The AI Future of Student Lending | Jeannie Tarkenton CEO Funding U | Atlanta Startup Podcast

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Using its proprietary fintech AI that accesses behavior, not balance sheets, Funding U is the national leader in no-co-signer student lending, a $30B+ annual market. Now is a pivotal time for college and university students. The Supreme Court's decision ending race-based admissions policies at colleges and universities sets a tone that leaves a gap in confidence for the millions of students who do not have family wealth to draw on to fund rising education costs.
In conversation with an early investor, Lisa Calhoun at Valor VC, CEO and founder Jeannie Tarkenton of Funding U dives into:
1) How big an impact the new post-affirmative action Supreme Court ruling will have on students of color
2) The scale of the student lending opportunity
3) How to help more students access non-predatory lending as they prepare to finish college
4) How AI-based lenders like Funding U stack up against traditional FICO loans in terms of rates, loan payments, APRs, re-payment, and loan terms.