# Shyam Maddali

> Shyam Maddali is the Co-Founder and CTO of Coris, an AI-powered merchant risk platform backed by Y Combinator, Lux Capital, and Exponent Capital. After spending seven years at WePay (a JPMorgan Chase company) as Senior Director of Data Science & Risk Engineering, and earlier years at eBay leading Trust & Safety machine learning, Shyam co-founded Coris in 2022 to solve the unsolved problem he saw up close: that financial institutions managing small business risk were still drowning in spreadsheets, legacy systems, and false positives. Coris now automates merchant onboarding, underwriting, fraud detection, and continuous monitoring for clients including GoFundMe, Kajabi, Clio, and Cherry - processing intelligence on 330 million merchants across 50+ countries.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CTO at Coris
- **Organizations:** Coris, WePay (JPMorgan Chase), eBay, Privacera, FinBuddy, Wipro Systems
- **Nationality:** Indian-American
- **Education:** Master of Science, Computer Science, Stanford University, Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Communications Engineering, National Institute of Technology Warangal
- **Known for:** Co-founded Coris, accepted into Y Combinator Summer 2022 batch, Raised $3.7M seed round from Lux Capital, Exponent Capital, and Y Combinator, Built merchant intelligence platform covering 330 million merchants across 50+ countries

## Career timeline

- **2001-2005** — Studied Electronics and Communications Engineering at NIT Warangal, India
- **2005-2007** — Pursued Master's in Computer Science at Stanford University
- **2007-2010** — Early career at Wipro Systems, AirFlash, and Sonasoft in disaster recovery and wireless services
- **2010-2015** — Joined eBay as Senior Manager, Trust & Safety Applied Research - built ML fraud detection systems
- **2013** — Founded FinBuddy, a personal finance mobile app for retail investors
- **2014** — Demoed FinBuddy at Finovate Spring 2014 conference
- **2015-2022** — Joined WePay (acquired by JPMorgan Chase) as Director then Senior Director of Data Science & Risk Engineering
- **2017-2019** — Advisory role at Privacera on data science challenges
- **2022** — Co-founded Coris with Vinodh Poyyapakkam, accepted into Y Combinator Summer 2022 batch
- **2024-02** — Coris raises $3.7M seed round led by Lux Capital and Exponent Capital, with Y Combinator participation

## Achievements

- Co-founded Coris, accepted into Y Combinator Summer 2022 batch
- Raised $3.7M seed round from Lux Capital, Exponent Capital, and Y Combinator
- Built merchant intelligence platform covering 330 million merchants across 50+ countries
- Grew Coris to 37 employees and clients including GoFundMe, Kajabi, Clio, and Cherry
- Pioneered AI-powered merchant risk scoring and automated underwriting for SMBs
- Launched FinBuddy at Finovate Spring 2014 conference
- Led data science and risk engineering at WePay (JPMorgan Chase) for 7 years
- Built ML-based fraud detection systems at eBay Trust & Safety for approximately 5 years

## Latest updates

- **2024-02** — Coris raised $3.7M seed round led by Lux Capital and Exponent Capital, with participation from Y Combinator
- **2024-02** — Launched CorShield (fraud model) and MerchantProfiler (KYB solution) alongside funding announcement
- **2024** — Launched Risk AI, an autonomous Slack-based agent that handles 95% of false positive cases automatically
- **2025** — Coris platform covers 330 million merchants in 50+ countries with real-time monitoring capabilities

## Links

- Website: https://coris.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shyammaddali/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/mlshyam

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Last updated: 2026-05-06