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Vamsi Saladi, CTO and co-founder of Contour (YC S23), explains how his team pivoted after about a year and a half on a QA dev tool to an AI customer support platform for banks, credit unions and fintechs, with voice as the flagship channel. They are in pilots, expect roughly $50 to 100K annual contracts from smaller regional banks, and say the pivot moved them from forced sales to an industry that is pulling for a solution. In this episode: • What does Contour do? • How did Contour pivot? • How
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Contour is a YC uh summer 2023 companies. Vampy's in uh New York and yeah, it's a pretty cool company.
We're building an AI customer support platform specifically for financial institutions.
You have to find the right person to sell to.
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What is Contour?
Contour is an AI customer support platform built for financial institutions such as banks, credit unions, and B2C fintechs. It offers an omnichannel support solution with a flagship voice product and a co-pilot for human support teams.
What is Vamsi Saladi's role at Contour?
Vamsi Saladi is the CTO and co-founder of Contour. He handles the technical building and engineering side of the company.
Did Contour always focus on financial institutions?
No, Contour went through one major pivot. They originally went through YC and raised their initial pre-seed with an idea in the QA dev tool space before shifting to the voice support platform for fintechs.
How does Contour's product help financial institutions?
The platform acts as an autonomous support line or a co-pilot to make support teams more efficient. It handles customer communications, integrates with digital payments and banking cores to perform actions like setting up bill pay, and includes compliance guardrails.
What is the expected contract size for Contour's target customers?
For smaller regional or community banks, the expected annual contract size generally falls somewhere between 50K and 100K based on usage volume.
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