Founder's Journey
First-person accounts of building Runline — from SEC-regulated fintech to credit union AI infrastructure.
August 8, 2025
From Real Estate Tech to Credit Union AI: Why I Bet My Next Company on the Movement
How building telecom infrastructure and an SEC-regulated fintech platform taught me that credit unions are sitting on the biggest AI opportunity in financial services — and why I bet my next company on it.
August 8, 2025
What Building an SEC-Regulated Platform Taught Me About AI Compliance
Lessons from building Concreit under SEC and FINRA oversight — and why the compliance instincts forged by federal regulators shaped every design decision at Runline.
August 9, 2025
Solo, Not Alone: Building an AI Company with AI
One founder, zero employees, five AI agents shipping code and running operations daily. Inside the operating reality of building a company on the thesis that AI redefines what a team looks like.
August 23, 2025
The SaaSPocalypse: Why AI Is About to Restructure Every Vendor Relationship Your Credit Union Has
When $285 billion in software market cap evaporated in a single session, it was not a correction — it was a repricing. What the SaaSPocalypse means for your credit union vendor stack and how to negotiate from strength.
August 24, 2025
Your Core Processor Is a Time Capsule — And That's Actually Your Biggest Asset
Everyone says rip and replace. The contrarian case — your decades-old core holds 30 years of irreplaceable member intelligence, and AI makes it more valuable than every modern SaaS tool in your stack combined.
August 27, 2025
Why 95% of BSA Alerts Being False Positives Is an AI Problem, Not a Staffing Problem
Your compliance team spends 95% of their time on alerts that turn out to be nothing. The answer is not more analysts — it is AI that separates signal from noise so your people handle what actually matters.