The mortgage industry is racing toward an AI-powered future — but as every builder knows, innovation only scales when the foundation is solid.

In this episode of MISMO Mic’d Up, Brian Vieaux sits down with Ben Sherman, CEO of Viant Eye, and Chris Trujillo, Director of Product Strategy, to unpack the launch of MISMO Link — a major new capability designed to transform how the industry creates, explores, and implements MISMO standards.

This conversation goes beyond the announcement. Together, they explore:

Why centralizing MISMO standards is critical to faster innovation

How MISMO Link dramatically improves accessibility to the MISMO Reference Model

What this means for fintech builders, AI startups, and lenders entering the ecosystem

The role of SmartDocs and eNotes in driving real, measurable economic value

Why standards are the quiet force multiplier behind automation, AI, and loan quality

Chris shares the vision behind MISMO Link’s phased rollout — from Model Explorer to dataset management and future API and AI-driven integrations — while Ben connects the dots between standards, tooling, and interoperability across the housing finance ecosystem.

The episode also tackles a big idea:

As AI accelerates into mortgage, all roads lead back to MISMO — and MISMO Link is rapidly becoming the on-ramp.

If you care about scalability, data integrity, AI readiness, or simply making mortgage technology work better, this episode is required listening.