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


To hear more from Leaders in Lending, check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on our website.
Listening on a desktop & can’t see the links? Just search for Leaders in Lending on your favorite podcast player.