Mo Abdi
Founder & CEO, Retail Volts Inc.
Mo Abdi is the founder and CEO of Retail Volts Inc., the premier retail investor activation platform, pairing its proprietary AI sentiment engine, GateWatch.AI, with a full-stack marketing agency: GateWatch.AI detects the signal, Retail Volts deploys the campaign. Over five years, Retail Volts has activated 34 public companies across 15 sectors, representing more than $43 billion in combined market cap, for clients spanning Web3, tokenization, AI, quantum computing, and robotics. The company is now valued north of $20 million and growing about 30 percent a year. Mo is also a practicing, board certified radiation oncologist.
Aug. 4, 2026
The Early Signals That Tell You Retail Trusts Your DESPAC — Mo Abdi, RetailVolts
Six months before a DESPAC closes, retail investors have already decided if they trust the deal — and Mo Abdi says that excitement is measurable, and it tracks against redemption rates.
EPISODE SUMMARY
Mo Abdi, Chief Executive Officer of RetailVolts and creator of the GateWatch AI sentiment platform, joins host Chaz Churchwell on The DESPAC Podcast. A physician by training turned founder, Mo built RetailVolts out of a decade moderating 120+ subreddits into a retail investor activation agency wo...
EPISODE SUMMARY
Mo Abdi, Chief Executive Officer of RetailVolts and creator of the GateWatch AI sentiment platform, joins host Chaz Churchwell on The DESPAC Podcast. A physician by training turned founder, Mo built RetailVolts out of a decade moderating 120+ subreddits into a retail investor activation agency wo...
Guest: Mo Abdi