Era vs SageFusion

Era links your bank accounts, cards, and investments to AI assistants through a personal MCP server called Context. You connect accounts once, then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex, or any MCP client about balances, spending, and goals without uploading spreadsheets or leaving the chat window.

Most budgeting apps keep your data inside their own dashboard. Era takes the opposite path: it exposes typed financial tools over the open Model Context Protocol, with shared memory that carries goals and preferences when you switch assistants. Context is read-write, so an agent can categorize transactions, set rules, and move money between your own accounts only after you approve each transfer.

Era also ships Agency, a native app for proactive alerts and automations, and Thesis, a research-grade investing product. The free Basic plan covers two connected accounts with 250 daily MCP tool calls. Paid tiers add faster sync, edit access, higher MCP limits, and more connected accounts. Era Financial Advisors LLC is SEC-registered, and the company states it never sells user financial data.

SageFusion runs a model-driven finance platform that manages accredited investor portfolios through Interactive Brokers custody accounts. Investment Science, the operator behind the site, uses statistical models, financial statement analysis, and social media signals to allocate across strategies that aim to profit in multiple market directions. Clients typically start with a $100,000 minimum deposit and can access up to 6x leverage according to the homepage.

Where many asset managers lock capital and hide trade details, SageFusion emphasizes no lock-up withdrawals, real-time trade audits, and anonymous execution through your own SIPC-member brokerage account. The firm claims its returns beat the S&P 500 index from 2021 through 2023 and hedges portfolios by putting about 5% of cash into options. That model targets investors who want managed leverage with visible positions rather than a black-box fund.

Banks, hedge funds, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals use SageFusion after a four-step onboarding that includes a qualification form, Interactive Brokers account setup, and a 30-minute onboarding call. The leadership page lists Michael Kelly as founder and CEO and Dr. Andrew Weinbach as chief compliance officer. Contact is available at +1 (917) 512-9523 or the New York office at 99 Wall Street.