How I Built a Voice-Powered Portfolio Optimization Agent with Gemini Live API

I created this project for the purposes of entering the Gemini Live Agent Challenge 2026. #GeminiLiveAgentChallenge The Problem During a university investment challenge, my team spent hours debating market news: Fed decisions, jobs reports, earnings surprises, trying to agree on what each headline meant for our portfolio weights. The debate was valuable, but the process was painfully slow: read the news, form a view, open a spreadsheet, run the math, decide. By the time we had a number, the market had already moved. That experience planted a question I couldn't shake: What if an AI agent could do that entire workflow in seconds? Speak the news. Hear the recommendation. Act. This is Litterman.ai , a voice-powered portfolio optimization agent for asset managers, built for the Gemini Live Agent Challenge 2026. What It Does The workflow is simple: The manager speaks a market headline: "The Fed raised rates 50 basis points today." The agent immediately acknowledges: "Understood. Stand by fo