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Matt Ober, a seed-stage venture capitalist at Social Leverage, discusses the evolving data economy, highlighting how AI is reshaping data business models, the emergence of new data sources, and the transformation of alternative data from alpha to beta.
In this podcast episode, David Haber and Zach Perret trace the dramatic rise, fall, and reset of the fintech industry, exploring how the sector went from receiving 25% of venture dollars to nearly zero and is now experiencing a resurgence driven by AI, embedded finance, and new approaches to financial services.
Max Levchin, co-founder and CEO of Affirm, discusses how his Buy Now, Pay Later company differentiates itself from traditional credit cards by offering transparent, no-hidden-fee lending with a focus on responsible borrowing and individual transaction underwriting.
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev discusses how the company is democratizing finance by breaking Wall Street rules, tokenizing private company shares, running prediction markets, and building a platform that makes everyone an owner.
Gene Ludwig and Paolo Bertolotti of ModernFi discuss how their innovative deposit network solution could help community banks survive future financial crises by creating a bank-owned consortium that addresses technology, economic, and alignment challenges in the banking ecosystem.
Clay Finck breaks down Interactive Brokers (IBKR), a global online brokerage with industry-low costs, highlighting its potential to grow from 4 million to 20 million accounts, its founder Thomas Peterffy's remarkable story, and its unique competitive advantages driven by automation and technology.
Max Levchin shares the story of building PayPal, Slide, and Affirm, exploring how his engineering mindset and pursuit of optimization have driven two decades of fintech innovation focused on improving human lives through more transparent and fair lending practices.
Suneera Madhani transformed a rejected payment processing idea into a billion-dollar fintech company, Stax, by leveraging digital marketing, white-label solutions, and relentless execution.
David Vélez, a Colombian entrepreneur, shares the story of founding Nubank, a digital bank that transformed banking in Latin America by providing accessible, low-cost financial services to millions of customers through a customer-obsessed, technology-driven approach.