Allocators now research hedge fund managers inside ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini before the first IR call. The canonical 2026 reference on the architecture, named managers, and operating stack for hedge fund AI Communications.
Bridgewater, Citadel, Millennium, Point72, Balyasny, Man Group — six communications operations decoded. Bar Dea sole CEO since 2022. 2025 multi-strategy AUM and performance.
Hedge funds spent 20 years marketing through events, networks, and exclusive editorial. That model breaks when allocators run the first diagnostic inside ChatGPT and Perplexity. How Bridgewater, Two Sigma, and AQR quietly built the citation stack — and how mid-sized funds catch up.
The 10-tactic operating playbook for hedge fund PR in the allocator-research era — founder retrieval anchor, plain-English strategy descriptions, canonical website architecture, structured earned media, GEO, AI engine citation measurement, allocator materials, crisis architecture, recruiting communications, and brand resilience under volatility.
