Friday Harbor

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We're #hiring a new Senior Software Engineer in United States. Apply today or share this post with your network.

Friday Harbor is proud to announce we are SOC 2 Type II compliant. Thank you Johanson Group LLP for the kind words!

We are open for business here on the exhibit floor at MBA Annual! Come by and see a demo of our industry first AI-native Originator Assistant. Booth #312

See you Sunday in Denver for MBA's Annual Conference! Come by our booth (#312) to see a demo of the industry's first AI-native (no BPO) Originator Assistant. Click below to schedule a one-on-one demo at the conference: https://lnkd.in/g83gp4FK

We look forward to seeing you at MBA's Annual Conference in Denver in 10 days! Click on link below to schedule a demo of our industry first AI-native originator assistant: https://lnkd.in/g83gp4FK

Congratulations to MBA member Bill Hajjar on becoming Senior Vice President of Sales at Friday Harbor! Bill will be instrumental in promoting awareness and driving industry adoption of cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology. Cheers to you, Bill! #MBAMemberSpotlight

Welcome to the team, Bill Hajjar

This month, I wrote an article published in Scotsman Guide, the leading mortgage trade journal for mortgage originators. The topic was how lenders and originators can think clearly about using AI in the real world. A quick recap: 1) Tedium Reduction: My number one rule for evaluating mortgage AI tools: does this application actually make my job simpler and/or reduce tedium? The essential promise of AI is simplification. 2) GenAI/Chatbots: AI chatbots are amazing but they're not the final use case for AI. Very soon you will see AI applications (like Friday Harbor) that embed AI seamlessly into the actual, real-life process of originating loans. 3) Under the hood: You don't need to become an expert in AI terminology to experiment with the latest tools. I don't know how a carburetor works but I can still drive a car quite well, thank you. Bottom line: I talk with a lot of mortgage industry leaders and they all agree this industry will be completely transformed by AI in the next 5 years. The trouble is, no one (NO ONE) knows exactly how AI will play out, exactly. I humbly suggest that you don't need to know how AI will play out in advance! This is an incredible moment where you can experiment with lots of tools and see what actually brings simplification and tedium reduction -- and potentially find a huge competitive advantage for your business. If we layered AI onto the internet's adoption timeline, we would be somewhere around the year 1995. Imagine someone in 1995 ask, "Should I choose email or web browsers for my business?" In retrospect, the answer is obviously "YES, use both!" My point is: seize this moment to experiment, pilot, and help discover the future!

We're thrilled to share that Friday Harbor's CEO, Theo Ellis, CFA, is a member of the Mortgage Bankers Association Associate Advisory Council. This Council's goal is to find ways to drive continued innovation in the mortgage industry. The Mortgage Bankers Association truly leads the way: not just in the mortgage industry but really as an example of how a professional trade group can foster a thriving ecosystem.