The Agentic Allocator
Al Hemmingsen, CIO of a prominent US-based single family office, joins The Agentic Allocator to share what hands-on AI adoption looks like from inside an institutional family office. Al is the only CIO, we know of, in the LP world actively publishing open-source code on GitHub for use by fellow allocators. In this episode, Al walks through how vibe coding with Claude Code became a serious tool for unlocking legacy data and automating workflows, how he is building a culture of accountability across his team, and why the LP that gets to the best GPs first has a competitive edge that only widens over time. He also makes one of the sharpest points we have heard on the competitive stakes: some aspects of this work should be shared freely with peers, but the ability to process information faster than other LPs, build higher-quality manager meeting lists, and get to the best GPs before they fill their calendars at conferences, is a genuine edge. If you do not build it, someone else will. What You'll Learn: * How a background in SQL and Visual Basic at business school laid the foundation for a career of hobbyist coding and eventually full vibe coding with Claude Code * Why the single best measure of AI ROI at a family office is not efficiency gains but tasks that were previously too expensive or simply not feasible * How $59.32 in API credits unlocked 50-plus years of legacy transaction data and saved $10,000 a year in perpetuity, in one afternoon * How Al thinks about the boundary between enterprise systems of record and the custom scripts that live in between them * The psychological dimension of AI adoption: how to take existential fear off the table so your team can actually engage with the technology * The autopilot accountability principle: why the person who creates an AI tool is always responsible for what it does, regardless of what the machine decided * How a standing Monday meeting agenda item and a shared Microsoft environment for corporate-owned apps is building a firm-wide culture of AI experimentation * Why the investment case for AI comes down to the widest top-of-funnel possible: seeing more managers, filtering more efficiently, and getting to the best GPs faster than peers who are not augmented * Why sharing freely with peers and competing are not contradictory, and how to think about the line between the two About Al Hemmingsen: Al Hemmingsen is the CIO of a prominent US-based single family office with a history going back to the mid-20th century. He has been at the helm for the past decade, managing a multi-generational pool of capital with a quasi-perpetual mandate. Al is one of the most hands-on AI adopters in the institutional family office world and is the only CIO, that we’re aware, of actively publishing open-source code on GitHub for use by fellow allocators. Episode Highlights: [05:56] The $59.32 Moment $59.32 in API credits unlocked 50-plus years of legacy transaction data in a single afternoon. That moment set off a systematic search for every legacy problem in the organisation AI could solve. [09:18] Building in the Seams What is worth building are the tools that live between enterprise systems: workflows too specific for any software company to build a product for. [11:23] Taking Fear Off the Table The goal is to eliminate the 30% of every job that is tedious and repetitive, not the people doing it. Remove that fear first and the rest follows. [19:09] The Investment Case There are 56,000 alternative managers globally. The LP that processes information faster and gets to the best GPs have a genuine edge. [20:55] Collaboration and Competitive Advantage Al's view is that sharing tools and ideas freely with peers in the family office world makes everyone better, which is why he publishes on GitHub. But that openness has a natural boundary: the capability to see more managers, filter faster, and reach the best GPs before their schedules fill is a genuine investment edge worth building and protecting. Episode Resources: * Al Hemmingsen on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/alhemmingsen/] * Al Hemmingsen on GitHub [https://github.com/alhemmingsen] * Victoria Sienczewski on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/vsienczewski/] * AuumAI Website [https://auumai.com/] Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by Al Hemmingsen in this interview are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views, positions, or policies of any organization with which he is or has been affiliated.
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