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Nat Cartwright of Finn presents Building a successful company from a product you know nothing about
Watch on YouTube ↗Raise of the Month: Finn AI
Watch on YouTube ↗First seen on the TechVancouver stage in 2014. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Natalie ↗
In their words
two weeks after this we had $76 in our bank account we had to lay off our whole team
the core principles that really let us succeed were surrounding ourselves with great people loving our customer to death and constantly pivoting and asking questions
when you're a Canadian company and you want to put your press release next to the American companies you make it as big as possible because we have to raise less because our cost is less
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Quick answers
What is Natalie Cartwright known for?
Co-founding Finn AI in Vancouver in 2014 and running it as COO. Finn AI built white-label virtual banking assistants and was acquired by Glia in June 2022.
What happened to Finn AI?
Glia acquired it in June 2022. Glia said it would keep and expand the Vancouver office as a conversational AI centre of excellence, with Finn AI's management moving into Glia roles.
Has Natalie Cartwright spoken at TechTO?
She spoke twice on the TechVancouver stage — a 2017 talk on building a company around a product she knew nothing about, and a 2018 'Raise of the Month' session on Finn AI's Series A.