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Guru Atlu

Co-founder, Finn AI

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Guru Atlu co-founded Finn AI in Vancouver in 2014 and served as its chief technology officer. The company began as Payso, a free peer-to-peer mobile payments app, then shifted to building AI chatbots for banks and credit unions, working with Visa, BMO and ATB Financial. Glia acquired Finn AI in June 2022.

Guru hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Guru co-founded Finn AI, which appears in 2 talks in the archive.

Quick answers

Who founded Finn AI?

BetaKit reported on 2022-06-27 that Finn AI was founded in 2014 by Jake Tyler (CEO), Natalie Cartwright (COO) and Guru Atlu (CTO).

What was Payso?

The Globe and Mail reported on 2015-06-10 that Payso was a free peer-to-peer mobile payment startup co-founded in Vancouver in late 2014 by Cartwright, Tyler and Atlu, with Atlu as chief technology officer. BetaKit reported on 2016-04-13 that Payso was winding down its consumer payments app to white-label a conversational banking product for banks and credit unions.

What happened to Finn AI?

BetaKit reported on 2022-06-27 that Glia, a US customer service software company and former partner, acquired Finn AI, which had raised around $17.5 million, and planned to keep its Canadian office as a conversational AI centre.

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