Funded · $130K ernd.ai ↗

ernd

The credit card for companies that pay for AI, with 4% back on AI spend.

Founded Aug 2026San Francisco, United States$130K raised FintechCredit CardYc F26

The founders

Connor DawsonCD
Ex-Bridgewater Associates · University of Pennsylvania
Nikhil RuiaNR
Ex-Ripple, Penn Labs, IMC Trading · University of Pennsylvania
Malcolm WengelMW
Ex-Farsight AI · Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

The company

What they're building

ernd is a corporate credit card for companies that pay for AI. 5% on everything else, and get access to negotiated partner deals with AI providers such as better pricing, higher limits and capacity, with priority GPUs and inference planned.

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