Posted by Alumni from Substack
February 2, 2026
' Hey, Linas here! Welcome to another special issue of my daily newsletter. Each day, I focus on 3 stories that are making a difference in the financial technology space. Coupled with things worth watching & the most important money movements, it's the only newsletter you need for all things when Finance meets Tech. If you're reading this for the first time, it's a brilliant opportunity to join a community of 370k+ FinTech leaders: I spent weeks building a complete startup operating system using Claude's skills framework. Twelve interconnected skills that cover the entire founder journey, from validating an idea to managing a board. Then I tested it end-to-end by running a hypothetical startup through the complete sequence. What came out the other side wasn't generic AI output. It was the kind of specific, actionable guidance that would have cost tens of thousands of dollars to get from consultants, lawyers, and advisors, if you could even find ones who knew what they were talking... learn more