E265 Otkrist Gupta, VP of Engineering at LendBuzz

Today's guest is Otkrist Gupta, Vice President of Engineering at LendBuzz in Boston, MA. Founded in 2015, Lendbuzz uses Big Data analytics to significantly improve access to credit for international students and professionals living in the US. They look beyond a simple credit score and focus on our customers'​ background information such as employment, educational, financial or personal history to assess their creditworthiness and grant the customer a loan.

Lendbuzz offers their international customers access to car loans and car refinancing at exceptionally attractive terms and rates regardless of credit history, credit score and lack of social security number. Their proprietary artificial intelligence enables and expands access to credit for deserving borrowers and their algorithms allow them to speed up the loan process, from application to funding. Lendbuzz believe that anyone working, studying and living in the US is eligible for access to credit at fair rates!

In the episode, Otkrist will discuss:

His journey to Lendbuzz,

The interesting work they do in the Financial Services sector,

How they are using Machine Learning to improve their offerings to customers,

The growth of the team in the past few years,

Understanding the “why” of their mission at LendBuzz and

What the future holds for the company