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A note from the founder

I grew up in a family where money was always tight, and financial planning wasn't really a conversation we had - we were just trying to get by. My parents are 65 now, and they don't have retirement savings to fall back on. That's not a rare story. It's the story of a lot of families, especially as the gap between people who have access to financial knowledge and people who don't keeps widening.

Atlas exists to close that gap, even in a small way. Financial literacy shouldn't be something you're only born into - it should be something anyone can pick up, in plain language, without a finance degree or a family member who already knows this stuff. My hope is that young adults, especially ones who grew up like I did, start thinking about retirement early, not because it's urgent today, but because a little understanding, started early, adds up to a lot more freedom later.

- Vincent Luong