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SYSTEMS. STRATEGY. CAPITAL.

The systems behind scale. From the operators building them.

Above the Edge brings founders, CEOs, CFOs, operators, and investors inside the decisions shaping payments, AI, compliance, and capital. I sit inside those systems every day. Every episode is the trench view.

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Colten Page
Host — CEO, PLATPAY
The data behind the dollar

The PLATPAY ecosystem spans 50+ direct bank connections and merchants processing from $1M to several billion dollars annually. In one recent reconciliation audit, 40–45% of the client's lost revenue was recovered after it had already been written off.

Most operators never see a single line of it. That is the whole reason this show exists.

The operator's lens
Visibility → Control
Revenue leakageDowngrades, chargebacks, hidden feesFind money already written off as cost
VAMP exposureFraud, disputes, compliance thresholdsSee risk before it becomes a bill
Cross-merchant riskCustomer behavior across merchantsCatch patterns one account cannot show
AI infrastructureWhat top operators repeatedly do wellReplicate execution instead of output
The categories are operational. No merchant or client data is shown here.
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EP 02Interview39 minAug 27, 2026

How to Actually Make AI Useful with Braydon Carter

In this episode of Above the Edge, Colten Page sits down with AI strategist Braydon Carter to explore how business owners can use AI without getting distracted by the technology itself. Braydon shares how his background in mindset coaching, sales, marketing,…

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The premise

Every enterprise merchant is operating with a revenue leak they cannot see

It is not in the rate. The rate is the distraction. It is in the downgrades, the chargebacks nobody is catching, the fraud exposure that was never modeled, and the compliance rules that changed quietly. Above the Edge replaces theory with operational clarity: how money moves, where it is being lost, and what to build before the shift happens to you.

See it.
Visibility creates control. You cannot fix a number you have never been shown.
Protect it.
Eliminate leakage. Downgrades, chargebacks, fraud, and VAMP exposure — monitored, not assumed.
Grow it.
Recover what is already yours. Then put that capital back to work with better information.
Stay ahead.
Adapt. Execute. Win. The rules keep getting rewritten — operators who see earlier win.
What the show covers
Four pillars
01Business GrowthScaling systems, team operations, partnerships, and how operators engineer growth instead of hoping for it.02TechnologyPayment infrastructure, data platforms, AI-driven reporting, and systems that become competitive moats.03AI & AutomationAI as infrastructure, not a productivity tool. Reinforcement learning and replication at scale.04Money & FinanceThe movement of money — revenue recovery, fraud, VAMP compliance, capital allocation, and wealth beyond traditional strategies.
“The edge is in the data you cannot see yet.”
Colten Page — CEO, PLATPAY
Signature frameworks
01The thesis
AI + Direct Infrastructure
You do not win by bolting AI onto legacy systems. You win by rebuilding the infrastructure around AI from the ground up. The core thesis of everything on this show.
02Defense
VAMP Protection Framework
Real-time fraud and chargeback monitoring built on raw Visa transaction data most processors cannot access — so exposure is known before it is billed.
03Data advantage
Cross-Ecosystem Risk Scoring
Scoring customer risk across merchants instead of viewing each account in isolation. That broader view surfaces patterns missed one layer removed from the rails.
04Scale
Pattern Replication Over Creation
AI used to scale what top performers already do well — replicating elite execution rather than manufacturing more output.
Systems
over effort
Clarity
over complexity
Execution
over theory
Control
over dependence
Infrastructure
over tools
Results
over narratives