Ep46: kumar Srivatsan - Co-Founder of OptaCredit on creating an A.I - Powered, Data-Driven Online Lender providing credit to millions across India.

A majority of the Indian population find it difficult to get credit! So today I speak with Kumar Srivatsan, who is on a mission to change this, he is the co-founder of OptaCredit an AI powered data driven online lender providing credit to people across India. Since demonetization they have seen an 300% increase in application and were mention in Forbes. So they are doing really well!

So in this podcast we talk about how he got started, What is A.I? , demonetization in India , how it actually works, why formal credit is hard to get in India. The vision of the company , Kumar also tells me what first time founders should be focussing on.

In this conversation we also talk about:

• His role withing the company
• Leadership and management style
• Startup challenges
• Reaction of friends , family , to starting the business
• Why demonetization is bad for contract killers!
• Is it Fun???

An much much more!

Links

https://www.optacredit.com/

@optacredit

Hosted And Produced by Neil Patel 

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