Vol. 16 How AI supercharged Fintech with Jian @ Orbbit

[Hosts]Jucheng (Jack) | Raychen[Guest speaker]Jian Ruan, co-founder and CTO of Orbbit[What you’ll hear]Part I. Before Orbbit 01:22 Before Orbbit: gap year, product management, engineering, and research 05:42 Rice freshman: witnessing GPT-3 launch and sensing an AI revolution 06:39 Major in statistics to grasp the math behind AI 09:01 Why launch Orbbit right after college: AI boom and visa strategy (O-1) 11:51 AI moves beyond fixed software interfaces 13:19 Seizing the moment: AI makes now prime time for startups 13:47 Minimum Viable Founder (MVF) 14:16 The notion of “Ikigai” 17:09 Vertical SaaS: niche AI tools thrive where one-size-fits-all failsPart II. Orbbit 18:06 Diving into Orbbit: building financing tools for small business gaps 19:32 Orbbit vs. banks: modern, digital finance over slow traditional loans 19:58 Embedded finance explained: get funding without leaving your software 21:22 Every business can use fintech: the embedded trend is growing 23:16 Stripe handles payments; Orbbit underwrites and funds net terms 31:21 AI SaaS partners help reach more customers through financingPart III. AI for founders 35:11 AI for founders: pick up new skills on the fly 36:07 Rapid prototyping: AI streamlines idea to product workflow 36:36 Vibe coding caution: always review AI-generated code 38:05 Journaling hack: use LLMs to analyze your daily logs 39:58 Founder life challenge: balancing focus, priorities, and well-beingPart IV. Jian’s 2 cents 42:24 Advice: build first, learn along the way 43:51 Growth hack: small daily improvements compound over time 46:41 Recommended resources: AI newsletters, fintech reads, and podcasts[Mentioned articles, books, people]AI: Daily AI newsletter: News curation about AI by AI news.smol.aiFintech: Fintech Takes newsletter: fintechtakes.comGeneral startup/market etc All In podcast: open.spotify.com BG2 podcast: open.spotify.com Acquired podcast: open.spotify.comJian’s Medium: levelup.gitconnected.com levelup.gitconnected.com- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -【在这里找到我们】 公众号：双成记 收听渠道：苹果｜小宇宙｜QQ音乐 海外用户：Apple Podcast｜Spotify 如果你是一名华人创业者/投资人，期待与你交流。 欢迎添加微信：jacknottim，备注“双成记 - 嘉宾”。在小宇宙查看该单集文稿