Aurelion (NASDAQ: AURE), the world’s first Nasdaq-listed company built around Tether Gold reserves, is stepping into the emerging world of AI-driven finance.

The company announced on March 5 the launch of Duncan.Aure, an artificial intelligence-powered virtual employee designed to execute digital gold transactions directly on-chain.

The initiative signals a broader shift toward integrating AI agents into financial infrastructure, where automated systems could increasingly manage assets and interact with decentralized finance (DeFi) markets.

According to Aurelion, Duncan represents more than just a productivity tool. The company sees AI agents as potential independent financial participants in the digital asset economy.

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Duncan is designed to carry out automated trading strategies using Tether Gold, a tokenized asset backed by physical gold reserves.

Through a system of predefined AI Agent Skills modules, the AI can execute trades on-chain, interact with DeFi protocols and manage digital gold allocations.

The company says these modules provide standardized interfaces that developers and decentralized applications can integrate into their own systems. This allows Duncan to perform tasks such as executing automated XAUt trading strategies and interacting across multiple DeFi platforms.

Aurelion has already launched dedicated online channels for the AI agent, including a website and official accounts on X and Telegram. These channels will allow users and developers to monitor Duncan’s activities and interact with its services.

The broader goal is to make tokenized gold more accessible and programmable within decentralized finance ecosystems.

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Duncan’s capabilities are expected to evolve through a series of predefined financial skill packages designed for the emerging AI agent economy.

These skills include cross-protocol execution, allowing Duncan to interact autonomously with DeFi platforms for spot trading, lending and collateralized transactions.

The system will also incorporate hedging logic designed around the relative stability of gold. By leveraging tokenized gold as a reserve asset, the AI could develop longer-term allocation strategies in markets driven by automation and algorithmic trading.

Aurelion shared its first-quarter 2026 financial results on March 3, covering the period that ended Dec. 31, 2025.

By the end of December 2025, Aurelion had total assets worth $148.8 million. Most of this, $144.5 million, was held in XAUt tokens, while $3.6 million was in cash. The company had $40.6 million in debt, leaving it with a net asset value of about $108.2 million, or $2.94 per share after adjusting for a later share consolidation.

There were also leadership and structural changes. Björn Schmidtke became CEO on Oct. 10, 2025, followed by a reorganization of the company’s leadership team and board. In November 2025, the company rebranded on Nasdaq as Aurelion Inc.

At press time, Aurelion was down 6.17%, trading at $2.28. Its year-to-date returns dropped by 18.57% while in the past one year period has also dropped by 58.92%.

In fact, since it went public in October 2023, the stock has dropped over 98%.

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This story was originally published by TheStreet on Mar 6, 2026, where it first appeared in the MARKETS section. Add TheStreet as a Preferred Source by clicking here.