FROM OUTSIDER TO ORACLE: HOW JOSEPH PLAZO’S AI TOOK DOWN THE MARKET, THEN TAUGHT IT TO THE WORLD

By Guest Columnist, Forbes AsiaWall Street never saw him coming—because Joseph Plazo never played by its rules.Quezon City, Philippines — Ten years ago, Joseph Plazo sat under flickering candlelight, debugging neural nets while the city powered down.The laptop was old. The electricity, unstable. But his resolve didn’t flicker.He was coding a