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Gauntlet is a DeFi risk management and quantitative modeling platform that helps blockchain protocols, DAOs, and financial institutions improve how they perform, control risk, and grow in a stable way. It uses data-driven simulations, cryptoeconomic research, and quantitative finance methods to handle complex challenges in decentralized finance. The platform is known for helping teams track risk in real time, improve yield strategies, and use capital more efficiently. Gauntlet works across major DeFi ecosystems like Uniswap, Compound, and Arbitrum, where it supports better decision-making with data-backed insights.

 

 

Key Features of Gauntlet

 

    • Analyzes massive data daily for market insights and trend detection.
    • Tests market scenarios to guide governance and protocol settings.
    • Offers self-custodial vaults with automated, diversified yield strategies.
    • Connects with fintech apps, exchanges, and wallets for easy access to on-chain yield.
    • Shares research on tokenomics, market design, and DeFi economics.

 

Gauntlet Milestones

 

Year Achievements
2018 Founded by Tarun Chitra to apply high-frequency trading and quantitative modeling to blockchain protocol design and risk.
2019 Raised early capital and built a simulation platform that lets DeFi protocols stress test their economic assumptions.
2020 Became the main risk manager for Compound Finance. Used simulations to optimize liquidation thresholds and reserve factors.
2022 Raised nearly $24M at a $1 billion valuation led by Ribbit Capital. Built the Aave V3 risk framework with supply and borrow caps to reduce risks.
2023 Launched Gauntlet Applied Research (GAR) for custom mechanism design. Worked with Moody’s on a shared DeFi risk framework.
2024 Ended its long partnership with Aave to focus on direct vault management. Introduced Aera, an onchain treasury management protocol. Featured in Forbes' Fintech 50.
2025 Partnered with Securitize to launch a leveraged RWA strategy tied to Apollo’s credit fund. Reports suggested a major acquisition or exit involving OKX.

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Launch Date

Jan-2018

Company Size

Medium (51-250)

Total Employees

  • Tarun Chitra
  • John Morrow
  • Rei Chiang
  • + 14

Tarun Chitra, John Morrow, Rei Chiang and 14 Others

Contact Details

United States Military Academy, 606 Thayer Rd, West Point, New York 10996, United States

United States Military Academy, 606 Thayer Rd, West Point, New York 10996, United States

https://www.gauntlet.xyz/
https://www.gauntlet.xyz/

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