# Introduction and Philosophy #### What UNIKO is UNIKO is a quantitative trading ecosystem designed to operate as a market participation infrastructure. It aims to systemise liquidity provision and spread capture through AI-assisted execution, disciplined lifecycle rules, and embedded risk controls. UNIKO is not designed as a price-prediction product. It is designed as a rule-governed operating system that aims to run continuously across market cycles. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://uniko.gitbook.io/uniko-whitepaper/introduction-and-philosophy.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.