What AI means to Fina?

We are re-launching Fina in a couple of weeks, after 1yr focus of building since it's debut last year.

As a product for the consumer market, we understand there are tons of quality requirement for a sign-up and a trial to happen. Regardless the constant changes time to time, here are major things we have set up before we headed down in immerse building mode:

1. Highlight our core value.
2. Make AI really work.
3. Polish the flow/loop that grows the product.

Given the principles set, we spend nearly 1yr in building, and today we approach the finish line to bring back the product to stage so more people will discover and love it.

If you're interested, check out my medium post on the highlights of Fina: https://shawncao.medium.com/not-just-another-budget-app-ec3b26d1902e

Now, let's talk about AI specifically, AI is never the first priority of the product we build, the first priority is the logic of why this product even exists, and AI is the booster that makes it 10x easier to use. I deeply believe this model applies to most of the products, essentially, there is a clear evolving line on how user interface is improved in history:

1. Command line: user uses memory to ask computer do specific task.
2. GUI: user uses vision to ask computer do more tasks in parallel.
3. Search: user uses keyword to ask computer find and do some specific task.
4. AI: user uses languages to ask computer understand and do some specific tasks.

AI boost productivity 10x, but it doesn't replace the core value, and differentiation of your product, before the fundamentals figured right for your product, we should even not think about AI.

Today, Fina AI works amazingly well, you can basically ask any questions about your finance, and it just spits out the answer in a beautiful visual block. I wish you will love it.