Founders Of The Week: Moyn Islam and Ehsaan Islam

• Moyn and Ehsaan Islam co-founded SageMaster to solve a real gap in financial markets education, building an AI-powered, non-custodial platform that helps users design, test and refine trading strategies across crypto and forex without sacrificing control or transparency.

Ehsaan Islam, SageMaster CTO.

• With Moyn as CEO and Ehsaan as CTO, the brothers have positioned SageMaster around discipline, learning and strategy development rather than hype or outcomes, demonstrating principled leadership in a sector where trust, ethics and long-term credibility are notoriously difficult to establish.

Moyn Islam, SageMaster CEO.

• Under their leadership, SageMaster has made deliberate architectural and strategic choices, such as remaining fully non-custodial and prioritising user ownership, security and transparency, which has helped the company stand out as a serious, responsible player in the AI and fintech space.
• As founders, they have shown strong vision and maturity by focusing on sustainable growth, continuous product improvement and education-led impact, with ongoing work on advanced AI capabilities, integrations and agentic systems that position SageMaster for long-term relevance rather than short-term visibility.

Website: https://sagemaster.com/

Tell Me About Yourselves and SageMaster

We are brothers and co-founders of SageMaster, an AI-powered platform that helps traders and learners design, test, and refine trading strategies across crypto and forex markets, without taking custody of funds or executing trades on their behalf.

SageMaster focuses on strategy formation and learning. It provides AI-assisted tools that allow users to study market behaviour, experiment with different approaches, and refine strategy logic in a structured way, while maintaining full control over decisions and assets. The platform was built to support disciplined, data-driven engagement with financial markets, rather than outcomes, promises, or shortcuts.

What Inspired You To Start SageMaster, and What Problem Were You Trying To Solve?

We saw a clear disconnect between access and understanding. We saw a clear gap between access to market tools and the ability to use them effectively. While many platforms existed, few helped people understand how strategies are built, tested, and adapted over time.

SageMaster was created to address that gap by providing a structured environment for learning and experimentation. The intention was not to simplify markets or promise outcomes, but to give users the tools to design, test, and refine strategies methodically, using data and logic rather than emotion or guesswork.

What Has Been Your Biggest Challenge So Far, and How Did You Overcome It?

One of the biggest challenges has been building trust in a space where caution is justified. We addressed this by being deliberate in how we communicate and build, prioritising transparency, security, and user control over speed or visibility. That meant making clear architectural choices early on, such as remaining fully non-custodial and ensuring users retain ownership of their strategies and decisions. It’s a more measured approach, but one that creates a stronger foundation over time.

Can You Describe a Pivotal Moment That Significantly Shaped the Direction of SageMaster?

A defining moment was committing fully to a strategy-first, non-custodial model. This shaped how SageMaster was designed and how it would be used.

Rather than positioning the platform around execution or outcomes, we focused on helping users understand and refine strategy logic. That clarity ensured SageMaster remained a tool for learning, testing, and decision support, without ever taking control away from the user.

How Do You Define Success?

For your business: Success means SageMaster becoming a globally trusted platform for AI-assisted strategy formation and testing, recognised for its educational value, transparency, and disciplined approach rather than hype.

As founders: Success is building something principled and useful that helps people engage with markets more thoughtfully, stands up to scrutiny, and reflects integrity at every stage of growth.

What Advice Would You Give To Someone Thinking About Launching Their Own Startup?

Build with durability in mind. Visibility is temporary, but structure lasts. If what you’re building can’t stand up to technical, legal, or ethical scrutiny, it won’t hold up over time. Focus on solving real problems clearly, and take the time to build something you’re comfortable standing behind long after the initial momentum fades.

What’s Next for SageMaster? Any Exciting Developments We Should Watch Out For?

We’re focused on strengthening SageMaster’s core capabilities rather than expanding for exposure alone. This includes enhancing AI-assisted strategy design, improving backtesting and forward-testing workflows, and expanding integrations through APIs and Webhooks. Alongside product development, we’re continuing to invest in education and infrastructure so users can experiment, learn, and adapt with confidence. The priority is to scale responsibly while keeping security, transparency, and user control at the centre of everything we build.

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Founder’s 5 with Ehsaan and Moyn Islam

We wanted to know a bit more about the men behind SageMaster, so we’ve put together the exclusive Founders’ 5 with the Islam brothers, Ehsaan and moyn.

Favourite business tool

Moyn: Powerpoint

Ehsaan: Notion

One lesson you learned the hard way?

Moyn: In business, never assume alignment. If expectations aren’t written, they don’t exist. Clarity upfront prevents conflict later.

Ehsaan: Through research and real conversations, I learned that real insight comes from noticing what repeats across experience, not from isolated opinions. Clarity is earned by listening deeply, testing ideas in reality and letting evidence, not emotion – shape conclusions.

One future trend you’re watching?

Moyn: AI employees, moving from tools to autonomous operators that scale execution without scaling headcount.

Ehsaan: Future trend for 2026 I am paying attention to is “Agentic orchestration” and something we are personally working on.

One quote you live by

Moyn: “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

Ehsaan: “Faith in God. AI for everything else”

One book/podcast you recommend

Moyn: “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”

Ehsaan: “Modern CTO”

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