Vest is a quantitative research firm developing financial infrastructure that enables real-time, universal risk pricing. As a neutral and verifiable intermediary, Vest will enable participants to share risk data without exposing proprietary information, leading to greater capital efficiency, improved liquidity provisioning, fairer pricing, and more accurate risk assessments across lending, trading, and credit markets. As a first proof of concept, Vest is launching a perpetual futures exchange to demonstrate how universal risk assessment enables a fair, predictable, and liquid trading environment.