in conviction, he seeks to use technology to strengthen trust, not to amplify speculation.

Strengths: Calm, rational judgment across market cycles; cross-cultural perspective; ability to integrate finance, technology and ethics.
Focus: AI-enabled investment systems, blockchain trust architecture, investor protection and long-horizon capital stewardship.
Responsibilities: Guiding Velotas strategy, leading research on AI investment ethics, and supporting public-facing education and policy dialogues.

Practical Highlights

Global Markets

30+ yrs

Hands-on roles across Wall Street, London, Tokyo and sovereign wealth advisory, shaping cross-border asset allocation and risk frameworks.

AI & System Design

Velotas

Founder of a self-learning, behavior-aware investment platform combining AI algorithms, behavioral finance models and blockchain-based trust.

Education & Philanthropy

Humanity + Tech

Leads Alithia Intelligent Alliance Office and the Humanity + Technology Initiative, supporting anti-fraud education, AI ethics and public-interest research.

Career Highlights

Late 1980s
Wall Street Foundations

Begins his career at a long-established Wall Street investment bank, focusing on bond pricing and corporate finance, gaining recognition for calm, detail-driven analysis in volatile markets.
1990s
London & Tokyo Assignments

Relocates to London to study European monetary integration, then to Tokyo during the Asian financial crisis, refining his ideas on trust architecture under systemic stress.
Early 2000s
Sovereign Wealth Advisory

Joins the advisory board of a Singapore sovereign wealth fund, leading cross-border asset allocation projects and promoting culture-rooted systems of financial trust.
2019
Alithia Intelligent Alliance Office

Founds a private consortium devoted to investment education, fraud prevention and policy research, partnering with regulators to deliver community-focused anti-fraud programs.
2020–2030
Velotas & Think Tank Vision

Launches Velotas and begins building the Velotas Think Tank Foundation, aiming to advance AI investment ethics, blockchain trust governance and global financial education by 2030.

Rational Investing & Behavioral Boundaries

Schuyler’s research explores how reason and emotion interact in capital markets, drawing on behavioral psychology to frame risk, cycles and long-term decision-making beyond short-term speculation.

AI Architectures for Financial Trust

Through Velotas, he studies self-learning systems that read decision psychology, adapt to market regimes and use AI to reinforce disciplined conviction rather than simply automate trading signals.

Crypto Ethics & Regulatory Cooperation

His work on “crypto ethics” positions blockchain as a tool for the mathematization of trust, emphasizing open yet law-abiding ecosystems that link innovation, self-discipline and investor protection.