The Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) TRON has increased its AI fund tenfold, from $100 million to $1 billion. The fund is aimed at investing in and acquiring early-stage startups that are building infrastructure for the agentic economy.
TRON announced the expansion of its AI Fund from $100 million to $1 billion. The fund will target investments in and acquisitions of early-stage companies building core infrastructure for the agentic economy.
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— TRON DAO (@trondao) March 23, 2026
The DAO will focus on four areas:
- agent identification systems;
- stablecoin-based payment infrastructure;
- tokenized real-world assets;
- tools for developers of autonomous financial systems.
The expansion is based on TRON’s thesis that stablecoins will become the medium of exchange between digital assistants, the natural payment layer for “enhanced AI humans,” and will lead to the growth of tokenized capital.
AI Race in Blockchain
TRON stated that its blockchain is ready to serve the future agent economy. It has created 370 million accounts, holds over 85 billion USDT, and its daily transaction volume is estimated at $21 billion.
TRON’s founder, Justin Sun, emphasized that many use cases for digital assistants involve small and frequent transactions. They require networks for fast and low-cost operations.
He added that the average block confirmation time in TRON is about three seconds compared to Ethereum’s 12 seconds. This supposedly makes the blockchain a good choice for high-frequency transactions.
Developers of other networks are also moving towards AI. In September, the Ethereum Foundation formed the dAI Team, which aims to make the blockchain the “preferred settlement and coordination layer” for LLM assistants and the machine economy.
In January, developers of the second most popular cryptocurrency planned the ERC-8004 update, which will allow AI agents to interact with organizations.
Coinbase, Solana, Base, Visa, Stripe, and World have also taken steps in this direction.
Back in March, Bernstein analysts called AI agents the future of stablecoins.