Thursday, July 5, 2018

Startup Uses AI to Give Millennials the Credit They Deserve

They’re spending money on avocado toast and lattes. Yet they hate diamonds. But forget the memes. Between the absurd cost of college — and even more ludicrous housing costs in top job markets — the financial challenges young adults face are anything but humorous. That can make the idea of building a strong credit history a grim punchline. This is where Deserve steps in. Rather than using traditional metrics — like FICO scores — that look backward, the Silicon Valley startup uses machine learning to look forward.