Deep inside Bridgewater Associates LP, the world’s largest hedge-fund firm, software engineers are at work on a secret project that founder Ray Dalio has sometimes called “The Book of the Future.” The goal is technology that would automate most of the firm’s management. It would represent a culmination of Mr. Dalio’s life work to build Bridgewater into an altar to radical openness—and a place that can endure without him. At...
Bridgewater Associates , which manages $ 160bn as the world ’s largest hedge - fund firm , is working on a project to allow employee Ray Dalio to live on within the firm even after he 's retired . Peculiarities of the firm 's culture include most complaints being recorded , while employees are encouraged to criticise one another . There are regular assessments of personal weaknesses and performance is continually assessed . The artificial intelligence being developed to assist Dalio may give very specific instructions on what employees should do during the day , including whether to make a particular phone call .