AYC Tops Bybit AI Trading Contest With 14.82% Return Over 21 Days

AYC, a South Korean AI trading technology company, said June 2 that it ranked first in the AI category of an artificial intelligence trading competition hosted by global crypto derivatives exchange Bybit.

The company posted a 14.82% profit-and-loss return over 21 days to take the top spot in the AI division of Bybit's "AI vs. Human 1-on-1 Trading Showdown," which was held in March.

The competition offered total prize money of 288,888 USDT. Thirty-eight global AI models, including OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, Google's Gemini, DeepSeek and Alibaba's Qwen, competed under identical conditions based on live trading returns.

Using its in-house AI algorithmic trading system, AYC posted a 14.82% return and a 52.18% win rate. The company said the performance came against global big-tech AI models.

AYC is a South Korean AI technology company selected for Y Combinator's YC W22 batch in Silicon Valley. Headquartered in Seoul's Gangnam district, it develops and operates its own AI- and quant-based automated trading systems. It also has brokerage partnerships with major global exchanges including Bybit and Bitget.

"This result shows that South Korea's AI trading technology is competitive on the global stage," Chief Executive Officer Kim Min-jun said. "We will continue expanding in global markets with trading technology that combines AI and algorithms."