Fleet of AI Bots Will Supercharge Hedge Fund Power, Nettimi Says

March 3, 2026, 8:56 PM UTC

In just three to five years, hedge funds could have fleets of artificial intelligence bots helping them research and trade hundreds of stocks, according to hedge fund founder Divya Nettimi.

This could take the form of an AI agent that monitors data around a given stock and relays back to traders what it thinks is relevant and what is just noise, said Nettimi, whose Avala Global hedge fund manages $2 billion.

Divya Nettimi, Avala Global
Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

“I could see a world where an analyst who previously covered 20 stocks could cover 200, because they are maybe managing a fleet of agents that looks ...

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