Ari Finance

What it does

Your personal finance assistant lives in iMessage now. No app, no login. Connect your bank, ask it anything, or just wait for it to call you out first. Spending breakdowns, dead subscriptions, paycheck recaps, all in the thread you already read. Built for the 60% of people who would never download a finance app. Backed by Y Combinator, built at Stanford. Text +1 (650) 470-9477.

The first AI financial advisor built for SMS, Ari coaches you through every money decision right from your text messages.

“ Couldn't make rent — turns out I was still paying for my ex's Netflix. ” “ This thing hunted down my random Snapchat subscription. Why did I even buy that? ” “ My paycheck used to disappear in a weekend. Now it lands with instructions. Miami, here we come. ” “ It catches me mid–bad decision like, ‘girl, no.’ Extremely rude. Extremely helpful. ” “ I opened the app for vibes and left with a budget. Honestly, kind of offended it worked. ” “ Couldn't make rent — turns out I was still paying for my ex's Netflix. ” “ This thing hunted down my random Snapchat subscription. Why did I even buy that? ” “ My paycheck used to disappear in a weekend. Now it lands with instructions. Miami, here we…from ari.finance

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