The future of advice will be shaped by a few who act decisively

A small number of firms and individuals will help shape it. 8MDs is bringing together a founder group to build a platform designed for a profession being redefined by AI, technology, and structural change.

This is not a conventional network

It is not a product.

It is a strategic build — created by advisers who recognised early that the model of advice is shifting, and that responding individually is no longer enough.

The founder group exists to guide that build: to shape direction, contribute insight, and take a stake in what is being created.

This will resonate if you:

Run or lead an advisory firm

Recognise the significance of AI and structural change

Are looking beyond incremental improvement

Want to play a more active role in shaping the profession

A structural shift is underway

AI will not simply enhance advisory businesses — it will redefine how they operate, how they communicate, and how they compete.

Much of the sector remains focused on the back end.
Compliance. Systems. Process.

But the real change is happening at the front:

How clients engage
How value is communicated
How trust is established

These are not challenges to be solved in isolation.

Why become a founder?

Play a defining role

Help shape how 8MDs develops and how the profession responds to change

Be part of a committed peer group

Work alongside other advisers who are actively engaging with what’s coming next