Rishi Siddharth

Projects & Research

TPI Climate Assessment API

Transition Pathway Initiative · LSE · Jan–Apr 2025

Co-developed FastAPI application providing programmatic access to TPI Centre's climate assessments covering 2,000+ publicly listed companies and 85 sovereign entities, supporting 156 global investors managing $87 trillion AUM. Built RESTful endpoints for Management Quality (23 indicators) and Carbon Performance data, implementing Pydantic validation and generating carbon-intensity projections against 1.5°C sectoral benchmarks. Integrated ASCOR sovereign assessment framework with MCP and RAG features for intelligent data querying.

Economic Classification Research

London School of Economics · Certified Research

Co - published 72-page research paper analyzing economic classification methodologies using 7 thematic dimensions beyond GNI per capita. Developed multidimensional development index incorporating income, infrastructure, trade, human capital, environmental, institutional, and health factors. Revealed policy-relevant distinctions obscured by traditional GNI classification, identifying middle-income countries with robust human capital but weak infrastructure, and countries with similar GNI but vastly different development profiles.

Global AI Adoption Analysis

Independent Research · 2024

Analyzed AI usage patterns across 200+ countries using Anthropic's Economic Index. Found emerging markets show 4–6 percentage point higher automation rates than developed markets, challenging assumptions about AI adoption being concentrated in wealthy nations. Published comprehensive research report examining implications for global development, workforce transformation, and policy responses.

Stablecoin Policy Research

In Progress · 2026

Developing comprehensive policy analysis of stablecoin regulation, focusing on the GENIUS Act and Treasury Department frameworks. Examining AML/KYC requirements, reserve transparency, systemic risk implications, and international regulatory coordination. Research bridges technical understanding of stablecoin mechanisms with policy implementation challenges.

Other Work

E-Commerce Classifier

Random Forest classifier for product quality assessment. 98% accuracy across 9K product titles with data leakage analysis.

War Monitor (Ukraine)

Multi-agent AI system combining OSINT data streams using Chain-of-Debate framework.

Inflation Prediction

ML models predicting inflation patterns and BoE interest rate changes using time series analysis.

Luxembourg Stock Exchange API

Python API integration for extracting and analyzing financial data.