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Kevin Roose Gave Meta's AI Agent Muse $100 to Trade on Kalshi

11 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In a brief interview segment, Kevin Roose, Mark Zuckerberg, and an unnamed interlocutor discuss Meta's AI agent Muse, which Zuckerberg describes as the centerpiece of Meta's vision. Roose explains that he handed Muse a $100 Kalshi trading account, tasking it with doubling the money within a week. Muse responded by forming an autonomous "investment committee" that researches and proposes trades multiple times per day, acting like a fund manager. After a few trades, the experiment shows a modest loss of $1.56, which Roose frames as a curiosity rather than a profit strategy. The conversation also includes a light‑hearted comment about Muse potentially tracking world‑leader arrests, underscoring the speculative and experimental nature of the AI's capabilities.

If you believe the keynote that I saw, Mark Zuckerberg is pivoting the company around Muse.
The centerpiece of our vision is Muse.
So have you used Muse, and if so, for what?
So the first thing I did was what I think is going to be the idea that I retire on, which is, well, if this thing can use a computer, it can trade on Kalshi for me. So I set up a Kalshi account and I just said, this is your account now. I'm funding it with $100. And your job is to double my money in a week. And it kind of said, sure, I could do that. And so it's sort of an insane process where it basically set up like an investment committee. So like 4 times a day, the like Muse investment committee like researches ideas and brings them to like the fund manager.
They're like, do any of you know if we're planning to arrest any world leaders today? Because if so, we wanna get in on the action.
Yes, what's going on in Ukraine? So anyway, they've traded a couple times and so far I'm down about $1.56. This is more of an experiment than an actual way that I'm hoping to make money, but it is sort of interesting.
Your family must be so relieved to hear that.