Akshay Krishnaiah

AK is the CEO and founder of Beem. Beem is one of the world's top 25 fintechs and uses AI to make life affordable for all. With over 5M downloads and $75M delivered in emergency funds, Beem's Super App leverages the latest advances in natural language processing and reinforcement learning to provide users with tailored insights, recommendations, and solutions for their unique financial situations. Before founding Beem, AK was the Global Product Head of Research Labs at PayPal, where he led a team of innovators and filed 75 consumer fintech patent publications in areas such as digital wallets, identity platforms, and hybrid tokens. With over 15 years of experience in product management, financial technology, and innovation, and a strong academic background with degrees and certificates from MIT, Stanford, and UT Dallas. AK is passionate about using technology to empower people and improve their financial well-being.