Shilo.ai is going to have an easier time with product development thanks to a $2.6 million seed funding round. The AI assistant firm announced the funding round on Friday. The round was led by AZ-VC, Arizona’s largest venture capital fund, which was founded by Jack Selby, the managing director of Thiel Capital. “We’re not here […]
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Welcome back to Tech Pulse — a new weekly series rounding up the latest in technology, including tools, integrations and trends impacting mortgage and real estate. Here’s what happened this week: Robert Reffkin touts Compass’s AI platform, agent advocacy efforts Compass is preparing to launch a new AI platform designed to automate tasks, find opportunities and give
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Prudent AI — a California-based financial technology company — has released what it calls the first upfront automated underwriting system (AUS) designed specifically for non-qualified mortgages (non-QMs). Unlike traditional AUS tools — which assess loan eligibility later in the mortgage process — Prudent AI’s system reviews key borrower data such as income, credit and assets
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California-based Partner Real Estate has introduced a new technology platform aimed at speeding up home sales and expanding options for agents and homeowners. The company’s Instant Offers Exchange (IOX) allows sellers to receive multiple competitive cash offers within minutes without committing to a sale. “Imagine this: your client signs the listing agreement, and you already
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Details regarding Compass‘s soon-to-be-released artificial intelligence (AI) platform were shared by CEO Robert Reffkin during a company retreat this week. “We continue to invest over $100 million in technology every year, building more and more tools that can help you stand out and run a better business,” Reffkin told the audience. “And in this amazing
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As borrower expectations for personalized, timely communication rise, loan officers are turning to AI-powered tools to stay competitive. Intelligent automation is no longer a future vision but a present necessity that helps lenders scale personalization, deepen client relationships, and uncover new opportunities. Ryan Young, founder and CEO of Fello.ai, recently shared how AI is transforming
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Welcome to Tech Pulse — a new weekly series rounding up the latest in technology, including tools, integrations and trends impacting mortgage and real estate. Here’s what happened this week: Fannie Mae partners with Palantir to detect, prevent mortgage fraud Fannie Mae has teamed up with Palantir Technologies to crack down on mortgage fraud. The
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Zown, a real estate platform that offers upfront financial help to homebuyers, is expanding into California with a goal to ease the burden of down payments and elevated home prices. The service has launched in the Golden State after gaining traction in Canada, where it supported more than 250 homebuyers and facilitated $300 million-plus in
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As banks continue to invest in artificial intelligence software — at the end of last year, 40% of respondents in an American Banker survey said they planned to increase AI spending in 2025 — the question arises, are they seeing a return on this investment yet? In a follow-up American Banker survey released in May,
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AI-based tools are now substantially reducing both the time and labor of routine mortgage processing. Traditional procedural steps—such as employment proofing, income verification, fraud detection and title checks—have long resulted in an unnecessarily lengthy time for a mortgage application’s approval. But the potential benefits of the AI revolution in mortgage lending aren’t just speculation; they are
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