AI Lending 201: The Evolution of AI and Machine Learning at Upstart

Leaders in Lending

When you’re applying AI from scratch, there are a few lessons to keep in mind. One that stands out is to ensure the machine learning solution is well suited to the problem.

Here’s the story of how we evolved our ML strategy at Upstart.

Hear about how to apply AI in the lending environment from Leaders in Lending host Jeff Keltner, Senior Vice President of Business Development at Upstart:

• Challenges to overcome at the beginning stage of the ML journey
• Why feature engineering and first-party data build on each other
• The evolution of Upstart’s underwriting model
• Shifting from manual to automatic identity verification
• How to attain more interesting predictions and apply them in the credit industry
• Mitigating risk with creativity

More information about Jeff and today’s topics:

• LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffkeltner/
• Company Website: https://www.upstart.com/
• Ep. 41 - Back to Basics: AI Lending 101 w/ Jeff Keltner: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/back-to-basics-ai-lending-101/id1561389602?i=1000548218905

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