Visa hosts sold-out AI fintech salon at Mission Rock HQ

Visa and Marvelous brought 150 founders, payments operators and investors to Visa’s Mission Rock headquarters during Fintech Week SF to debate how AI, stablecoins and instant settlement are reshaping finance. The invite-only event spotlighted AI-native startups, top investors and the regulatory questions that could define the next phase of fintech. Why it matters: - AI, stablecoins and instant payments are moving from theory to live infrastructure in finance. - The event centered on who controls the risks, liability and regulation as autonomous wallets, AI underwriting and programmable settlement spread. - The room gathered people building and funding the next generation of fintech, including leaders from major financial and tech companies. What happened: - Visa hosted a sold-out, invite-only salon called AI Insiders: Fintech and Payments at Visa’s Mission Rock headquarters on May 28, 2026, during Fintech Week SF. - Marvelous powered the event, which brought together 150 founders, payments operators and investors. - Merve Isler, Ecosystem Director of AI Insiders and founder and CEO of Marvelous, opened the night and moderated the fireside conversations. - Cuy Sheffield, Visa VP of Growth Products, led the opening fireside. - Visa said Sheffield previously led the company’s global crypto product team and its stablecoin settlement work. The details: - The evening’s main panel, The Money Is Moving, featured Luba Goldberg of Visa Direct, David Hefter of BlackRock and Sandeep Patil of QED Investors. - Dasha Shunina of Forbes and Puzzle moderated the panel. - The closing fireside featured Sasha Orloff, CEO of Puzzle and host of the a16z Tech Finance Podcast. - Orloff discussed fundraising, regulatory approvals and scaling fintech startups. - Five AI-native fintech companies gave five-minute demos: RAVIQ, founded by Ravi Gunda; Snaplii, founded by Spencer Xu; MetaComp, founded by Dr. Bo Bai; NexDiscovery, founded by Jeremy Vince; and BlueCash.ai, founded by Arthur Mrozowski. - The guest list included founders and CEOs from 129 companies, including Visa, Coinbase, Adyen, BlackRock, JP Morgan, PayPal, Amazon, HSBC Innovation Banking and Snowflake. - Fintech investors plus a small group of ecosystem and media leaders also attended. - Most of the conversation stayed off the record, as at previous AI Insiders events. - Cuy Sheffield said,