Upstart's CEO: "Here's What Investors Are Missing"

The 7investing Podcast · Aug 25, 2026 · 15m

On 7investing's Livestream show on August 21, I had a conversation with Upstart Holdings' new CEO Paul Gu that included two very important questions.

You see, I had two outstanding questions about Upstart's future strategy that I just wasn't hearing the media or any other investors asking him.

So I did.

The first was:

"Will Upstart's new secured products like Home and Auto loans will be as disruptive as those for unsecured Consumer loans?"

Or in other words, will your AI models also have an edge in these new markets too?

And the second question was:

"How does Upstart intend to use its new…