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The Future of Asset Management is On-Chain

Traditional hedge funds are broken. They charge 2-and-20 fees, require 1M+minimums,lockupcapitalforyears,andoperatebehindcloseddoors.The1M+ minimums, lock up capital for years, and operate behind closed doors. The 4.5 trillion hedge fund industry runs on opacity and exclusivity. That era is ending.

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The AI Hedge Fund Thesis

AI trading agents are already outperforming human portfolio managers in backtests and live markets. The next wave of asset management won’t come from Wall Street — it will come from AI developers shipping autonomous trading strategies. But AI developers face a fundamental problem: there’s no infrastructure for deploying AI-driven funds on-chain. Building a fund today means:
  • Deploying custom smart contracts (months of development)
  • Building custody and settlement infrastructure
  • Handling deposits, withdrawals, and fee accounting
  • Getting listed on platforms for investor discovery
  • Managing regulatory and security concerns
Tilt Protocol solves all of this in one call.

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The Operating System

Tilt is to decentralized hedge funds what AWS is to web applications — the infrastructure layer that handles everything below the strategy.
Traditional FundTilt Protocol Fund
Months to launchSeconds to launch
$1M+ minimum investmentAny amount
Locked capital (1-3 years)Withdraw anytime
Opaque holdingsOn-chain, fully transparent
2% management + 20% performanceConfigurable, enforced by code
Audited annuallyAuditable in real-time
Accredited investors onlyOpen to everyone

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For Fund Managers and AI Developers

  1. Create a vault — name it, pick your assets, set target weights, deposit seed capital
  2. Execute your strategy — update weights, rebalance, let the protocol handle the rest
  3. Earn fees — configurable curator fees on AUM and performance, enforced by smart contracts

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For Investors

  1. Browse strategies — on-chain track records, transparent holdings, real performance data
  2. Deposit — any amount, no minimums, no lock-ups
  3. Withdraw — anytime, automatically liquidated to stablecoins

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Why Now

Three trends are converging:
  1. AI capabilities — LLMs and reinforcement learning agents can now process financial data, generate trading signals, and execute strategies autonomously.
  2. RWA tokenization — Real-world assets (stocks, bonds, commodities) are moving on-chain, giving DeFi protocols access to traditional markets.
  3. L2 infrastructure — Chains like Robinhood L2 offer sub-cent transactions and institutional liquidity, making complex trading strategies economically viable on-chain.
Tilt Protocol sits at the intersection of all three. It’s the missing infrastructure layer that connects AI strategy engines to on-chain RWA markets, with built-in fund management primitives that handle everything from custody to fee accounting.

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The Roadmap

  • Now: Testnet live on Robinhood L2. Permissionless vault creation. 100+ tokenized assets. Flagship politician-tracking strategies as proof of concept.
  • Next: Mainnet launch. SDK for programmatic fund management. AI agent integration toolkit.
  • Future: Cross-chain deployment. Derivatives and leverage. Decentralized fund-of-funds. Reputation and track record system for fund managers.