In this episode of Right About Now, Ryan Alford sits down with Chris Josephs, co-founder of Autopilot, to talk about the viral rise of the Pelosi Tracker, what it revealed about political stock trading, and how that insight became the foundation for a real investing platform. Chris explains how Autopilot gives everyday investors a new option beyond passive ETFs, expensive advisors, or random stock picking by allowing them to automatically follow vetted portfolios inside their own brokerage accounts.
Ryan pushes beyond the headlines and gets into what actually made the business work: trust, transparency, and the ability to turn virality into real product adoption. Chris breaks down how Autopilot makes money, how its investor marketplace works, why accountability matters more in the AI era, and why people are increasingly drawn to systems that feel more open than traditional financial management.
They also discuss why politicians trading individual stocks still hits such a nerve, the difference between building for attention and building for authority, and why Chris believes the future of investing may look a lot more like a marketplace of proven conviction than a black box of opaque fees. It is a sharp conversation for founders, marketers, and operators thinking about trust, product design, distribution, and where modern investing is headed next.
*Topics Covered*

* How the Pelosi Tracker first went viral
* Why political stock trading resonated so strongly with audiences
* How Chris Josephs turned attention into a business with Autopilot
* What makes Autopilot different from advisors and ETFs
* How the investor marketplace and subscription model work
* Why AI can improve research but still needs good data and discipline
* Why transparency is becoming more valuable in finance
* Ryan Alford and Chris Josephs on virality, trust, and building a smarter investing product

Links
Right About Now
https://www.ryanisright.com/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/right-about-now-legendary-business-advice/id1346054199https://open.spotify.com/show/0gy9HkTiwpAAgu1DFyIW9hhttps://www.youtube.com/@RightAboutNowwithRyanAlford
Ryan Alford
https://www.ryanalford.com/https://www.instagram.com/ryanalford/
Chris Josephs / Autopilot
https://www.joinautopilot.com/https://www.instagram.com/chrisjjosephs/https://x.com/pelositrackerhttps://pelositracker.app/