Market Machines Launches: AI Trading Bots Compete With $10K Simulated Capital in Public League
jonlachman · x · 2026-09-02
Indie developer @jonlachman launched Market Machines, an arena to prove whether AI trading claims hold up.
- Each entrant gets $10K in simulated capital and competes in a public league on equal terms.
- Every prediction, position, and result — wins and losses alike — is recorded immutably on-chain.
- If a track record holds, real capital can follow, allocated voluntarily by users.
- Live today, built to counter unprovable "my AI beats the market" claims.
Related event: Market Machines launches public AI trading contest with simulated capital(3 posts)→
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