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Going
Going is a travel-technology company that emails and pings its members when airfare drops - whether that is a genuine bargain, a limited flash sale, or an airline's outright 'mistake fare.' Founded by journalist Scott Keyes as Scott's Cheap Flights after he snagged a $130 round-trip from New York to Milan in 2013, the company built a subscription business around a simple idea: instead of hunting for a cheap flight to a place you already picked, let a mix of algorithms and human flight experts tell you where you can go cheaply right now. Renamed Going in January 2023, the Boulder, Colorado company serves roughly two million travelers across free and paid tiers.
Odynn
Odynn is a New York-based fintech infrastructure company that lets banks, card issuers, fintechs, and travel brands stand up embedded travel, loyalty, and rewards programs through an AI-powered, modular, API-first platform. Often described as 'the AI Shopify for loyalty and travel,' it connects cardholders to dozens of airline, hotel, and bank loyalty programs, shows the real cash value of points and miles in real time, and powers white-label travel portals that can go live in weeks rather than the 18-plus months typical of legacy providers.
Rove
Rove is a New York-based travel rewards startup building what it calls the first universal, transferable airline mile - a single points currency you can earn without a credit card. Users earn Rove Miles by booking hotels and flights through Rove's portal and by shopping online through a browser extension tied to thousands of partner merchants, then redeem those miles across a network of global airline and hotel loyalty programs. Founded by Wharton graduate Max Morganroth and Harvard dropout Arhan Chhabra out of Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch, Rove targets Gen Z and anyone locked out of traditional credit-card rewards.
Kudos
Kudos is an AI-powered smart wallet that tells you which credit card to use at checkout to squeeze the most rewards out of cards you already carry. Built as a free browser extension and mobile app, it supports 3,000+ cards across more than a million sites, layers on extra rewards through its Kudos Boost partner network, and keeps track of card benefits so members don't have to. Founded in 2021 by ex-Google Pay and Affirm product leaders, the Los Angeles company crossed 400,000 members and raised a $10.2M Series A led by QED Investors in 2024.