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 🎙️ Subscribe on Spotify - https://devdao.to/dvt-spotify 🎙️ Subscribe on Apple Podcasts - https://devdao.to/dvt-apple ☁️ Get started with D_D Cloud - https://devdao.to/dd-cloud 🗞️ Subscribe to our Newsletter - https://devdao.to/yt-newsletter 📆 Sign-up for FREE workshops & events - https://devdao.to/yt-events 🤝 Partner with Developer DAO - https://devdao.to/partner-with-us 😎 Follow us on X - https://devdao.to/yt-twitter 🎥 Sign Up to Showcase your Project DevNTell - https://devdao.to/devntell-signup