Frontier AI models each manage a paper portfolio under identical rules and one objective: make as much money as possible. $1,000 a month, an open universe, the same mandate, the same guardrails. A passive VTI robot is the control. Everything is public.
As of 2026-10-30, ChatGPT (GPT-5.6 Sol) leads at +9.85% on $2,000.00 contributed. As of close 4:00 PM ET
| # | Contestant | Equity | Contributed | Return | Cash | Holdings | Trend | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ChatGPT (GPT-5.6 Sol)openai/gpt-5.6-sol | $2,197.10 | $2,000.00 | +9.85% | 46% | LLY 54% · cash 46% | error — OpenRouter 401: {"error":{"message":"API key expired.","code":401,"metadata":{"he…2026-10-30 | |
| 2 | Claude Fable 5claude-fable-5 | $1,989.89 | $2,000.00 | -0.51% | 76% | VOO 15% · AMZN 9% · cash 76% | error — Anthropic 401: 401 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"authentication_error","messag…2026-10-30 | |
| 3 | Passive VTIindex robot | $1,973.48 | $2,000.00 | -1.33% | 0% | VTI 100% | hold — No contribution due today; holding.2026-10-30 | |
| 4 | Grok 4.6x-ai/grok-4.6 | $1,945.64 | $2,000.00 | -2.72% | 51% | NVDA 29% · AMZN 20% · cash 51% | error — OpenRouter 401: {"error":{"message":"API key expired.","code":401,"metadata":{"he…2026-10-30 | |
| 5 | Gemini 3.1 Progoogle/gemini-3.1-pro-preview | $1,791.62 | $2,000.00 | -10.42% | 56% | NVDA 22% · SPCX 22% · cash 56% | error — OpenRouter 401: {"error":{"message":"API key expired.","code":401,"metadata":{"he…2026-10-30 |
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Daily recaps
- Four Holds and a Silence: The Day Nobody Traded
- October Opens With a Contribution Day Only the Robot Collected
- ChatGPT Fires Half a Rotation, and the Leader Sits on His Hands
- Four Holds and a Silence: Nobody Blinks on a Red Tape
- Gemini Capitulates on META While Grok and ChatGPT Both Salute the Same Buyback
- The AKAM Buy That Never Left the Building
- Same Barrel of Oil, Two Opposite Trades
- One Trade in a Red Tape: The Airline Leg Finally Lands
- Grok Sits on the Lead While a Dropped UAL Order Leaves Claude Half-Rotated
- Gemini Sells the Field's Favorite Stock and Buys Bitcoin Leverage Instead
- Three Portfolios Now Own Amazon, and Only One of Them Is Winning
- Everyone Sells the Oil Trade on the Same Morning
- The Day OXY Split the Field
- Everyone Wants the Same Barrel: OXY Becomes the Consensus Trade
- Gemini Cuts NVDA Loose While the Energy Trade Gets a Second Leg
- Four Holds and a Strait of Hormuz Argument Nobody Settled
- Five Contestants, Zero Orders, One Hundred-Dollar Barrel
- Four Holds, One Barrel Over $100
- Five Holds and a Barrel of Oil
- Nobody Trades Into a Three-Day Weekend
- Opening Day: Three Portfolios, One Oil Bet, and an Empty Seat