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Introducing Nexus AI Advisory

In 2026 we set up Nexus AI Advisory, a new Stella Novus company. Its job is simple to describe: to help businesses adopt AI in a practical way, with a clear view of what it can and cannot do for them.

We did not start Nexus because AI is fashionable. We started it because we have spent years running publishing and education businesses ourselves, and we kept meeting other business owners who were asking the same questions we had asked. Where should we start? What is worth paying for? What are the risks with our data and our customers? Who can we ask for a straight answer?

Ancient Origins on Substack: how UNLEASHED fits with the website and magazine

In 2024 we launched Ancient Origins UNLEASHED on Substack. We are sometimes asked why, and how it relates to the Ancient Origins website and Ancient Origins Magazine, so we wanted to explain it plainly.

A closed, direct community

The open web has changed. Much of what people see online now reaches them through search engines and social media feeds that decide what is shown and to whom. A growing share of what fills those feeds is produced automatically, in volume, with little connection to a real person behind it.

Launching Ancient Wisdom Academy

In 2026 we launched Ancient Wisdom Academy, a home for online courses from Ancient Origins. Its tagline is "Ancient Wisdom for the Modern World".

Why we started it

For many years, Ancient Origins has published about the ideas, practices and beliefs of ancient cultures. Much of that wisdom is still relevant: how to live well, how to think clearly, how to face difficulty, how to relate to others and to the world around us.

Behind the scenes: moving our members' recordings to a new video platform

Most of what we do at Stella Novus is visible: articles, magazine issues, newsletters, courses. Some of it is not. This post is about one of the less visible jobs, which we finished in October 2026: moving the Ancient Origins members' recording library to a new video platform.

What we moved

Over time, Ancient Origins has run webinars and interviews for its members. Each one was recorded, and together they had built up into a library of 179 webinar and interview recordings.

What running publishing businesses taught us about using AI

Stella Novus runs publishing and education businesses: the Ancient Origins website, Ancient Origins Magazine, Ancient Origins UNLEASHED on Substack and, since 2026, Ancient Wisdom Academy. Like many small companies, we have spent the last few years working out where AI helps and where it does not.

We do not have every answer. But we have learned enough to share a few practical lessons. They are also part of why we set up Nexus AI Advisory.

Welcoming Sakis Serafeim as Partner at Nexus AI Advisory

We are pleased to welcome Sakis (Athanasios) Serafeim to Nexus AI Advisory as Partner and Chief Commercial Officer.

Nexus is the Stella Novus company that helps businesses adopt AI in a practical way. From the start, we wanted the team to include people who have run businesses day to day, not only people who study or advise on them. Sakis brings exactly that.

Sakis's background

Sakis has more than 20 years of experience in dental production and hospitality.

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