The TRON Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) has expanded its AI fund tenfold, increasing it from $100 million to $1 billion. The fund aims to invest in and acquire early-stage startups that are developing 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.

The fund will prioritize the development and consolidation of agent… pic.twitter.com/5K7shMrFDp

— TRON DAO (@trondao) March 23, 2026

The DAO will focus on four key areas:

  • agent identification systems;
  • stablecoin-based payment infrastructure;
  • tokenized real-world assets;
  • tools for developers of autonomous financial systems.

This expansion is based on TRON's thesis that stablecoins will serve as a medium of exchange between digital assistants, acting as a natural payment layer for "enhanced AI individuals," and will lead to the growth of tokenized capital.

AI Race in Blockchain

TRON has stated that its blockchain is ready to support the future agent economy. It has created 370 million accounts, holds over 85 billion USDT, and has a daily transaction volume estimated at $21 billion.

TRON founder Justin Sun emphasized that many use cases for digital assistants involve small and frequent transactions, which require networks capable of fast and low-cost operations.

He added that the average block confirmation time on TRON is about three seconds, compared to 12 seconds on Ethereum, making TRON a suitable choice for high-frequency transactions.

Developers from other networks are also moving towards AI. In September, the Ethereum Foundation formed the dAI Team, aimed at making the blockchain the "preferred layer for computation and coordination" for LLM assistants and machine economies.

In January, developers of the second most popular cryptocurrency planned the ERC-8004 update, which will enable AI agents to interact with organizations.

Coinbase, Solana, Base, Visa, Stripe, and World have also taken steps in this direction.

In March, analysts at Bernstein identified AI agents as the future of stablecoins.