Theoriq
Category: AI Agents
Theoriq is a DeFi strategy curator building AI agent swarms that curate and risk-manage onchain yield for tokenized real-world assets. Theoriq was founded in 2022. The company is led by Pei Chen. Based in Los Altos, United States. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $10.4M. Latest round: Seed. Key investors include Hack VC (lead), IOSG Ventures, HashKey Capital, Antalpha, Figment Capital, Foresight Ventures, LongHash Ventures, Hypersphere, Inception Capital, Alumni Ventures, HTX Ventures.
- Founded
- 2022
- Headquarters
- Los Altos, United States
- Team size
- 11-50
- Total funding
- $10.4M
Value proposition
Turns fragmented DeFi into a single, risk-managed, institutional-grade yield experience by combining AI agent research/curation with programmable onchain execution.
Products and solutions
AlphaVault ETH, Theoriq Gold Vault, AlphaStudio (agent creation/curation platform), $THQ token and staking, Theoriq Mainnet (Agentic Base Layer for AI agent swarms in DeFi)
Unique value
AI-driven agent swarms act as curators/generators of yield strategies with human curators retaining accountable decision-making, validated via transparent onchain track records rather than claims.
Target customer
Crypto-native allocators, institutional capital, protocols, and builders seeking risk-managed onchain yield on tokenized assets (RWAs, ETH).
Industries served
DeFi, tokenized real-world assets (RWA), crypto asset management
Technology advantage
Proprietary Agentic Base Layer enabling collaborating AI agent swarms with onchain, trust-minimized execution; originally developed under R&D lab ChainML before rebrand to Theoriq.
How they differentiate
Focuses specifically on risk-managed DeFi yield curation for tokenized assets (vaults) rather than general-purpose agent marketplaces or social/gaming agent economies like Virtuals Protocol.
Main competitors
Virtuals Protocol, Olas, Fetch.ai (Artificial Superintelligence Alliance)
Key partnerships
WisdomTree (design partner / WisdomTree Connect), Upshift, Fordefi, Mellow, Tether (XAUt), Morpho, Pendle, LayerZero, Feather, Celo, Aave, Euler
Major milestones
Rebranded from ChainML R&D lab to Theoriq (2024), raised $6.2M seed extension (May 2024, total ~$10.4M), launched AlphaVault ETH and Theoriq Gold Vault, Mainnet + $THQ TGE launch (December 2025).
Growth metrics
Mainnet launched December 16, 2025; $THQ Token Generation Event completed; AlphaVault ETH and Theoriq Gold Vault live products.
Market positioning
Positions itself as the 'curation layer' of the Agentic Economy — infrastructure connecting AI agent swarms to institutional-grade onchain yield products, distinct from broader agent-launch platforms.
Geographic focus
Global (crypto-native, no single geography), HQ in Silicon Valley (Los Altos, CA) with legal entity registered in BVI.
About Pei Chen
Ex-Digital Asset (Canton Network), RootstockLabs, ConsenSys, Goldman Sachs.
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Official website: https://www.theoriq.ai
