Closing the gap on FIs and Small Businesses

Baselayer was founded in NYC in 2023 by experienced entrepreneurs Jonathan Awad and Timothy Hyde, who saw the potential for a fresh take at leveraging ML within the commercial banking and lending space.

The company’s solution suite is designed with a network first approach. This ethos mitigates the risk associated with working with small businesses, and creates a centralized, privacy-compliant entity for data-sharing between financial institutions about every small business in America.

Baselayer has a deep desire to support both small businesses searching for financial products, and their respective financial partners. With experience across far-ranging banks, Fortune 500 tech co’s, fintech unicorns, and AI experts, Baselayer is a small business built by financial institutions, for the betterment of all companies in America.