Mark Pelletier
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Mark Pelletier
@MarkFromPublic
Senior Manager, Active Traders & High Net Worth at @public Opinions my own - not financial advice

BREAKING: @public Co-CEO Leif Abraham (@leifthunder) Says Their AI Plan is Seriously Working Millions of users, billions in assets, billions in trading volume, + revenue doubling annually Recorded at @NYSE this is one of the more fun chats on finance & how Public is building the next-gen investing platform “for those who take it seriously." Public represents the first modern alternative to Schwab, Fidelity, & Vanguard — platforms built on decades-old infrastructure that haven't kept pace with today's investors or technology. Financial advisors are cooked. Public's difference: - Top 25% of wealth w/ real assets to compound - AI Agents automating investment workflows - "Generated Assets" creating custom indices — defense index up 350% in a month - Multi-asset trading (stocks, crypto, options, bonds - all in one place) 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 (00:00) Leif Abraham, Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Public (01:10) Competing with traditional brokers (03:45) AI agents for investing (05:22) Are Public’s videos AI or real? (06:31) Why the co-CEO model works (09:34) The evolution of Public (15:06) Growth, scale, and market cycles (17:59) Breaking down the product ecosystem (20:45) Public's design philosophy (22:59) Building portfolios with AI (26:33) Ideal customers (30:20) The decline of financial advisors (33:00) What AI replaces in wealth management (35:45) Risks and limits of AI agents (37:32) The “financial super app” debate (42:39) Prediction markets vs real investing (45:04) Will everything become tradable? (46:22) Tokenization: the hype vs. the reality (50:37) The future of financial platforms (55:56) VCX, closed-end funds & speculation risk (59:09) Would Public go public? (01:02:22) What’s next for Public (01:04:08) The dark AI prediction (01:06:52) Wealth taxes vs. UBI



Trading just changed forever.. @claudeai is connected directly to a live brokerage through @public API. Research, analysis, and execution now lives inside one conversation. Equities, options, crypto, bonds. Short demo/setup ~10min. Docs link in comments 🦾





I built a bot that saves money on taxes every single day. No accountant. No spreadsheet. No code. Just an AI agent on @public. Here's exactly how it works 💡








At Public, our concierge team works directly with high-value members, talking markets, building real relationships, and delivering a more elevated investing experience. Check out the full @Bloomberg article on how we’re serving concierge members with premium experiences, from deeper data access to live events and activations. Read: bloomberg.com/news/features/…











