In this episode of the Wharton Fintech Podcast, Jackson Ellis sits down with Sid Jayakumar, founder and CEO of FinsterAI. Sid shares his journey from a background in engineering to founding FinsterAI, a company redefining how financial professionals interact with data. The conversation dives into:
- The vision behind Finster: an intelligent platform that leverages AI to streamline financial analysis, automate research, and improve decision-making
- What differentiates Finster in a crowded AI and fintech landscape
- How Finster enhances workflows for analysts and investors
- The strategic challenges of scaling an AI-driven financial product
- How Finster navigates the evolving regulatory environment for AI in finance and what the future holds for intelligent financial systems
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In this episode of the Wharton Fintech Podcast, Jackson Ellis sits down with Sid Jayakumar, founder and CEO of FinsterAI. Sid shares his journey from a background in engineering to founding FinsterAI, a company redefining how financial professionals interact with data. The conversation dives into:
- The vision behind Finster: an intelligent platform that leverages AI to streamline financial analysis, automate research, and improve decision-making
- What differentiates Finster in a crowded AI and fintech landscape
- How Finster enhances workflows for analysts and investors
- The strategic challenges of scaling an AI-driven financial product
- How Finster navigates the evolving regulatory environment for AI in finance and what the future holds for intelligent financial systems
Altamont Capital Partners MD, Sam Gaynor - Investing Across Insurance & The Accelerant Risk Exchange
Wharton FinTech Podcast
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Altamont Capital Partners MD, Sam Gaynor - Investing Across Insurance & The Accelerant Risk Exchange
In today's episode, Ben Newman sits down with Sam Gaynor, managing director at
Altamont Capital Partners, for an insightful conversation on investing across the
insurance landscape. Sam shares his path to private equity, how Altamont navigates the
complexity of investing in insurance businesses, and his perspective on when it makes
sense to build vs. buy a company.
Tune in to hear about:
- Why private equity has traditionally shied away from insurance—and why
Altamont is leaning in
- Altamont’s investment in Accelerant, a risk exchange transforming the specialty
insurance value chain through advanced data ingestion, transparency, and
analytics
- Altamont’s approach to de novo financial services investments
Wharton FinTech Podcast
In this episode of the Wharton Fintech Podcast, Jackson Ellis sits down with Sid Jayakumar, founder and CEO of FinsterAI. Sid shares his journey from a background in engineering to founding FinsterAI, a company redefining how financial professionals interact with data. The conversation dives into:
- The vision behind Finster: an intelligent platform that leverages AI to streamline financial analysis, automate research, and improve decision-making
- What differentiates Finster in a crowded AI and fintech landscape
- How Finster enhances workflows for analysts and investors
- The strategic challenges of scaling an AI-driven financial product
- How Finster navigates the evolving regulatory environment for AI in finance and what the future holds for intelligent financial systems
