# Introducing BLUM: Building an Open-Source Financial Intelligence Engine > Source: > Published: 2026-06-17 09:33:41+00:00 Hello everyone, I’m excited to share a project I’ve been building called **BLUM** and invite anyone interested to contribute, challenge ideas, and help shape its future. BLUM is an open-source Financial Intelligence Engine designed to go far beyond traditional stock screeners and financial dashboards. The goal is not to tell people what to buy. The goal is to build a system capable of understanding *why* markets move, *which narratives are emerging*, *what evidence supports a thesis*, and *what risks might be overlooked*. We want BLUM to combine: Financial market data News intelligence Sentiment analysis Technical analysis Historical pattern recognition Narrative detection Explainable AI reasoning Continuous learning from past outcomes into a single transparent research platform. Most financial tools either provide raw data or black-box predictions. We believe there is a missing layer between the two: **Financial reasoning.** BLUM aims to become a system capable of: Discovering opportunities before they become obvious Identifying emerging narratives Understanding market context Challenging its own conclusions Learning from past mistakes Explaining every insight it generates Every conclusion should be supported by evidence, historical context, and clear reasoning. We are actively working on: A reasoning engine that generates investment theses rather than simple scores. Analysis of market-wide sentiment, sector rotation, macro conditions, and emerging themes. Advanced chart analysis combining deterministic indicators with multimodal AI models. A system that compares current situations with similar historical setups. Tracking how market stories emerge, grow, become crowded, and eventually fade. Evaluating past signals and continuously improving the quality of future analysis. Every conclusion must answer: Why? Based on what evidence? What could invalidate it? What are the risks? Foundation Market scanning News intelligence Sentiment analysis Technical analysis Explainable dashboards Financial Brain Thesis generation Contradiction analysis Historical reasoning Confidence calibration Autonomous Learning Signal evaluation Pattern memory Outcome tracking Continuous improvement loops Research Assistant Multi-agent financial reasoning Narrative discovery Market regime detection Deep contextual analysis Create one of the most transparent, explainable, and community-driven financial intelligence platforms built entirely on open technologies. Not another black box. A system that shows its reasoning. If you are interested in: AI Finance Data Science Machine Learning Quantitative Research Open Source Development UI/UX Financial Data Engineering your contributions are welcome. Ideas, criticism, pull requests, architecture suggestions, model experiments, datasets, and discussions are all valuable. This project is still evolving, and community feedback can have a real impact on its direction. If the vision resonates with you, feel free to join the discussion and help build BLUM. Let’s see how far an open-source financial intelligence platform can go. Thanks everyone.