The Next Leap in LLM Projects and the Shift Toward Agentic AI
In the fourth installment of our AI – Payments, Commerce & Markets series, Executive Advisor Wayne Johnson III explores 2025 AI investments and the technologies
August 21, 2025
Demystifying AI: Core Concepts, Tools & Infrastructure – Plus a Metric Comparison of ChatGPT-5 to Grok4
This is the third installment of our AI – Payments, Commerce & Markets series, expertly constructed by Wellesley Hills Financial Executive Advisor Wayne Johnson III.
August 17, 2025
Strategy (MSTR) – Bitcoin, Big Bets, Leverage & Market Convulsions
Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy; NASDAQ: MSTR) is recognized as the world’s first Bitcoin Treasury Company and the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, with 499,096 BTC valued
March 2, 2025
Stripe
Stripe is a highly successful and programmer-friendly payment processing platform. Initially, the company facilitated business-to-business (B2B) transactions for larger organizations, but has since expanded into
February 2, 2025
DeepSeek – Beyond the Headlines
Founded in 2023, DeepSeek has rapidly emerged as a game-changer in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry. With financial backing from hedge fund High-Flyer, the company
February 2, 2025
AI is here…it’s in the numbers (NVIDIA’s that is)
AI indirectly topped this week’s most interesting tech news by virtue of being the center of attention of NVIDIA’s earnings report. At a time when
February 25, 2024
Block, PayPal Retrench, but the Messaging is Different
January 2024 ended with a wave of layoffs among ‘big tech’ companies, including Google and Microsoft, as publicly traded entities look to sure-up profitability through
February 4, 2024
Google’s Gradient Ventures Invests in Fintech Collective’s $50M
Collective, the ground-breaking online back-office fintech platform created for solo entrepreneurs, announced it secured $50 million from Gradient Ventures, Google AI, Innovius Capital, The General
July 16, 2023
Stripe’s Collison on AI, Crypto, and Valuations
On Wednesday I got the chance to listen to one of Stripe’s ‘Brothers Collison’ (John) live at AXIOS’s BFD event in San Francisco. It was
May 14, 2023