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I'm Mike Smith. I trade prediction markets, build AI products, and say what others won't.
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All articles →Why Prediction Markets Matter More Than Polls
Polls are broken. Pundits are incentivized to be wrong. Prediction markets put real money on the line — and that changes everything.
Dragons Are Real: What I Mean and Why It Matters
People think it's just a slogan. It's actually a complete worldview about probability, belief, and what happens when you take seriously the things everyone else dismisses.
AI Trading Bots: The Future of Prediction Markets
We ran 236 AI bots against each other in real time on Polymarket. Here's what we learned about where AI actually has edge and where it doesn't.
Smart Money Tracking: How to Follow the Whales
The best edge on Polymarket isn't analysis — it's knowing which wallets consistently call things right and following them before the crowd does.
The PolyFire Story: From Idea to Product
How PolyFire went from a frustration I had trading Polymarket to a product people actually use every day.
Contrarian Investing: Why I Bet Against the Crowd
The crowd is usually wrong at the extremes. Here's the framework for finding those moments and having the conviction to act.
What I'm Building
Three live products. One mission: better tools for smarter markets.
PolyFire.co
liveTelegram trading bot for Polymarket. Copy the smartest traders, automate your bets, track alpha signals in real time. Built because I needed it myself.
Founder & Builder
TradeSphere.ai
livePrediction market intelligence API. 25K+ markets, 23K+ smart wallets tracked. The data layer powering PolyFire and available to developers who want alpha.
Founder & Architect
BoomSauce Labs
liveThe company behind PolyFire and TradeSphere. We build AI-powered tools for traders, developers, and enterprises who want to move faster than the market.
Founder & CTO
Hot Takes
Opinions with receipts. Rated by spice level.
Polls Are Dead and Pollsters Know It
The polling industry is a $5B corpse walking. Prediction markets made them obsolete in 2024 and they're surviving on institutional contracts and media relationships, not accuracy.
90% of AI Startups Will Be Dead by 2028
The AI startup bubble is as inflated as dot-com in 1999. Most AI startups are thin wrappers over API calls with no moat, no distribution, and no path to profitability.
The Remote Work Debate Is Over — Remote Won
Return-to-office mandates are a talent filter that selects for compliance over capability. The best engineers, designers, and operators work remotely and they're not going back.
My Predictions
Public, falsifiable, tracked. Hold me accountable.
Latest Articles
All articles →Why Prediction Markets Beat Polls Every Single Time
Skin in the game changes everything. Here's the data on why markets with real money outperform surveys with zero accountability.
AI Is Not Coming for Your Job — It's Already Here
The 'AI will replace jobs' debate is already outdated. It happened. Here's how to be on the winning side.
Polymarket 2026 Election Guide: Markets to Watch
The 2026 midterms are heating up. Here are the Polymarket markets worth watching and trading right now.
The Real Cost of Not Using AI in 2026
Every day you're not using AI, your competitors are pulling ahead. Here's what you're actually losing.
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