Clinc, a fledgling fintech startup that enables banks to bring artificial intelligence (AI) to their products, has raised a $6.3 million funding round led by Drive Capital, with participation from Hyde Park Venture Partners, Cahoots Holding, and Stuart Porter.

Founded out of Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2015, Clinc is the brainchild of Jason Mars (CEO) and Lingjia Tang (CTO), both AI and systems research professors from the University of Michigan. Back in September, Clinc unveiled its first product, called Finie — a portmanteau derived from “finance” and “genie” — which the company touts as “the world’s most advanced voice-controlled AI platform for banking.”

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