Uptiq Announces Strategic Investment from Curql to Accelerate AI Adoption Across Credit Unions

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Uptiq, the AI platform purpose-built for credit unions, today announced a strategic investment from Curql, a strategic investment fund backed by over 160 credit unions, as part of Uptiq’s recently completed $25 million Series B financing.

The strategic investment reflects Curql’s conviction in Uptiq’s ability to deliver production-ready AI solutions for credit unions and to help scale adoption of AI across lending, member servicing, compliance, and operational workflows. Uptiq’s platform is designed to integrate with existing core systems and meet enterprise-grade security, governance, and regulatory requirements.

“Credit unions are looking for practical AI solutions that deliver real business outcomes—not just experimentation,” said Snehal Fulzele, Founder and CEO of Uptiq. “Curql’s strategic investment validates our approach and strengthens our ability to bring production-grade AI applications and Qore’s orchestration platform to credit unions at scale.”

As part of the Series B, Uptiq will expand access to Qore, its AI orchestration platform, enabling credit union innovation teams and developers to build and deploy AI-driven financial workflows more efficiently.

“Credit unions have been waiting for AI built to their specific use cases,” said Nick Evens, President and CEO of Curql. “Curql credit unions immediately recognized the fact that Uptiq is a platform that is highly versatile and can solve many different problems. Curql's role is connecting founders who understand credit union realities with solutions to their most burning problems. Uptiq is exactly that.”

About Uptiq

Uptiq is an AI platform designed specifically for credit unions, delivering industry-ready AI applications and a compliant orchestration platform for financial workflows. Uptiq enables credit unions to deploy AI across lending, wealth, compliance, and operations while integrating with existing core systems and regulatory frameworks. With Qore, Uptiq also empowers innovation teams and developers within credit unions to build custom AI-driven applications on a secure, financial-services–ready foundation.

About Curql

Curql, a collective of over 160 credit unions jointly investing in fintech, brings timely solutions to the credit union industry. With over 50 fintech in the Collective Portfolio, Curql ensures that technology is designed specifically for credit unions, allowing them to better serve their members and remain competitive in an evolving financial landscape. Visit https://www.curql.com/credit-unions/ to learn more.

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