Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this interview from theCUBE + NYSE Wired's FinTech Exchange Series, Steven Hunter, chief executive officer of 9fin, joins theCUBE's John Furrier to discuss how AI is modernizing the legacy infrastructure of the $150 trillion debt market. Hunter traces 9fin's origins to his frustration with outdated technology while working in leveraged finance at JPMorgan, where getting a loan price meant waiting on decade-old software. He explains how the company evolved from extracting financials out of private company documents into a global platform spanning news, analytics and data across asset classes. Hunter details how large language models now let users query complex credit information in natural language, replacing manual database searches and filters entirely.
The conversation also explores 9fin's rapid scale-up, from just 10 employees before the pandemic to about 500 people globally today, backed by investors including Spark Capital, HarbourVest and CPP Investments. Hunter details the company's marketplace model, which aggregates private company debt data, proprietary analytics and clients' own portfolio information into a single AI-native platform, growing 150% year-over-year in the U.S. He unpacks how the AI infrastructure boom, including debt-fueled data center buildouts backstopped by companies like NVIDIA, is reshaping capital markets as traditional silos between bank loans, bonds and private credit blur. From reflecting on the accelerated speed of building software with today's AI tools to outlining 9fin's ambition to become the operating system for credit markets, Hunter offers a roadmap for how technology-driven platforms are reshaping one of finance's largest and most opaque corners.
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00:00 - Revolutionizing FinTech: Steven Hunter and theCUBE's Vision for the Debt Market
02:46 - Global Expansion and AI in Finance
05:31 - Title: Transforming Markets through Innovation and Adaptation
07:35 - Data Strategy and the Marketplace Model
10:55 - Private Markets and Emerging Opportunities
14:19 - Charting Tomorrow: Insights and Reflections
#theCUBE #FinTechExchangeSeries #theCUBEresearch #NYSEWired #9fin #AI #FinTech
In this interview from theCUBE + NYSE Wired's FinTech Exchange Series, Steven Hunter, chief executive officer of 9fin, joins theCUBE's John Furrier to discuss how AI is modernizing the legacy infrastructure of the $150 trillion debt market. Hunter traces 9fin's origins to his frustration with outdated technology while working in leveraged finance at JPMorgan, where getting a loan price meant waiting on decade-old software. He explains how the company evolved from extracting financials out of private company documents into a global platform spanning news, analytics and data across asset classes. Hunter details how large language models now let users query complex credit information in natural language, replacing manual database searches and filters entirely.
The conversation also explores 9fin's rapid scale-up, from just 10 employees before the pandemic to about 500 people globally today, backed by investors including Spark Capital, HarbourVest and CPP Investments. Hunter details the company's marketplace model, which aggregates private company debt data, proprietary analytics and clients' own portfolio information into a single AI-native platform, growing 150% year-over-year in the U.S. He unpacks how the AI infrastructure boom, including debt-fueled data center buildouts backstopped by companies like NVIDIA, is reshaping capital markets as traditional silos between bank loans, bonds and private credit blur. From reflecting on the accelerated speed of building software with today's AI tools to outlining 9fin's ambition to become the operating system for credit markets, Hunter offers a roadmap for how technology-driven platforms are reshaping one of finance's largest and most opaque corners.
Find more SiliconANGLE news and analysis siliconangle.com
Follow theCUBE's wall-to-wall event coverage siliconangle.com/events
Learn about the latest theCUBE events thecube.net
00:00 - Revolutionizing FinTech: Steven Hunter and theCUBE's Vision for the Debt Market
02:46 - Global Expansion and AI in Finance
05:31 - Title: Transforming Markets through Innovation and Adaptation
07:35 - Data Strategy and the Marketplace Model
10:55 - Private Markets and Emerging Opportunities
14:19 - Charting Tomorrow: Insights and Reflections
#theCUBE #FinTechExchangeSeries #theCUBEresearch #NYSEWired #9fin #AI #FinTech
