AI FinServ Launchpad – Built for the people who know credit risk, not just the people who code

Whether you're founding a credit-native fintech or deploying AI inside an enterprise lending operation, Uptiq gives you the AI platform to move from idea to production in weeks.

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What is the FinServ Launchpad?

The FinServ Launchpad is for two kinds of builders and we built a track for each.

This is not an accelerator. Not an incubator. Not a hackathon.

This is a build + launch engine.

Engineering + AI + compliance + GTM + distribution — bundled.

The first is the fintech founder:

someone who has spent years inside lending, underwriting, or credit risk and is now building the product they always wished existed.

The second is the enterprise builder: a head of product or engineering inside a bank, credit union, non-bank lender, or volume seller who needs to deploy AI-driven credit risk workflows inside their organization, fast, without waiting years for an internal build.

Two Tracks — Choose Your Path

For Enterprise Builders

Product managers, heads of engineering, and innovation leads inside banks, credit unions, non-bank commercial lenders, and volume sellers who assess or extend credit at scale and need to deploy AI workflows without a multi-year build.

Outcome

Production-ready AI agents deployed inside your organization faster credit decisioning, automated risk assessment, and scalable intake workflows without rebuilding your stack.

For Fintech Founders

Operators, underwriters, and credit professionals building an AI-native product from scratch across lending origination, credit risk decisioning, SMB credit, or commercial underwriting.

Outcome

A production-ready product, first customers, and a clear path to revenue built on infrastructure that scales with you.

What You Get

Enterprise Builders

For Enterprise Builders

Product managers, heads of engineering, and innovation leads inside banks, credit unions, non-bank commercial lenders

Your challenge

Deploy AI workflows without a multi-year build

You get

Platform access to Uptiq QORE

Guided onboarding & community

Agent Store listing

200+ FI network access

Fintech Founders

For fintech founders

Operators, underwriters, and credit professionals building an AI-native product from scratch

Your challenge

Need engineering support, distribution, and go-to-market momentum

You get

Up to $100K in-kind engineering

$2,500/month infrastructure credits

Distribution to 200+ FIs

GTM + PR support

Compliance scaffolding

How the Program Works

90-day build + launch framework

Ignite

Define the financial pain point & business case

Outcome

Validation + $10K credits

Construct

Build MVP using QORE + AI engineers

Outcome

Working product

Activate

Pilot with real users via Uptiq & FI network

Outcome

First customers / revenue

Scale

Expand to full go-to-market

Outcome

Growth + distribution

Who Should Apply

This program is built for

Fintech founders with deep lending or credit domain expertise

Commercial lending and underwriting professionals ready to build

Product and engineering leaders at banks and credit unions

Heads of product at non-bank lenders

Innovation leads at volume sellers who extend or assess credit at scale

Risk and compliance professionals with a workflow problem worth solving

What we look for:

A specific lending or credit risk workflow you've experienced firsthand

A clear sense of who your first customer or pilot institution is

A business or deployment model beyond just platform usage

Alignment with our focus areas: commercial lending, SMB credit, equipment finance, non-bank lending, and enterprise credit risk

Ready to Build Your Nextgen Future?

We accept a small number of partners per cohort to ensure our team can meaningfully co-invest in your success.

Apply — We Review Every Application

AI FinServ Launchpad – Built for the people who know credit risk, not just the people who code

What is the FinServ Launchpad?

Two Tracks — Choose Your Path

What You Get

For Enterprise Builders

Your challenge

You get

For fintech founders

Your challenge

You get

How the Program Works

Who Should Apply

Ready to Build Your Nextgen Future?

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