Month: April 2026

The WealthStack Podcast: AI, Capacity and the Future of Advice with Mark Swan

The WealthStack Podcast: AI, Capacity and the Future of Advice with Mark Swan

Everyone in wealth management is talking about artificial intelligence, but the more important question is what happens when it stops being just another feature and starts becoming the operating layer for the firm. Not just a notetaker. Not just a chatbot. Something that can actually help advisors scale capacity, reduce operational drag and make the tech stack feel a whole lot less fragmented.

In this episode of The WealthStack Podcast, host Shannon Rosic chats with Mark Swan, CEO and co-founder of Nevis, to explore what it really takes for AI to move beyond point solutions and into the core infrastructure of a modern RIA. He unpacks the difference between horizontal AI tools and vertical AI platforms, why voice may become the next major interface in advisor technology, and how firms can start thinking about AI not as a collection of disconnected tools, but as a system for orchestrating work across the front, middle and back office.

Key takeaways:

  • Why the real bottleneck in wealth management is advisor capacity, not demand
  • The difference between AI point solutions and a truly unified platform
  • What lessons from digital banking can teach wealth firms about scaling and reducing costs
  • Why voice could become a much more natural way for advisors to interact with their technology 
  • How lowering the cost to serve could make professional financial advice accessible to more clients

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About Our Guest:

Mark Swan is the CEO and Co-founder of Nevis, an AI platform built specifically for wealth management firms. Originally from Scotland, he brings a global perspective shaped by his experience helping scale Revolut into one of the largest digital banks in the world. At Nevis, Mark is focused on reducing the administrative burden that limits advisor capacity, using AI to streamline workflows and improve how firms operate. His work centers on helping advisors spend less time on processes and more time with clients, while also expanding access to financial advice through more efficient and scalable systems.

The WealthStack Podcast: Are You Hiring AI or Just Buying Tools? with Subatomic’s Sam Sova

The WealthStack Podcast: Are You Hiring AI or Just Buying Tools? with Subatomic’s Sam Sova

Everyone in wealth management says they’re using AI right now. But if we’re being honest, most of it still looks like faster note taking, cleaner CRM updates or slightly better workflows. Helpful? Yes. Transformational? Not even close.

In this episode of The WealthStack Podcast, Shannon Rosic sits down with Subatomic CEO Sam Sova to unpack the much bigger shift happening beneath the surface: AI that doesn’t just assist advisors, but actually works alongside them.

He explains why the industry is still stuck in a “1995 internet moment,” what it really means to move from AI tools to AI coworkers, and how leading RIAs are already using agentic AI to orchestrate workflows, unlock growth and fundamentally rethink how their firms operate.

Key takeaways:

  • Why most AI in wealth management today is just incremental improvement, not transformation
  • The difference between AI tools and true agentic AI coworkers
  • How AI orchestration creates a single, intelligent view of the client
  • What “hiring AI” looks like inside a modern RIA
  • Why operational efficiency is just the starting point and growth is the real unlock

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About Our Guest:

Sam Sova is the Co-Founder and CEO of Subatomic, where he focuses on helping wealth management firms rethink how they operate through AI-driven systems. With over two decades of experience inside large organizations such as Fiserv, TIAA, AT&T, and Johnson Controls, he has led transformation efforts centered on solving complex operational challenges. Today, he brings that background into the evolving AI space, working with firms to move beyond traditional tools and adopt AI coworkers that can streamline workflows, unify data, and support more meaningful client engagement.