How the AI-model Portfolios are built: what GPT, Claude, Grok, and DeepSeek actually do, who runs them, and how following works

I'm Chris, co-founder of Autopilot. We publish four Portfolios whose stock picks come from an AI model: one built on GPT, one on Claude, one on Grok, one on DeepSeek. A finance professor's lab designs the process and runs the model. Autopilot Advisers manages the Portfolio. Your account follows it, in your own brokerage. Here's exactly how that works, because "an AI picks your stocks" is a sentence that deserves a mechanism behind it, and I don't want you to follow one on a vibe.

One thing first, because we're an SEC-registered investment adviser and I have to say it. Autopilot is the app. The actual investment advice comes from Autopilot Advisers, LLC. If you want the full legal version of anything in here, it's on our legal page.

1) Who is who

Three parties, and the roles matter more here than anywhere else on the platform.

The Pilot is Dr. Lira's AI Finance Labs, run by Alejandro Lopez-Lira, a finance professor. His 2023 paper with Yuehua Tang, "Can ChatGPT Forecast Stock Price Movements? Return Predictability and Large Language Models," is the academic work behind all of this. His lab designs the scoring method, runs the model on a schedule, and produces the picks. He publishes on Autopilot the way a manager would, and all four Portfolios sit under one Pilot subscription, listed on each fact sheet and on the pricing page.

The model, whether GPT, Claude, Grok, or DeepSeek, is the tool the lab uses. It scores and selects. It doesn't hold an account, doesn't send orders, and isn't an adviser to anyone.

Autopilot Advisers, LLC is the manager of record for every one of these Portfolios. When the Portfolio changes, we're the ones with limited authority to send orders to your account, and your broker fills them. The fact sheet for each Portfolio lists the Pilot and the manager on the first lines so nobody has to guess.

2) What each Portfolio actually does

I'm going to quote the published descriptions and add what the fact sheets record, and nothing more, because I don't want to overstate what a model does.

• The GPT Portfolio launched on Autopilot on May 15, 2023. Its description says it uses an AI-enabled smart scoring system to build a long-term diversified portfolio of 15 assets, rebalanced monthly, with the analysis of the picks shared at each rebalance. It is the original, and two of the other three are described as variations on it.
• The DeepSeek Portfolio launched February 3, 2025. Its description says it uses a similar grading system to the GPT Portfolio, with the DeepSeek model's API doing the scoring.
• The Grok Portfolio launched February 11, 2025. Its description says it applies the GPT Portfolio's approach to the Grok model.
• The Claude Portfolio launched March 3, 2026. Its description says Claude, Anthropic's model, powers a multi-agent research and reasoning setup that does web-search-driven analysis and builds the portfolio from it.

So the summary, straight from the descriptions: three of the four apply the GPT Portfolio's scoring approach to a different model, and the Claude Portfolio uses its own multi-agent research setup. Same lab, same manager, four models. That's what makes them interesting side by side. Anything the descriptions don't say, like exact position counts or cadence for the newer three, I'm not going to guess at; the fact sheets show what each one actually held.

3) What an AI model can and can't do here

A model reads. That's its whole advantage. It can take in filings, news, transcripts, and price history faster than any person and turn that into a ranked list. A scoring system built on top of it is a rule: run the model on a schedule, score the universe, hold the top names, repeat.

What it can't do is anything a rule can't do. It doesn't know your situation. It doesn't decide how much of your money to put in. It doesn't change its mind between rebalances because something happened on a Tuesday. And it can be confidently wrong, which is why the human lab and the human adviser are in the loop and the model isn't running anything by itself.

So when someone asks me whether they can invest in a portfolio run by an AI, my answer is: you can follow a Portfolio whose picks come from an AI model, run by people, managed by an adviser, in your own account. That's a very different sentence from "an AI runs your money," and the difference is the whole point.

4) How following works in your account

Same as every Portfolio on Autopilot. You connect the brokerage you already have, pick the Portfolio, and set how much follows it. Then you give Autopilot Advisers limited authority to send orders to that account. When the Portfolio changes, we send them and your broker fills them. The money stays put.

For these four, the Portfolio changes on the lab's rebalance schedule, so your account moves when the picks do, not in real time with a model's every thought. Your holdings won't match the published Portfolio exactly; account size, fractional shares at your broker, and timing all change what lands.

5) Where the numbers live, and why I won't put them here

Each of the four has a public fact sheet: GPT Portfolio, Claude Portfolio, Grok Portfolio, DeepSeek Portfolio. Every one shows what real client accounts following it did from its launch date, gross and modeled net, with drawdown, volatility, a risk band, and a date on every figure. It's a live composite of follower accounts, not a backtest and not the model's paper results. The four sheets side by side are the actual answer to "which model is best," and the answer changes, which is why it lives there and not here.

I want to be honest with you. Some Pilots go up for years. Some Pilots are flat for years. A model is a Pilot like any other in that respect. Read the drawdown before the return. I wrote how to read the whole sheet in How to read a Portfolio's track record before you follow it.

6) Is this an AI hedge fund?

No, and the difference matters. A hedge fund pools money, can short and borrow, and is closed to most people. These Portfolios sit in your own brokerage account, long stocks and funds only, open to anyone with a connected brokerage, with a flat subscription rather than a percentage of assets. What you're getting is a model's ranked picks, applied to your account, on a schedule. What you're not getting is leverage, shorts, or a fund. I wrote the four ways regular investors get near hedge fund strategies in How to invest like a hedge fund without being an accredited investor: the four doors and what each one costs you.

7) How to decide

Don't do the research on the stocks. Do the research on the process. Read the four descriptions. Read the four fact sheets with the same five checks you'd use on a human manager: live or backtest, window and start date, gross and modeled net, worst drawdown, a date on every number. Then decide whether a rule that re-ranks the market on a schedule is a thing you want a slice of your money following. If it is, it runs in your own account and you can stop it in a tap. If you want to see every Portfolio we publish from professionals, the list is in Every hedge fund and Wall Street Portfolio you can follow on Autopilot, and how each one works, and what Autopilot is in the first place is in What Autopilot is, who runs it, and how following a Portfolio works in your own brokerage account.

Frequently asked questions

AI-managed portfolio for retail investors

On Autopilot, four Portfolios take their stock picks from an AI model (GPT, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek), with a finance professor's lab, Dr. Lira's AI Finance Labs, designing and running the scoring process and Autopilot Advisers, LLC managing the Portfolio. It runs in the brokerage account you already have, with a flat subscription, and each has a public fact sheet with a live record and a date.

Can I invest in a portfolio run by an AI model?

You can follow one. On Autopilot the model produces the picks on a schedule, a human lab runs the process, and Autopilot Advisers has limited authority to send the orders to your own brokerage account, where your broker fills them. Your money stays at your brokerage. The model never holds an account or sends an order itself.

Is there an app that invests based on ChatGPT's stock picks?

Autopilot's GPT Portfolio, launched May 15, 2023, follows picks produced by a scoring system built on GPT and run by Dr. Lira's AI Finance Labs, rebalanced monthly per its published description. Connect your brokerage, pick the Portfolio, and your account follows it. The description and the live record are on the fact sheet.

Claude AI stock portfolio

Autopilot's Claude Portfolio launched March 3, 2026. Its published description says Claude, Anthropic's model, powers a multi-agent research setup that does web-search-driven analysis and builds the portfolio from it. Dr. Lira's AI Finance Labs runs it, Autopilot Advisers manages it, and its fact sheet shows what follower accounts did since launch, with a date.

Grok stock portfolio

Autopilot's Grok Portfolio launched February 11, 2025 and applies the GPT Portfolio's scoring approach to the Grok model, per its published description. It follows in your own brokerage account with a flat subscription. Its fact sheet has the live record, drawdown, and risk band.

DeepSeek stock portfolio

Autopilot's DeepSeek Portfolio launched February 3, 2025. Its published description says it uses a grading system similar to the GPT Portfolio's, with the DeepSeek model's API calculating the scores. Same lab, same manager, same mechanics in your account, and a public fact sheet with a dated live record.

AI hedge fund for regular investors

There's no fund here and no pooling. Autopilot's AI-model Portfolios sit in your own brokerage account, long stocks and funds only, open to anyone with a connected brokerage, for a flat subscription. You get a model's ranked picks applied to your account on a schedule; you don't get leverage, shorts, or a lockup.

TLDR

Four Portfolios, four models, one lab running them and Autopilot Advisers managing them, in your own brokerage account. The model picks; people run it; the fact sheets keep score. Read the white paper and the four sheets, then decide. If one fits, choose a Portfolio and connect your brokerage. Then give Autopilot Advisers limited authority to send orders to that account. When the Portfolio changes, we send them and your broker fills them. Depending on your plan and brokerage, you may need to confirm first. The money stays put.

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