FINANCIAL SERVICES & FINTECH
Silicon Valley for Financial Services
Curated immersion programs connecting banking and fintech executives with the founders, operators, and researchers reshaping financial infrastructure.
The gap between incumbent financial institutions and fintech challengers is closing fast. AI is being embedded in credit, compliance, fraud, and customer experience. The executives who understand what's being built in Silicon Valley right now will make better decisions about where to invest, what to build, and who to partner with.
135+
YC-funded fintech startups in the Bay Area
$244B
in global AI venture capital in 2025, up 85% YoY
Visa, PayPal, Stripe, Coinbase
all headquartered in the Bay Area
Sources: PitchBook 2025 Annual VC Report, Y Combinator Directory
WHAT YOU'LL EXPLORE
The Future of Payments Infrastructure
Where payments infrastructure is heading: real-time rails, embedded finance, and stablecoins. Conversations with Bay Area founders building the plumbing that banks will run on in 10 years. This is a Silicon Valley fintech immersion session you won't get at a conference.
Who you meet: Bay Area payments founders, infrastructure engineers
AI in Credit and Risk
How AI is changing underwriting, fraud detection, and risk modeling. Practical conversations with founders who've deployed these systems at scale and the researchers pushing the boundaries.
Who you meet: AI founders, risk engineers, Stanford HAI researchers
What Banks Get Wrong About Digital Transformation
An honest conversation about why most digital transformation programs in banking fail and what successful ones have in common. Insights from operators who've done it from both sides.
Who you meet: Former bank executives turned Bay Area founders, enterprise operators
Embedded Finance and Banking-as-a-Service
Every major tech platform now wants to be a bank. How embedded finance and Banking-as-a-Service are reshaping who delivers financial products, and what that means for traditional institutions thinking about distribution, partnerships, and platform strategy.
Who you meet: Bay Area BaaS founders, platform operators
Crypto, Stablecoins, and Digital Assets
Stablecoins processed over $5T in 2024. Where do digital assets actually fit in institutional finance? A sober look at what's production-ready today, what the regulatory trajectory looks like, and how traditional banks are positioning for a multi-rail world.
Who you meet: Bay Area crypto founders, compliance experts, institutional investors
Regulatory Technology and Compliance Innovation
Compliance costs keep climbing, and so does the complexity. How AI and automation are transforming KYC, transaction monitoring, and regulatory reporting. Conversations with RegTech founders who've built products used by banks processing billions in daily volume.
Who you meet: RegTech founders, compliance officers, legal experts
WHERE WE TAKE YOU
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