DAVID L. WADLEY
David L. Wadley is an award-winning author, SEC-accredited investor, independent filmmaker, and cultural thinker whose work explores the intersection of artificial intelligence, economics, and African American empowerment. Through both fiction and nonfiction, Wadley examines how emerging technologies reshape democracy, wealth, identity, and opportunity in the modern world.
Award-Winning Author Exploring AI, Power, and Afrofuturist Futures
David L. Wadley
He is the author of AI Stocks Made Simple: A Beginner’s Guide to AI Investing and Online Trading, a practical introduction for readers seeking to understand artificial intelligence, stock markets, and long-term investing without hype or jargon. Wadley is also the author of the Afrofuturist political thriller Kamala 2028, a near-future novel exploring AI-driven misinformation, elections, and Black women’s political leadership.
Wadley is the creator of The AI Revolution: African American Trilogy, which includes The AI Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Passport Bro, and Bulls, Bears, and Bad Bitches. The first volume, The AI Revolution Will Not Be Televised, received the Literary Titan Gold Book Award and was named a Finalist for the Readers’ Favorite International Book Award. The trilogy blends artificial intelligence, finance, culture, and Afrofuturist storytelling to examine economic power in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
He is the founder of The Price Bandit LLC, a media and education platform with a YouTube channel dedicated to exploring artificial intelligence, investing literacy, and future-focused storytelling. Wadley is also the creator of Stock Soul, an original educational concept that blends classic R&B music with financial literacy lessons, using sound and culture to make investing concepts more accessible.
He completed the Applied Value Investing Certificate Program through Wharton Online, deepening his expertise in long-term, value-based investing and financial education.
As an independent filmmaker, Wadley was the writer, producer, and director of Dark Angels (1998), now streaming. He also worked as a Supervising Sound Editor at major Hollywood studios, experience that continues to inform his approach to storytelling, sound, and narrative impact.
Prior to transitioning fully into media and writing, Wadley built a diverse public-service career: he served as a firefighter, spent more than two decades as an Immigration Services Officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and held roles as an Individual Taxpayer Advisory Specialist with the Internal Revenue Service and a Military Pay Technician with the U.S. Department of Defense. Together, these experiences reflect a sustained commitment to public service, discipline, and civic responsibility.