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LeioPay

Embedded payments for service businesses.

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FINTECH
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01 · THE PROBLEM

The problem

fintech runs on patched-together tools, scattered spreadsheets, and tribal knowledge. The operators we co-founded with had lived inside that mess for years. They knew which workflows AI could compress and which would resist it.

02 · WHAT WE BUILT

What we built

We co-founded LeioPay at formation. The studio shipped the build (product, brand, GTM, automation) and stayed on as the operating team. The founder brought domain depth and owned the capital strategy.

03 · WHAT WE LEARNED

What we learned

AI-native doesn’t mean AI-everywhere. The wedge was a single workflow done well. Once that landed, the rest of the product earned its place. We carry that pattern into every new company.