EP. 229 - Building Real-Time Financial APIs: Inside Benzinga with Tommy Cotter

In this episode of DevNTell we are joined by Tommy Cotter who is the Director of Data Products at Benzinga. Benzinga is a financial media and data technology platform focused on delivering actionable news, market insights, trading tools, and real-time/historical financial data.

Viewers of this DevNTell will get to meet Tommy, learn about Benzinga and how you can get started using it today!

— TIMESTAMPS

(00:00) Intro

(00:38) Meet Tommy Cotter, Director of Data Products at Benzinga

(02:26) Tommy's Origin Story

(05:02) Director of Product Life

(06:51) AI Meets Finance

(09:32) Robinhood MCP Trades

(11:48) Top Benzinga APIs

(14:00) Real Time Transcript Tech

(16:36) Pricing and Quickstart

(17:46) Docs Demo Walkthrough

(21:50) MCP Plans and Payments

(26:46) 2026 Roadmap Fundamentals

(28:11) Advice for Builders

(29:38) Outro

— GUEST & HOST

🤝 Tommy Cotter, Director of Data Products @ Benzinga - https://x.com/cotterp1n
🤝 Narb, DevNTell Host @ Developer DAO - https://x.com/narb_s

— RESOURCES

Episode Links

ℹ️ Benzinga Website - https://www.benzinga.com/
ℹ️ Docs - https://docs.benzinga.com/introduction/welcome
ℹ️ Blog - https://www.benzinga.com/apis/blog/
ℹ️ Benzinga X Account - https://x.com/Benzinga

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