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Sales & GTM · San Francisco

AI workflow agents for banks and credit unions.

Saris automates multi-step lending, compliance, and operational workflows for banks and credit unions, the institutions that serve local communities but are often left behind by big tech’s AI spending. Humans stay in control while Saris agents handle the document intake, data validation, system updates, and audit trails underneath.

Visit saris.ai ↗ Sales & GTM San Francisco $28.8M Series A
Founders
Danial Jameel

Danial Jameel

Co-founder & CEO

Previously co-founded Oohlala Mobile (YC-backed), which merged into Ready Education.

Alice Dinu

Alice Dinu

Co-founder

Previously co-founded Oohlala Mobile (YC-backed), which merged into Ready Education.

James Dang

James Dang

Co-founder

Previously co-founded Oohlala Mobile (YC-backed), which merged into Ready Education.

70%Of workflow tasks automated
300%Employee output increase
9.8×Cost reduction per workflow
$27.8MCombined ROI at a $1T institution
01 · The opportunity

Purpose-built AI for the banks big tech left behind.

Large technology companies have spent billions on AI while banks and credit unions, the financial backbone of American communities, got left behind. Saris exists to close that gap, with real, measurable ROI already proven at banks managing billions in assets.

The market

Banks and credit unions

Institutions stretched thin by competition and expanding budgets, processing millions of loans and serving local businesses and families.

The product

White-glove, not self-serve

Saris deploys, integrates, and optimizes with minimal engineering required from the customer, automating 70% of tedious back-office work.

The proof

$535K to $27.8M in ROI

From cutting per-workflow costs 9.8x for a lending team to $27.8M in combined annual savings at a top-10 U.S. bank.

02 · Backed by

Backed by top-tier investors.

$28.8M Series A, led by 8VC.

8VC Audacious Homebrew BankTech Ventures Service Credit Union

Sell AI that keeps community banks in the fight.

A Series A company with proven, provable ROI at institutions managing billions in assets, and a repeat founding team that’s built and scaled before.