Manual underwriting is the real bottleneck. Not credit risk.
Not borrower intent. Not demand. Itโs the amount of human effort required before a deal is even ready for a decision. Hereโs how it shows up in real life ๐
1๏ธโฃ The same prep work happens on every deal
Documents, checks, follow-ups. A $50K loan doesnโt arrive cleaner than a $500K one.
2๏ธโฃ Skilled time gets spent on setup ๐ง
Underwriters prepare files instead of applying judgment.
3๏ธโฃ Speed breaks before credit does โณ
Files wait. Momentum fades. Deals stall without being declined.
4๏ธโฃ Smaller deals feel it first
When effort stays constant, margins tighten fast.
5๏ธโฃ โApprovedโ doesnโt always mean funded
Some deals quietly fall out of the funnel. This isnโt about people doing a bad job.
Itโs about workflows that were never built to scale.
Until underwriting stops being fully manual, this bottleneck stays โ๏ธ
๐ Kaaj Wrapped 2025
- $5B+ in small business loans assessed
- 15+ features launched
- $3.8M raised
- 1.2M+ media impressions
- Built real momentum
Thank you to all our customers, partners, investors, and team members for an incredible year!
Here's to 2026! ๐
#SmallBusinessLending #AI #2025Wrapped
What takes days โ 3 minutes
What requires manual review โ Decision-ready analysis
We've already processed $5B+ in loan applications.
To the small businesses powering our economy: we're building the infrastructure you deserve.
Thank you to our investors, customers and everyone who has believed in our vision.
Let's expand access to capital, together.
#SmallBusinessFinance
Kaaj Raises $3.8M to Expand Access to Capital for Small Businesses with New Agentic AI Credit Intelligence Platform https://t.co/0E7uOYN5jo via @fintechf
Why do small businesses struggle to access capital?
Our founders @shivi1626 & @suputsav break it down: The economics problem - How agentic AI changes the game - Why faster, consistent decisions unlock capital for millions.
When small businesses thrive, communities thrive.
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Thank you to @TechCrunch and @DominicMadori for covering Kaaj's journey and the larger story of access to capital for small businesses.
This article helps more people understand why this problem matters and that solutions exist.
#AccessToCapital
Kaaj helps automate credit risk analysis for small business lenders. What took days now takes minutes , helps them make decisions faster, and improve margins. This will help more small businesses access affordable capital. Thank you @DominicMadori at
@TechCrunch for the coverage. This is a milestone in our mission to increase access to capital for small businesses through our credit intelligence platform for lenders
Kaaj helps automate credit risk analysis for small business lenders. What took days now takes minutes , helps them make decisions faster, and improve margins. This will help more small businesses access affordable capital. Thank you @DominicMadori at @TechCrunch for the coverage. This is a milestone in our mission to increase access to capital for small businesses through our credit intelligence platform for lenders
@TechCrunch Small business lending is in dire need of innovation and we are revolutionizing it with agentic AI workflows to re-think the economics for lenders and expand access to affordable capital for small businesses.
@pitdesi Another testimony from one of our customers "Kaaj AI agents have become force multipliers for our teams and we can't imagine our lives without it now"
@pitdesi Customer love says it all! We hear things like "We were superpumped when we first saw the product in action. The application came in and fully processed within 15 mins"
We have raised $3.8M led by @KindredVentures with participation from @btv_vc, Karman Ventures, Pythia Ventures, Coughdrop Capital, and our awesome angels
Our agentic AI credit intelligence platform converts raw messy loan packages into decision ready analysis in 3 minutes
We have raised $3.8M led by @KindredVentures with participation from @btv_vc, Karman Ventures, Pythia Ventures, Coughdrop Capital, and our awesome angels
Our agentic AI credit intelligence platform converts raw messy loan packages into decision ready analysis in 3 minutes