E298 Ethan Bloch, CEO at Digit

Today's guest is Ethan Bloch, CEO at Digit in San Francisco. Digit are on a mission to make financial health effortless for everyone. In 2015, they launched the first truly personalized and automated savings app that has helped members save over $7 billion towards their financial goals to date. Today, Digit fully automate the day-to-day work of managing all personal finances including banking, saving, budgeting, investing and retirement.

Digit gives members the power of an all-in-one financial app that helps them effortlessly manage their money based on their individual financial situation and goals, alongside financial best practices. As one of the first companies to successfully automate financial health, they face fascinating product challenges, like building decision-making AI and “human in the loop” machine learning. Digit are building groundbreaking technology to make financial health approachable, simple and automatic for their members.

In the episode, Ethan will tell us about:

The origins of Digit and the interesting work they do,

Current make-up of their tech team,

The upcoming launch of their product Digit Direct,

Interesting opportunities to work with Digit &

What excites him for the future of the company