Banking lending

Casca

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Casca is building AGI for Banking. Our first product is an AI-native platform transforming small business lending by enabling banks and lenders to originate 10x more loans with 90% less manual effort. We’ve found product market fit already serving top 10 US banks and are scaling our team very quickly. Small businesses are the heart of the Ame

Founded 2023Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Casca is building AGI for Banking.

Our first product is an AI-native platform transforming small business lending by enabling banks and lenders to originate 10x more loans with 90% less manual effort. We’ve found product market fit already serving top 10 US banks and are scaling our team very quickly.

Small businesses are the heart of the American economy. Many banks shy away from providing funding because of the manual effort in pursuing those deals. With us, that changes. We unlock affordable, quick bank funding for the 30M+ small businesses in the US who would otherwise be subject to the high interest rates from predatory online lenders.

We are a world-class team of banking & AI experts from Stanford, MIT & Y Combinator. We like to win and we know that the only thing between us and the title is our own ability to improve every day.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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Product & workflow

Join FDIC-insured banks & non-bank lenders who automate 90% of manual effort in business loan origination with our AI-native Loan Origination System.

Source-reported As recorded 2026-10-26

Founders & team

Previously CORE Ai, Cascading AI

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

Lukas Haffer

Founder/CEO

Lukas is the CEO & Co-founder of Cascading AI. He previously served as Chief of Staff for the European Market at Avaloq (a globally leading provider of core banking software with $4 Trillion in Assets managed on the platform. Lukas holds an MBA from Stanford University, where he graduated as an Arjay-Miller Scholar (top 10%).

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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
40team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2023 · Source

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Y Combinator

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Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
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