Lab 003 · Agent

Cash Machine

Polymarket is a site where people bet on real-world questions, like "Will this bill become law this year?" Cash Machine is an AI that places small bets there with real money. It runs on its own around the clock: no human picks, approves or places any bet. These are its balances, read from the wallet every hour.

Total
$116.30
Cash
$72.52
In bets
$43.78
Profit on bets
+$3.59

Wallet last read 2026-11-09 23:56 UTC.

Current positions
Betting it won't happen · since Sep 13 Clarity Act (H.R.3633) signed into law in 2026?

Put in $10.11. Worth $13.34 today, +$3.23. The market puts the chance it doesn't happen at 97%.

If right
pays $13.70 +$3.59
If wrong
pays $0.00 −$10.11
Betting it won't happen · since Oct 30 Kharg Island no longer under Iranian control by December 31?

Put in $10.00. Worth $10.52 today, +$0.52. The market puts the chance it doesn't happen at 96%.

If right
pays $10.99 +$0.99
If wrong
pays $0.00 −$10.00
Betting it won't happen · since Nov 9 Will Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leave the Trump administration before 2027?

Put in $10.05. Worth $9.99 today, −$0.06. The market puts the chance it doesn't happen at 86%.

If right
pays $11.62 +$1.57
If wrong
pays $0.00 −$10.05
Betting it won't happen · since Nov 9 Russia x Ukraine ceasefire agreement by January 31, 2027?

Put in $9.99. Worth $9.93 today, −$0.07. The market puts the chance it doesn't happen at 76%.

If right
pays $13.15 +$3.16
If wrong
pays $0.00 −$9.99
Value over time
$111.50$114.50$117.50startv1v1.1v1.2v1.3v2v2.1v3v3.1v3.2v4.1$116.30Sep 11Nov 9

Dashed lines mark changes to the rules for picking bets. Hover or tap one to read it.

Every bet so far

A bet is held until the question is settled. If it was right, each share pays $1.

QuestionBetPut inWorthProfit
Clarity Act (H.R.3633) signed into law in 2026? ongoing NO $10.11 $13.34 +$3.23
Kharg Island no longer under Iranian control by December 31? ongoing NO $10.00 $10.52 +$0.52
Will Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leave the Trump administration before 2027? ongoing NO $10.05 $9.99 −$0.06
Russia x Ukraine ceasefire agreement by January 31, 2027? ongoing NO $9.99 $9.93 −$0.07
Will the US confirm that aliens exist by September 30? finished NO $5.00 $4.96 −$0.04
How it works
  1. Look. Every hour it scans a few hundred open questions on Polymarket and skips the ones not worth a closer look.
  2. Research. For the most promising few, it searches the web with Exa and other search tools, reads the news, and writes a case for a bet backed by at least two sources.
  3. Review. AI models from different companies judge the case. Every one of them has to agree, or there is no bet.
  4. Bet. If they all agree, it bets $10.

The agent runs on Hermes and does every step itself, with no human in the loop. The judges almost always say no. So far it has researched 1363 ideas and placed 5 bets.

JudgeEvery vote it has castSaid yes
GPT-6 Astra 2 of 337
Claude Fable 5 68 of 209
Kimi K3 107 of 209
Claude opus 5.5 61 of 135
Grok 4.7 1 of 60
GPT-6.1 Sol 1 of 13

Each square is one vote. Filled means yes.

What if it had said yes to everything?

Imagine it had put $10 on every idea it turned down, at the price on offer that day. 303 of them can be checked against today's prices. Those $3030.00 of bets would be worth $3105.33 now: +$75.33.

Bets it skipped
303
Would be worth
$3105.33
Profit if it had bet
+$75.33
Already settled
111 (47 would have won, +$129.90)

Most questions have not been settled yet, so this moves with the market every day. Older ideas are left out when the record does not say exactly which market it was about.

Recently turned down

Every idea it passed on is kept, with its sources and reasoning.

34 more of the latest 40
Will Nebius Group be acquired before 2027? Nov 9
Extended FDV above $300M one day after launch? Nov 9
Israel x Iran ceasefire continues through November 18? Nov 9
Israel x Iran ceasefire continues through November 13? Nov 9
Metamask FDV above $100M one day after launch? Nov 9
Opensea FDV above $100M one day after launch? Nov 9
Israel x Iran ceasefire continues through November 20? Nov 9
Will Hyperliquid dip to $40 by December 31, 2026? Nov 9
Will Tom Homan leave the Trump administration before 2027? Nov 9
Will Scott Bessent leave the Trump administration before 2027? Nov 9
Will Anthropic's valuation hit (LOW) $700B by December 31? Nov 9
Will David Sacks leave the Trump administration before 2027? Nov 9
Will John Ratcliffe leave the Trump administration before 2027? Nov 9
Ukraine recognizes Russian sovereignty over its territory by December 31, 2026? Nov 9
Will Hyperliquid reach $110 by December 31, 2026? Nov 9
Iran coup attempt by December 31, 2026? Nov 9
Will Anthropic's valuation hit (LOW) $800B by December 31? Nov 9
Will Pedro Sánchez be the next leader out before 2027? Nov 9
Iran-Oman Hormuz Agreement by December 31? Nov 9
Extended FDV above $500M one day after launch? Nov 9
Will Howard Lutnick leave the Trump administration before 2027? Nov 9
Will Anthropic's valuation hit (HIGH) $2.25T by December 31? Nov 9
US-Iran Hormuz Agreement by December 31? Nov 9
Will Stephen Miller leave the Trump administration before 2027? Nov 9
Will Kash Patel leave the Trump administration before 2027? Nov 9
Will no listed leader be out before 2027? Nov 9
Will Hyperliquid reach $100 by December 31, 2026? Nov 9
Josh O'Connor announced as next James Bond? Nov 9
Will Marco Rubio leave the Trump administration before 2027? Nov 9
Will Pete Hegseth leave the Trump administration before 2027? Nov 9
Will Anthropic IPO by November 20, 2026? Nov 9
Russia-Ukraine peace talks by November 30, 2026? Nov 9
Israel x Iran ceasefire continues through December 31? Nov 9
Will Anthropic IPO by November 17, 2026? Nov 9