A jiu-jitsu instructor sold his online education company to fund an AI research venture. Now the founder of Emerj is asking what kind of intelligence deserves to inherit the future.

A summer selling suits opened Daniel Collin’s door to finance. Two decades after co-founding Monomoy Capital Partners, he is still revising what he knows about businesses, leadership and the people doing the work.

Before leading residential opportunities at Cerberus, Joshua Weintraub captained a college boxing team. His route from mortgage trading to the Paris Olympic wrestling delegation has room for both a balance sheet and a black belt.

Corey Wilks, Psy.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist turned executive coach, speaker, and creator based in Austin, TX. After 15 years in clinical psychology, he left the field following a near-death experience during the pandemic and being fired from a remote therapy position, pivoting to help founders and creators remove the psychological bottlenecks costing them business growth. He runs Creator Alchemy - a newsletter, podcast, and community - and is known for his Four Horsemen of Fear framework. His coaching clients include VC-backed founders, CEOs, and bootstrapped entrepreneurs across AI, tech, CPG, and media.