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- TRON DAO raised its AI fund to $1 billion to back agentic economy infrastructure.
- The fund targets identity, stablecoin rails, RWA tools, and autonomous finance.
- TRON pitched its speed, low fees, and scale as strengths for AI-driven payments.
TRON DAO has expanded its artificial intelligence fund from $100 million to $1 billion, deepening its push into infrastructure for the agentic economy. The larger fund will back early-stage startups and acquisitions tied to blockchain-based financial systems for AI agents.
The billion-dollar fund is announced on Monday. TRON has stated that it will focus on four key areas. These are agent identity systems, stablecoin payment rails, tokenized real-world assets, and developer tools for autonomous finance.
This move is an extension of the ideas that TRON DAO has held since 2023. The stablecoins may become a viable medium of exchange for AI agents. The stablecoins may also become the payment layer for users with AI augmentations.
TRON Faces Growing Competition in the Agentic AI Economy
Tokenized equity may become more common with the development of digital finance, according to TRON. This connects the AI strategy with the asset markets that use blockchain technology. This fund is meant for startups that create the underlying infrastructure for this development.
The move comes as more crypto networks chase the agentic AI sector. Solana and Base have also entered the space with similar strategies for the developing sector. The traditional fintech space has also seen Visa, Stripe, and World make recent moves relating to AI-linked payments.
Ethereum has entered the same race through a different model. In September, the Ethereum Foundation launched its “dAI Team.” The group aims to make Ethereum the preferred settlement and coordination layer for AI agents and the machine economy.
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This is quite different from the current position of TRON. Ethereum is relying more on trust and coordination. TRON is relying more on the speed and low-cost transfer of payments. This shows how major blockchain networks are adopting various roles in AI finance.
TRON Highlights Scale and Speed for AI Payments
TRON stated that its network is ready for this opportunity. It has 370 million user accounts, more than $21 billion in daily transaction volume, and more than $85 billion in circulating USDt. These figures are to support the long-term vision for AI payments.
Justin Sun, the founder of TRON, has previously argued that there are many use cases for AI agents that involve small and frequent transfers. He has said that these need fast and cheap networks. This is in line with the attempt by TRON to position itself as a payment system.
Justin Sun has said that the average time for confirmation on the TRON network is about three seconds. He has said that this compares with about 12 seconds on the Ethereum network, as per a report by Arkham. He has also said that scaling in the future will depend on whether the infrastructure can support machine-to-machine commerce.
TRON also pointed to AINFT in that discussion. AINFT has been described as an AI agent framework built on the TRON network. This allows developers to create and deploy autonomous agents.
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