Why AI Is Making Bad Companies Worse, with Kristina Mydlar

This week on the Ways to Wealth Podcast, Charlie speaks to Kristina Mydlar, founder of Mydlar Consulting, a boutique London firm that helps fintech and financial services companies put AI to work where it actually makes a difference.Kristina spent over 20 years in banking and finance before everything changed in a single evening. During COVID, she found out from a Financial Times article on a Monday night that the company she worked for was being shut down. A few days later a stranger messaged her on LinkedIn asking for help, she remembered a line from Richard Branson about saying yes when opportunity knocks, and a business was born. Her partners have since raised over a billion pounds in equity for their clients.The most useful part of this conversation is how bluntly Kristina cuts through the AI hype. She'll tell you that you cannot bolt AI onto a business that hasn't sorted out its own processes, because all it does is magnify the problems already there, and then everyone blames the technology instead of the homework that never got done. She explains why some client meetings feel more like therapy sessions, why company valuations are starting to look inflated, and what investors are now quietly scrutinising before they part with a penny.This is a clear-eyed look at where the money actually is right now, what separates the founders who break through from the ones who stall, and why the hardest part of going out on your own has nothing to do with the admin.Watch every episode of the Ways to Wealth Podcast here: www.eccuity.com/podcastsLearn more about Kristina here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristina-mydlar-310b7b10/Learn more about Kristina's company here: https://www.mydlarconsulting.com/#waystowealth #ai #fintech #fundraising #venturecapital #financialservices #entrepreneurship #consulting #london #startups #founders #generativeai #investing #wealthbuilding