Waters Wavelength Ep. 308: Arta Finance’s Caesar Sengupta
Caesar, who previously spent 15 years at Google, joins to discuss Arta’s goal of putting a private banker in everyone’s pockets.
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0:00 – Reb and Shen talk about cat punches and Reb’s profile on CME’s Terry Duffy
7:00 – Caesar Sengupta, co-founder and CEO of Arta Finance, joins Wei-Shen on the podcast
10:00 – Big Tech’s challenges in trying to get deep into finance and the capital markets
19:30 – Why it’s hard for traditional finance players to create new user experiences
22:00 – Arta’s use of AI and application of agentic AI
28:00 – How Arta is different from robo advisors
30:30 – Partnerships with banks
32:30 – Arta’s focus in the next few months
34:00 – Google connections
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