Building a US-India AI startup in fintech software

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An Operator's Blog - with Soumitra Sharma

Soumitra Sharma

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An Operator's Blog is hosted by Soumitra Sharma, General Partner at Operators Studio, a micro-VC firm focused on the US-India corridor. This podcast takes you into the world of startups and venture capital, featuring candid conversations focusing on sharing real operating insights, tips, and playbooks that you can immediately start using to solve your biggest challenges as a founder and operator. Join Soumitra as he cuts through the BS & interviews top founders, operators, and investors who have built businesses in the trenches for decades.

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Building a US-India AI startup in fintech software

An Operator's Blog - with Soumitra Sharma

52 minutes 22 seconds

6 months ago

Building a US-India AI startup in fintech software

This episode goes in-depth into the key operating aspects of building & scaling a US-India cross-border AI startup serving the US financial services market.

We cover everything from customer behavior & AI adoption patterns by large US financial services enterprises, approaches & frameworks for building fintech MVPs, state-wise & country-wise regulatory & business nuances, AI’s impact on fintech product roadmaps, tactics for US-India fintech software founders to find US design partners, go-to-market approaches for large enterprise GTM, emerging AI-driven fintech software pricing models, building a US fintech GTM team as a US-India founder, and finally, learnings from fintech fundraising in the Valley.

Joining me for this discussion is Shantanu Gangal, Founder & CEO of Prodigal, an AI platform for loan servicing & collection agents, both human and virtual. Prodigal’s Intelligence Engine touches ~40 million consumers in the US, Canada & UK. The company is backed by top-tier VCs like Accel & Menlo.

TIME STAMPS:

(01:15) AI’s impact on the US fintech software landscape

(08:22) Backstory of Prodigal

(12:02) Approaches & frameworks for building fintech MVPs

(15:42) State-wise & country-wise regulatory & business nuances

(21:44) Importance of meeting customers in person

(23:59) AI’s impact on fintech software product roadmaps

(32:59) Tactics for US-India fintech software founders to find US design partners

(37:25) Go-to-market motions for a US-India fintech software startup

(42:20) AI’s impact on fintech software pricing models

(46:45) Building a US fintech software GTM team as a US-India founder

(50:26) Learnings from fintech fundraising in Silicon Valley

Connect with Shantanu - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shantanugangal/ and follow him on X - @shantanugangal

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I am a venture investor focused on the US-India corridor. Feel free to reach out on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/soumitrasharma5/) and follow me on X (@soumitra_sharma).