Hey guys! We're pretty familiar with the zen99 crew. For the most part, they were thinking about the same world as we are, but were tackling the problem a little differently.

I think as founders, we have a really bad habit of pretending out competitors are stupid and operating as if they didn't know what they were talking about. That's rarely the case in general, and certainly not the case in this instance. Tristian (CEO of zen99) wrote an awesome post mortem, which I think was just shared below, and it's been really helpful for quite a few of us in the fintech space. Continuing to read and build on the lessons that companies have learned before us is a big part of why we built the product we did as opposed to trying to replicate zen99 and hope it worked out for us. We really appreciate this thread and you guys pointing out the similarities between our companies!

Perhaps they still exist, but the internet exceeded the number of available slots for startups with the word Zen in the name and they disappeared from view.

Probably worth reading then-- https://medium.com/@tmzier/why-zen99-shut-down-a368371eb9dd#...