Trad.Fi, W3 target $650 million in onchain private credit using AI evaluation

Equipment-financing lender Trad.Fi is working with W3 to automate capital workflows and bring real-economy business lending onto public blockchain rails. What to know : Trad.Fi plans to deploy $650 million in private credit on the Avalanche blockchain over the next four years, targeting U.S. equipment financing for sectors such as manufacturing, industrial electrical infrastructure and residential solar. Working with AI-agent developer W3, the firm aims to use artificial intelligence to assess risk, conduct due diligence and price loans so that small and mid-sized businesses can receive equipment financing in a single day instead of over months. The initiative, which begins with offchain funding from traditional private credit lenders, will add a tokenized liquidity pool for onchain equity investors.