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Jessica Chen Riolfi and the problem hiding in the paperwork
She helped build fintech products at Wise, Earnin and Robinhood. At Uprise, Jessica Chen Riolfi followed the questions those products left unanswered - all the way to her own tax returns.
Jessica Chen Riolfi
Jessica Chen Riolfi is the co-founder and CEO of Uprise, a fintech building embedded tax and financial advisory for small business owners. She spent more than a decade shipping products at Wise, Earnin and Robinhood, ran TransferWise's Asia business across 15 countries, and started out in J.P. Morgan investment banking before pairing human advisors with AI to make real financial advice affordable for entrepreneurs.
Plume
Plume is a Palo Alto-based software company that turns home and small-business WiFi into a managed, self-optimizing service. Its cloud platform - delivered through internet service providers rather than direct to consumers - uses machine learning to continuously tune connectivity, secure connected devices, and layer on consumer apps like parental controls, motion-sensing, and guest access. Built on the open-source OpenSync framework, Plume powers tens of millions of locations and more than a billion connected devices worldwide for operators including Comcast, Charter, Liberty Global, and Vodafone.