4000+
Fintech AI pioneers reached
500+
Fintechs and banks represented
1 day
Hackathon
1 GPU
For the winner
Why Fintech AI Hackathon
It’s 2025 and only 32% of fintechs and banks are using AI in financial decisioning.
A group of AI pioneers decided to change that. We want to showcase the power of AI to our peers, spark more AI adoption, and make financial decisioning more meritocratic.
The first-of-its-kind Fintech AI Hackathon features live AI model building and spectating, real talks from AI leaders, and endless opportunities for real relationship building.
Meet Your Hosts
Shawn Budde
Co-founder, Ensemblex
Co-founder, Zest.ai
Chief Customer Officer, Capital One
15 years applying AI in underwriting
Leland Burns
MD of Analysis, Ensemblex
Director of Business Analysis, Zest.ai
10 years applying AI in underwriting
Mike Armstrong
​Co-founder, Ensemblex
President, Zest.ai
GM of affinity card, Capital One
15 years applying AI in underwriting
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Jim McGuire
MD of Data Science, Ensemblex
Director of Data Science, Zest.ai
14 years applying AI in underwriting
Chloe Zhu, CFA
​Co-founder, Gestalt
New Product Lead, Mission Lane
All-American Research Team, JPMorgan
6 years applying AI in underwriting
Brett Norton
Lead Engineer, Gestalt
CTO, Provenir
25 years of applying AI in underwriting
Agenda and Speakers
To be announced soon
