Lending giant Upstart has laid off about 140 employees — or 7% of its total workforce — who help process loan applications, sources told TechCrunch. The cloud-based AI lending platform notified it
Tala, an emerging markets digital lender that offers loans between $10 to $500 to consumers and small business owners, has raised $145 million in Series E funding. Upstart, a company founded by ex-Goo
Per a new dataset I spent this morning chewing on, VCs are firing cannons of capital into the AI startup world while exits reach new records.
If the pattern of more relaxed debuts continues, this could be its start.
So much for a December slowdown — this morning, Airbnb and C3.ai raised their IPO price ranges and we got early pricing information from Upstart and Wish.
The DOJ challenges Visa’s acquisition of a fintech startup, Apple releases the latest version of iOS and goPuff acquires an iconic alcohol retailer. This is your Daily Crunch for November 5, 202
While the world awaits the Airbnb IPO filing that could come as early as next week, Upstart dropped its own S-1 filing. The fintech startup facilitates loans between consumers and partner banks, an op
“Then I took your ancestor Abraham from the other side of the Euphrates River and led him through the entire land of Canaan. I multiplied his descendants, and gave him his son Isaac.” That’s a p
CommonBond, one of the biggest of the second generation of startups tackling online lending, has launched a direct student loan product as it expands its footprint in the debt business. The company is
Upstart, a nearly five-year-old online lending company that prides itself on quickly identifying people who are less likely to default on money leant them, has raised $32.5 million in fresh fundin
Consumer debt remains one of the biggest challenges with the American economy. The average household has $130,922 in debt, and debt interest payments represent 9 percent of the average household incom
With one eye on businesses <a target="_blank" href="http://www.inc.com/magazine/201211/burt-helm/hard-lessons-in-modern-lending.html">abandoned in the wake of the financial crisis</a> and the other o
A year ago, Dave Girouard left his position as the president of Google Enterprise to start a new company, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.upstart.com">Upstart</a>, that allows users (mostly recent
Dave Girouard, the former president of Google Enterprise, has struck out on his own with a new startup called <a target="_blank" href="http://www.upstart.com">Upstart</a>, which offers crowdfunding an