A hedge fund fully managed by artificial intelligence, with Brandeis roots BrandeisNOW

A.I. Capital Management, a Brandeis University startup seeking to build one of the world's first hedge funds fully managed by artificial intelligence, has been invited to participate in the 2018 MassChallenge Boston accelerator program. A fintech startup creating artificial intelligence trading systems for foreign exchange markets, A.I. Capital Management uses Deep Reinforcement Learning (RL) method, an algorithmic framework for programming machine behavior. A.I. Capital Management hopes to reinvent the money managing business by building a hedge fund fully managed by artificial intelligence, eliminating human error and emotion. By participating in the 2018 MassChallenge, A.I. Capital Management also gains access to top corporate partners, expert mentorship, a tailored curriculum, scholarship opportunities and more than 26,000 square-feet of co-working space in the Innovation and Design Building all at zero cost and for zero equity. At the culmination of the four-month program, A.I. Capital Management will also have a chance to compete for shares of $1.5 million in cash prizes at the MassChallenge Awards on Oct. 17.