<p>Clinics get stuck in lending for a frustratingly simple reason: the process is hard to navigate. The information exists, lenders are willing, and qualified borrowers do get funded. But the path is not accessible, especially when you're running a clinic and don't have time to decode criteria buried across pages, videos, and jargon.</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharmeen-aqeel/">Sharmeen Aqeel</a> is the founder and CEO of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://lyyvora.com">Lyyvora</a>, and she treated this as a human-centered design problem. Lyyvora is a Lending-as-a-Service platform built for healthcare and medical aesthetics clinics, designed to make “what happens next” clear: one streamlined intake, prescreening for readiness, and matching to vetted lenders who actually want qualified deals.</p><p>AI matters here because it lowers the cost of judgment. It helps Lyyvora turn scattered lender requirements into usable decisioning, score borrower readiness, and match clinics to the best-fit lenders. In the episode, Daniel and Sharmeen also dig into where automation stops: trust still needs a human, especially in early-stage fintech.</p><p><strong>🔑 What You’ll Learn in This Episode</strong></p><ul><li>✅ Why “lenders want to lend” can be true while the process still feels impossible for clinics</li><li>✅ How human-centered design makes lending workflows legible without changing the underlying rules</li><li>✅ Where AI helps with readiness, matching, and speed, and where humans stay in the loop for trust</li><li>✅ What a lending marketplace changes for transparency and competition among lenders</li><li>✅ Why building the lender side of a two-sided network can be easier than reaching borrowers</li><li>✅ How a solo founder can accomplish what used to require a team with the help of AI</li><li>✅ How some things you do as a solo founder should never be delegated to AI</li></ul><p><strong>🔗 Resources &amp; Links</strong></p><ul><li>🤝 Connect with Sharmeen on LinkedIn: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharmeen-aqeel/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharmeen-aqeel/</a></li><li>🌐 Lyyvora: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://lyyvora.com">https://lyyvora.com</a></li><li>🏢 Lyyvora on LinkedIn: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://ca.linkedin.com/company/lyyvora">https://ca.linkedin.com/company/lyyvora</a></li><li>📩 Subscribe to the Artificial Insights newsletter for key takeaways: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://manary.haus/podcast/#haus">https://manary.haus/podcast/#haus</a></li><li>👉 Have a guest in mind? Reach out to Daniel at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li></ul><p><strong>💬 Know someone working on AI in financial services or marketplaces? </strong>Share this episode with them.</p>