Hodlie · Product & DeFi Advisor · 2023 — 2025
From idea to outperforming hedge funds
Advised an AI-driven DeFi venture from idea toward product-market fit, applying deep DeFi expertise to a proprietary trading model.
The challenge
An AI trading model with promise but no clear path to product-market fit, and a need to perform in both centralized and decentralized environments against established competition.
What I did
- Advised the team on strategy across the journey from idea to product-market fit.
- Applied DeFi expertise to get the most out of the proprietary AI trading model on multiple chains.
- Shaped the approach that moved performance past directional crypto hedge funds.
Outcome
+30%/mo
performance vs benchmark
+120%
over the previous performance high
Top tier
consistently outperforming directional crypto hedge funds