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.
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.

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,…
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.
over effort
over complexity
over theory
over dependence
over tools
over narratives
