# Citadel Securities

> Citadel Securities's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Payward, Inc., with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/citadel-securities/
- Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/citadel-securities/index.md (~500 tokens)
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- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/citadel-securities/index.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json)
- Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (the key docs and every listing in one file, at most 16 MB, about 4 million tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt)
- API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json
- MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (the whole catalogue as tools, no key)
- DNS: dig +short TXT <slug>.grade.anchorterminal.com (the grade as a DNS TXT record, for a sandbox with no HTTP where names still resolve; also top., best.<category>. and <a>.vs.<b>. under the zone, and the same under grade.letme.dev)
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- Updated: 2026-11-04

Corporate investor.

Website: https://www.citadelsecurities.com/

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Payward, Inc.**, Strategic investment, November 2025, valued at $20 billion as announced (the source doesn't say pre- or post-money), $800 million raise, November 2025, November 2025
  - [Kraken API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kraken.md), graded BB, 71/100
  - Source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/crypto-exchange-kraken-raises-800-222719647.html

## Where they invest

- Crypto exchanges, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Jesse Powell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jesse-powell/), Payward, Inc.
- [Thanh Luu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/thanh-luu/), Payward, Inc.
- [Michael Gronager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/michael-gronager/), Payward, Inc.

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Citadel Securities invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Payward, Inc. backed by Citadel Securities.

### How are Citadel Securities's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Kraken API (BB, 71).

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