KooLooAI Selected Among Top 100 Companies in Pepperdine University's 2026 Most Fundable Companies®
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - Californer -- EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – KooLooAI, creator of the CLARITI™ Behavioral Lending Intelligence platform, announced today that it has advanced to the Top 100 companies in Pepperdine University's 2026 Most Fundable Companies® program, emerging from a field of more than 5,000 applicants nationwide.

Hosted by the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, the Most Fundable Companies® program evaluates businesses based on factors including market opportunity, growth potential, scalability, leadership, and investment readiness. Advancement to the Top 100 places KooLooAI among a select group of companies recognized for their potential to create significant future enterprise value.

As part of the evaluation process, KooLooAI participated in Pepperdine's advanced review stage reserved for Top 100 companies. During the review process, company leadership received feedback recognizing CLARITI's differentiated position within the lending technology market and its potential to define a new category of Behavioral Lending Intelligence™.

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"We're honored to receive this recognition from Pepperdine," said James DeCicco, Founder and CEO of KooLooAI. "Advancing into the Top 100 from more than 5,000 companies is meaningful validation of both our business and the market need we're addressing. We believe financial institutions need better ways to understand borrower behavior, intent, and opportunity before traditional underwriting begins."

KooLooAI is pioneering Behavioral Lending Intelligence™, an approach designed to help banks and credit unions improve lending decisions earlier in the process. Its CLARITI™ platform provides transparent, explainable intelligence intended to help lenders identify behavioral indicators, improve operational efficiency, strengthen borrower engagement, and create pathways to future borrower success.

Unlike many emerging financial technologies built around opaque artificial intelligence models, CLARITI emphasizes deterministic, auditable intelligence designed for the operational and regulatory realities of modern banking.

"The future of lending isn't simply faster automation," DeCicco added. "The future is better decisions. We believe Behavioral Lending Intelligence will become an important new layer within the lending ecosystem, helping institutions improve efficiency while creating better outcomes for borrowers and the communities they serve."

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The recognition comes as KooLooAI expands discussions with community banks and credit unions regarding pilot deployments of the CLARITI platform. The company is currently engaged with lending executives and strategic advisors who are exploring new approaches to improving lending efficiency, borrower engagement, and decision quality before underwriting begins.

About KooLooAI

KooLooAI is a financial technology company pioneering Behavioral Lending Intelligence™. Its CLARITI™ platform helps banks, credit unions, and lending organizations improve decision quality before underwriting through transparent, explainable, and actionable intelligence. By helping institutions better understand borrower behavior, decision readiness, and engagement opportunities, KooLooAI aims to improve lending outcomes for both financial institutions and the communities they serve.

For more information, visit https://KooLooAI.com