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Kato

Scale your outbound loan servicing calls with a compliant digital agent

San Francisco, California, United States

ai, fintech, software_development

Pre-seed

Founded 2024

About Kato

Lenders spend over $24B every year on manual servicing work. Kato takes a different approach.

We're building an AI-powered servicing platform that automates critical workflows across every channel with full compliance and best-in-class recoveries. We are starting today with a compliance first Voice AI agent that handles loan servicing calls and are in production with major names in fintech lending like Bilt Rewards and Parafin.

Open positions (1)

Senior Product Engineer

San Francisco, CA

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Company details

LocationSan Francisco, California, United States

Industryai, fintech, software_development

Funding

Last stage

Pre-seed

Investors

Pear VC

DayDream Ventures

Founders

PR

Pratik Risbud

Former Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs and led Credit/Operations at Brex. Also held a Director, Credit & Risk Strategy role at Tenet.

David Zhu

Former Software Engineer at Google and Engineering Manager at Brex (2020–2024).

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.