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How to Build a $200M App Without Showing your Face w/ Chris Josephs

Explore episode Jul 10, 2026

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$1.5 Billion AUM and the Future of Retail Investing

At 11:00 · chapter starts 8:50

With $1.5 billion in AUM now on the platform, Chris Josephs is confident Autopilot's central bet is playing out: that the era of the individual retail investor manually picking stocks is coming to an end. His Uber-versus-taxis analogy lands cleanly — why would you spend time researching stocks when you can find a vetted stock picker, see their verified track record, and auto-copy their trades for $150 to $200 per year? The platform is already proving the model: Michael Sikkand, a YouTuber with a stock picks channel, has $50 million copying his portfolio on Autopilot and earns $15,000 a month without actively managing anything. Peter Wolf, a practicing dermatologist who shares picks on Twitter and Substack, has attracted $200 million in AUM. The monetization loop is elegant — creators are incentivized to grow their own books, Autopilot takes a share, and everyone wins.

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