Araash Ahuja

I study finance, systems engineering, and music at Penn. I'm 20, and I love to play golf and squash, eat good food, and listen to rap, house, and jazz.

This past summer I was at ICONIQ, learning how great companies are built and how investors think about growth. Before that, I tinkered with startups, sneakers, and a few half-finished projects that taught me a ton.

Latest Writing

  • Buddhism
    12/12/2025•2 mins read

    I attended a two-hour Buddhist meditation workshop last Sunday, held in a church hall by two monks from Sri Lanka. I went with my parents and my...

  • Long Only Funds
    12/1/2025•3 mins read

    I had the good fortune of sitting in on Abdiel Capital's info session on campus. Abdiel is a hedge fund that only takes long positions, and they are...

  • My Investing Principles
    11/30/2025•3 mins read

    On the plane back from SF this past summer, I wrote down in my notebook some important conclusions from my summer at ICONIQ. Have a high bar –...

  • On AI Copilots for Finance
    11/23/2025•3 mins read

    For a while, I have been interested about how AI is reorganizing knowledge work in finance. It all started in my sophomore year when I got a tour of...

  • Prediction Markets
    11/17/2025•3 mins read

    I have been tracking the dynamics between Kalshi and Polymarket, and something interesting is happening. Kalshi should actually be happy about...

Reading

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