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Jamie Budesky is the founder of CardGrade.io, the AI-powered card grading platform — and the engineer who built its computer-vision grading pipeline, from image capture to sub-grade analysis. An Army veteran, entrepreneur, and IT specialist who has built systems for the U.S. Department of Defense since 2017, Jamie brings a systems-and-data lens to the hobby. Based in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, he writes about grading standards, AI vs. human grading, and pre-submission strategy — grounded in CardGrade's data across thousands of graded cards.
Latest articles by Jamie
Tips & Tricks
How to Pre-Grade Your Cards: A Collector's Checklist for More 9s and 10s
Experienced submitters run every card through the same mental checklist before it ever reaches PSA, BGS, or CGC. Here is that checklist, in order, and how CGI Vision runs it for you in under a minute.
Jamie BudeskyJul 8, 2026
Technology
Forensic Capture: Eight Per-Corner Macros That Catch What a Single Photo Misses
Forensic Capture is CardGrade's premium grade: eight per-corner macros, stitched live, for sharper whitening, fraying, and edge-wear detection.
Jamie Budesky