The headlines are inescapable: Nvidia just committed $100 billion into OpenAI. Tech markets are celebrating. Speculation is at fever pitch. When I saw that, I didn’t feel excitement. I felt a warning. Because I’ve been through this exact senario before.

Back in the dot-com era, the hype was intoxicating. Every startup with a “.com” got credit — whether or not they had earnings. Investors believed the next big idea always had to win. Many did, but many more collapsed. Only the companies with real fundamentals and staying power survived.

So when I see giants like Nvidia making massive bets in AI, I can’t help but flash back to that earlier era  and ask: are we chasing dreams or building real value?

I’ll never forget that night. 

I had $50,000 saved up, and that was my wedding money, my future with my wife. I wasn’t playing with excess capital. This was real.

I got caught up in the hype. I chased trends. I ignored fundamentals.

And overnight, it vanished. The regret weighed on me for weeks. It almost broke me.

I share that because I don’t want you to go through the same.

That warning from Altman struck me. Because I’ve been that investor who loses it all chasing narrative. I’ve tasted the pain.

It pushed me to change my approach.

With Value Investing, I learned that investing is not speculation. It’s not jumping on fads. It’s about owning businesses, not ideas.

If the business makes money, the stock will eventually follow. If the business is weak, the stock will eventually collapse. It’s that simple.

I didn’t need luck. I didn’t need to gamble. I needed a clear process. A framework I could trust. And that’s exactly what saved me.

That’s why I built ViA Atlas. Because I care.

I care about making mistakes early so you don’t make them after putting everything on the line. I care about giving you a framework, not hype.

ViA Atlas is designed so you can analyze companies clearly and quickly. No more guessing. No more blind bets.

We made investing so simple because we care about making you a better investor. So you can finally afford to focus on what you really care about: your family, your lifestyle, your peace of mind.

That’s why we created ViA Atlas, a mission-driven platform to help investors like you cut through the noise and become smarter investors.

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