Crypto venture firm Paradigm is widening its investment gaze toward AI and other frontier industries with its latest fund.
Paradigm has raised $1.2 billion for its fourth fund, which will expand the crypto venture capital firm’s investments into artificial intelligence and related technologies.
The company said on Wednesday that its latest fund will invest “first in crypto, and now across AI, robotics and other frontiers.”
“We continue investing in crypto and the reinvention of markets and the financial system,” Paradigm added, highlighting its investments in the crypto perpetuals exchange Hyperliquid and the prediction markets platform Kalshi.
Paradigm launched in 2018 and has raised more than $4 billion for three funds focused on crypto. Its interest in AI follows a trend of originally crypto-focused companies that have been lured to the lucrative and fast-growing sector.
Source: Matt Huang
The Wall Street Journal reported in February that Paradigm was seeking to raise $1.5 billion for a new fund that would invest in AI and robotics.
The company’s management reportedly decided to broaden its investments as it didn’t want to be restricted and miss out on attractive deals. There was also a noted overlap between crypto and AI, such as with AI agents.
Crypto exchanges such as Crypto.com and Coinbase have made big bets on AI agents, offering the technology to their users and updating their platforms to cater to the bots.
Other crypto venture companies have moved beyond crypto, including Framework Ventures, which raised $400 million for its fourth fund last month for investments in crypto as well as AI, robotics and energy.
In May, crypto venture firm Haun Ventures raised $1 billion to back crypto startups and expanded into AI for the first time.
Global venture funding hit a record $510 billion in the first half of 2026, a new record for half-year investments that surpassed the $440 billion invested across all of last year, Crunchbase reported on July 2.
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小靓分析：
🦊 小靓解读
Paradigm 募资12亿美元设立第四期基金，首次将AI、机器人等前沿领域纳入投资范围，标志着顶级加密VC正加速向跨行业科技布局转型 🚀
📊 市场影响
短期对加密市场情绪偏积极，尤其是 Paradigm 重仓的 Hyperliquid 和 Kalshi 相关代币可能获得关注。中长期看，AI+加密交叉赛道（如去中心化算力、AI Agent 协议）有望吸引更多资本入场。
💡 操作建议
可关注 Paradigm 已布局的 AI+加密项目（如 Hyperliquid），但需警惕 VC 解锁带来的抛压风险。建议分散配置，避免单一事件追高，保持仓位灵活性。
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