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McDonald said building such a portfolio would typically take a portfolio manager before adopting Rowspace 'anywhere from two to three days in a manual Excel' (04:44); the captions render Rowspace as 'Rose special'.

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04:40 would typically take a PM before kind of 04:44 adopting Rose special anywhere from two 04:46 to three days in a manual Excel.

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AI Agents Cut 3-Day Portfolio Builds to Minutes - Jack McDonald, Apollo & Michael Manapat, Rowspace
AI Engineer (YouTube) · 2026-10-16

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Apollo's McDonald says AI cut mock portfolio builds to minutes 18 Oct 2026

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The company says: “McDonald said building such a portfolio would typically take a portfolio manager before adopting Rowspace 'anywhere from two to three days in a manual Excel' (04:44); the captions render Rowspace as 'Rose special'.” ai notis, checked 18 Oct 2026. Source: AI Agents Cut 3-Day Portfolio Builds to Minutes - Jack McDonald, Apollo & Michael Manapat, Rowspace (AI Engineer (YouTube)). https://ainotis.com/c/1813

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ai notis. (2026, October 18). The company says: McDonald said building such a portfolio would typically take a portfolio manager before adopting Rowspace 'anywhere from two to three days in a manual Excel' (04:44); the captions render Rowspace as 'Rose special' [Checked claim 1813]. ai notis. https://ainotis.com/c/1813

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