It was truly an evening to remember, where I got to meet my most favourite people in the Boston area! Entrepreneurs, Advisers, C10Labs Team, the Cohort 2 at C10, and hearing some of the Cohort 2 team founders present to the audience!
By Jean Luc Juste Zeeshan Shaikh, co-founder of TitanPayAI, had the privilege of presenting the company’s vision at the prestigious Imagination in Action (IIA) conference, hosted by MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). The event was organized by Daniela Rus, Director of MIT CSAIL, and John Werner, who brought together some of the …
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In February 2023, the journey of TitanPayAI, then known as “Artorian,” reached a pivotal moment. While the business idea had already gained validation through conversations with global banks, questions lingered about its future, particularly as Zeeshan Shaikh, the founder, faced significant career decisions. With graduation from MIT approaching in June 2023, Zeeshan was in the midst of interviews for high-profile Payment Head roles at global banks. The risk of fully committing to the startup was daunting, and Zeeshan was hesitant to engage in competitions for validation. However, a team member’s insistence led them to participate in the prestigious NFX FAST Competition, held at MIT and Harvard, offering $100K to selected startups.
Zeeshan Shaikh never set out to be an entrepreneur. The idea of founding a startup wasn’t a lifelong dream but rather a path that emerged through the experiences and inspirations he encountered during his time at MIT. This is the story of how Zeeshan transitioned from a corporate career in banking to launching TitanPayAI, a startup poised to revolutionize the payments industry.
Thank you to C10 Labs for hosting us in August to talk about Emerging Value in AI.
This is a technology that could contribute $15.7T to the global economy by 2030 from PWC’s 2023 AI report (src).
Our main takeaway? The Emerging Value in AI lies in intersectional use cases that combine 1.) Top Teams with 2.) Unique / Proprietary Datasets and 3.) Domain expertise
….to build enduring solutions.
Peter George is a relationship-first FinTech revenue professional who builds trust by finding common ground. Today he is a Managing Director of Financial Institutions at financial data platform MX.
EnFi is building an agentic, native AI software platform for financial institutions. Their technology will give lenders the power of 10,000 analysts so they can better analyze what is going on with the complex credit in their active loan portfolios and source & underwrite these instruments better over time.
Haley Wilcox is a competitor, listener, and solution driven revenue leader who has built partnerships through environments spicy and mild. Today she is the Director of Enterprise Sales & Partnerships at Boston food technology leader ezCater.
Form Health is a virtual obesity medicine clinic that provides science-based obesity care to help patients achieve their weight loss and health goals. Each patient works 1:1 with an obesity medicine doctor and Registered Dietician to build personalized treatment plans which address lifestyle changes and include a prescription for FDA approved medication (when appropriate).
Wicket is building advanced facial recognition software technology to make the live event experience better. This team is changing the stadium experience so fans can get to their seats faster, enjoy themselves, and stadiums get to improve their operational rigor too. That’s a win-win.
