Today's guest is Matt Weaver, Head of Solutions Engineering for EMEA at OpenAI, working directly with some of the biggest names in financial services including Revolut, Alicabank, and BBVA.

Before OpenAI, Matt spent four years at a pre-ChatGPT AI company helping banks extract data from documents using traditional machine learning.

When ChatGPT burst onto the scene and disrupted everything he was working on, he knew there was only one place he needed to be, and he was fortunate enough to get the call from OpenAI, where he's spent the last two years building out the Solutions Engineering team across EMEA from the ground up.

In the full episode, we cover:

• How AI has moved from pilots to production inside major financial institutions
• What GPT-5.5 can do that the models couldn't six months ago
• The highest ROI use cases in financial services right now
• How OpenAI helps banks navigate regulation, compliance, and data residency
• What AI agents actually are, and how long they can now run without human input
• Why entry-level employees are outperforming tenured colleagues with AI tools
• How to go use ChatGPT to it best of power

If you're in fintech, working inside a financial institution, or trying to understand how AI is actually being deployed at scale, this one is essential listening.

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Today's guest is Dileep Thazhmon, Founder & CEO of Jeeves, one of the fastest-scaling fintechs to come out of Y Combinator (YC S20)

Before Jeeves, Dileep built PowerInbox (later Jeeng) to $40M in revenue and a ~$100M exit. While running PowerInbox, Dileep ran headfirst into the chaos of cross-border payments, multiple cards, multiple bank accounts, different payment rails in every country, making his CFO's life a daily reconciliation nightmare.

After his exit, he set out to solve that exact problem and founded Jeeves. Today it's valued at over $2B, operates in 25 countries, and powers global spend for thousands of companies.

In the full episode, we cover:

- His early years and the unlikely path that led him into fintech
- How the idea for Jeeves came directly out of his own pain as a founder
- Why B2B fintech is a completely different game from B2C
- His experience going through Y Combinator
- What it's like having Ben Horowitz and a16z as investor
- The fintech opportunities he's most excited about right now
- His hiring philosophy
- The one piece of advice he'd give young graduates

If you're in fintech, building a company, or curious how global fintech actually gets built, this one's worth your time.

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Today's guest is Paroma Chatterjee, CEO of Revolut India, leading one of the world's most valuable fintechs into one of the world's most complex markets.

Paroma has built her career at the intersection of ambition and execution, and there's no better proof of that than what Revolut India has become: a 3,600-person operation in a country where Revolut was virtually unknown just a few years ago.

In this episode, we dive into:

- Paroma's early career and what shaped her leadership style
- Revolut's big ambitions in India, and what the product actually looks like on the ground
- Why it took so long to launch in India, and what finally changed
- The real moats that make Revolut different
- How the Indian fintech industry has evolved, and where it's headed
- What the culture inside Revolut is actually like
- Her hiring philosophy and what she looks for in people
- Opportunities in the age of AI for young professionals

If you're working in fintech, thinking about joining a high-growth global company, or just want to understand what it takes to scale a business in India, this one is worth your time.

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