Arteria AI

It was a pleasure to provide the keynote at the FACL Ontario conference earlier this month. I enjoyed speaking about my "unusual" career path, life at Arteria AI, and the themes of entrepreneurship, what's new in AI and a skeptical profession/industry moving into inevitable change. In particular, I appreciated the dialogue and curiousity from the audience in asking about how we go about running Arteria AI as a founding team. Love to see lawyers thinking about how they can make an impact in business beyond the traditional practice of law! Congratulations to Hillson Tse and the entire FACL team on an incredible conference and gala! #FACLOntario #ArteriaAI #ArtificialIntelligence #Entrepreneurship

Each year, I always think of International Women’s Day as being a super fun party with all of the amazing businesswomen and female founders I love and am grateful for, who have obliterated glass ceilings and inspired me at every step of my journey. On this IWD, however, my thoughts are steadfastly with the women from all corners of the world who are fighting for their rights and striving for education and equality (and freedom).  I admire your strength and resilience but wish you did not need so much of it. Closer to home, my amazing daughter embodies the spirit of IWD each day. She has already begun to question the world around her and enjoys creating in her own special way.  She reminds me the importance of nurturing the next generation and ensuring they grow up in a more equitable world. Here is to the women who inspire us, challenge us, and lead the way forward! #internationalwomensday #iwd2024 #womenempowerment #iwd #iwd24

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I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Strategic Account Director at Arteria AI! I am thrilled to be joining Arteria AI. Arteria AI works with large financial institutions to help them solve their data and documentation challenges. Key use cases span across the enterprise, but any areas that involve any type of documentation, whether this be in securities services, trading, front-to-back lending, capital markets, etc. is an opportunity, many of which Arteria has, and is delivering for large financial institutions. Key benefits from the product include access to data for smarter and faster decisions and to drive straight-through processing, efficiency gains, increased standardization, and reduced risk. I have worked in the financial services industry for over 25 years. I have worked with some of the most extraordinary people and am filled with tremendous gratitude for all those along the way I have learned from, and have supported me. I hope I gave as much to this community as it has given to me. My clients have become friends and family. With these next steps at Arteria AI, I look forward to forming a new relationship with you. Here's to the next chapter! Please see the attached press release for additional information. https://lnkd.in/ehz8-CpD

What a delightful surprise to kick off 2024 by being recognized as one of "Canada's Best Startup Employers” by Forbes! Rankings were based on employee satisfaction, growth and employer reputation. Arterians, this is a testament to the incredible culture you have created. Congratulations! cc. Abrar Huq, Amir Hajian, Jonathan Wong, John Wallace, Mark Bennewith, Brent Taylor, Gaurav Nagar, Jason Diller, Bailey Dougherty, Arteria AI

My Dearest Arterians,   I cannot believe we are at the end of another year. In some ways, I am never quite ready for a year to be finished. I always want to plant one more seed to advance the business. Only with your help, this year we have: - Continued on our incredibly strong growth trajectory with new customers, and significantly deepened our existing relationships. - Completed our oversubscribed Series B financing round led by the one and only GGV Capital U.S. (thank you Jeff Richards and Chelcie Taylor), with participation from all existing major investors (!!!), including Illuminate, Information VP, BDC, and Citi bringing our total funding to $50 million US to date. Huzzah!    - Continued to explore our culture more deeply and why it matters. Arterians, thank you for embodying friendliness, relentlessness, curiosity and collaboration each day. Personal highlights include moments like: - Watching our A-Team of Senior MDs from premier financial institutions land in NYC/London. - Working closely with our teams via the Dailies and collectively imagining a world where incredible folks like Jason and Maria would see fit to join our mission. Also, a huge shout out to our implementation partners who are allowing us the gift of true HULK scale. - Watching our Board paint a symbolic flag for the Arterians on a warm summer dock. Thank you for being game and for being such an incredible set of advisors and mentors for our business.   I would be remiss if I did not #humblebrag that this was the year we were listed on in 2023 CB Insights AI 100 ranking, recognizing the most promising private AI companies in the world. We were also recognized by Gartner as one of just three companies in its recently released “Cool Vendors in Applying Generative AI to Banking” report. Hats off to Dr. Hajian and our incredible Science team!   Arterians, we fought for every inch and mile. In a tough market. And won. Because of your ingenuity but also because of your big hearts. And our commitment to never.being.complacent – a value we will affirm every year. When we miss, we will do better. When we stumble, we will rise. And when we are cruising, we will challenge ourselves to make sure we aren’t coasting.   Most importantly, thanks to our Senior Team, our people are happy! Arteria is an extreme sport and certainly isn’t for everyone – but for those who love it here, it is a privilege and a pleasure to try and be a zero with you.   My final thought is that it is really the moments where we were imperfect that stick out for me most of all. When I would call the world’s best co-founders, Abrar and Jono, to tell them I messed something up or had a rough day. Being able to laugh so hard about the good and the bad. Sticking together on our worst day. That is what makes it worthwhile.   So let me say thank you over and over again. I continue to be overwhelmed with gratitude for each of you.   Get ready for next year – we have momentum. Let’s go!   Live long and prosper 🖖.