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In this episode of The Collector’s Compass, Alyx sits down with Sherwin Gilani, Founder of SlabTrack, for a conversation that gets to the heart of a growing issue in the hobby: what happens when collecting becomes fast, fragmented, and overwhelming—and the systems meant to support collectors can’t keep up.
Sherwin is the founder of SlabTrack, an AI-powered platform designed to bring structure, transparency, and organization to the card collecting experience. Built by a collector for collectors, SlabTrack helps users scan, track, price, organize, and ultimately understand their collections in a way the hobby has long been missing. But this conversation goes far beyond technology.
Together, Alyx and Sherwin explore how the modern hobby has shifted from a slow, intentional pastime into a high-velocity environment driven by const ...
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