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Associated Press
7 days ago
- Business
- Associated Press
Friday Harbor launches open APIs to give mortgage lenders and vendors more integration flexibility
- New API suite makes it easy to plug Friday Harbor's AI-powered Origination Assistant into any LOS or POS - SEATTLE, Wash., July 15, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Friday Harbor, an AI-powered platform that helps loan officers assemble complete and compliant loan files in real time, today announced the availability of open APIs, giving lenders and vendors a new level of flexibility in how they integrate Friday Harbor into their mortgage tech stack. With Friday Harbor's open API suite, lenders can now bring the power of AI-assisted file review into any workflow, regardless of which loan origination system (LOS), point-of-sale (POS) platform or internal tools they use. The APIs are fully documented and designed to support rapid onboarding, with developer-friendly guides and real-time support to help lenders and partners get up and running quickly. 'Lenders shouldn't have to change their tech stack to get the benefits of Friday Harbor,' said Theo Ellis, CEO of Friday Harbor. 'With our open APIs, they don't have to. Now any lender or vendor can easily connect to Friday Harbor and unlock the same speed and accuracy that has helped our customers reduce file touches, cut days off their loan cycles and improve the borrower experience.' 'We saw an opportunity to accelerate our implementation of Friday Harbor using the new open APIs,' said Andrew Badstubner, Chief Information Officer at First Community Mortgage. 'The ability to integrate on our own timeline allowed us to put AI-powered origination tools into the hands of loan teams much faster and start delivering value right away.' In addition to embedding Friday Harbor into custom workflows, vendors such as LOS and POS providers can now use the open APIs to build native integrations that deliver Friday Harbor's capabilities directly within their user interfaces. Once connected, lenders gain the ability to: By giving both lenders and tech providers a more flexible path to integration, Friday Harbor's open APIs support the broader goal of reducing manual work in mortgage manufacturing and enabling a more intelligent, automated loan process. To access Friday Harbor's developer documentation or request an API key, visit About Friday Harbor Friday Harbor is an AI-powered platform that helps loan officers assemble complete and compliant loan files in real time. The company combines deep fintech expertise with cutting-edge artificial intelligence to remove complexity, slash origination costs and deliver a better borrower experience. For more information, visit Tags: #mortgagetech #AI #fintech NEWS SOURCE: Friday Harbor ### MEDIA ONLY CONTACT: (not for publication online or in print) Leslie W. Colley Depth for Friday Harbor [email protected] (678) 622-6229 ### Keywords: FinTech, Friday Harbor's open API suite, fintech, AI-powered Origination Assistant, loan officers, SEATTLE, Wash. This press release was issued on behalf of the news source (Friday Harbor) who is solely responsibile for its accuracy, by Send2Press® Newswire. Information is believed accurate but not guaranteed. Story ID: S2P127713 APNF0325A To view the original version, visit: © 2025 Send2Press® Newswire, a press release distribution service, Calif., USA. RIGHTS GRANTED FOR REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY ANY LEGITIMATE MEDIA OUTLET - SUCH AS NEWSPAPER, BROADCAST OR TRADE PERIODICAL. MAY NOT BE USED ON ANY NON-MEDIA WEBSITE PROMOTING PR OR MARKETING SERVICES OR CONTENT DEVELOPMENT. Disclaimer: This press release content was not created by nor issued by the Associated Press (AP). Content below is unrelated to this news story.
Associated Press
29-05-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Friday Harbor unveils AI-powered condition engine to deliver faster, cleaner, audit-ready mortgage files
- New functionality generates plain-language, color-coded conditions with full audit trail, enabling originators to resolve issues in real time and cut days off the loan process - SEATTLE, Wash., May 29, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Friday Harbor, an AI-powered platform that helps loan officers assemble complete and compliant loan files in real time, today announced the launch of a retooled condition engine that automatically generates actionable underwriting conditions based on borrower source documents and loan guidelines. Unlike traditional 'stare and compare' tools that flag generic issues, Friday Harbor's condition engine reads the full context of the loan file—including borrower documents, AUS findings and lender overlays—and outputs conditions that are immediately usable by loan officers, processors and borrowers. Each condition is written in plain English, color-coded by urgency and supported by documentation that gives underwriters a ready-made audit trail. 'In most mortgage workflows today, identifying conditions is a game of hot potato between departments. Friday Harbor solves that by delivering conditions in real time that are actionable at the beginning of the borrower journey, not just in the underwriting queue,' said Theo Ellis, co-founder and CEO of Friday Harbor. 'We're empowering originators to spot and solve issues earlier, which leads to cleaner files, faster closings and dramatically lower costs to originate.' The new engine doesn't just catch obvious clerical gaps. It's also trained to spot nuanced issues such as: For each flagged issue, Friday Harbor provides a proposed resolution path and direct links to applicable guidelines. For junior loan officers, the engine pairs with the platform's AI-powered Scenario Desk to explain next steps or script borrower communications. For underwriters, it offers full traceability, with source documents and reasoning behind every condition. Friday Harbor's AI underwriter is already used by some of the nation's most forward-thinking lenders, including Partners Bank, NewFed Mortgage, Developer's Mortgage Company and Paramount Residential Mortgage Group. The company is backed by the AI2 Incubator, a technical incubator born from the Allen Institute for AI in Seattle, and was recently funded by leading Silicon Valley venture firms including Abstract Ventures, Mischief and Wischoff Ventures. To learn more about how Friday Harbor is helping level the playing field for the more than 4,500 mortgage lenders competing with the tech arms of Rocket and UWM, visit About Friday Harbor: Friday Harbor is an AI-powered platform that helps loan officers assemble complete and compliant loan files in real time. The company combines deep fintech expertise with cutting-edge artificial intelligence to remove complexity, slash origination costs and deliver a better borrower experience. For more information, visit Tags: #mortgagetech #AI #fintech NEWS SOURCE: Friday Harbor ### MEDIA ONLY CONTACT: (not for publication online or in print) Leslie W. Colley Depth for Friday Harbor [email protected] (678) 622-6229 ### Keywords: Mortgage, Friday Harbor, AI-powered condition engine, fintech for finance, AI underwriter, compliant loan files in real time, SEATTLE, Wash. This press release was issued on behalf of the news source (Friday Harbor) who is solely responsibile for its accuracy, by Send2Press® Newswire. Information is believed accurate but not guaranteed. Story ID: S2P126577 APNF0325A To view the original version, visit: © 2025 Send2Press® Newswire, a press release distribution service, Calif., USA. RIGHTS GRANTED FOR REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY ANY LEGITIMATE MEDIA OUTLET - SUCH AS NEWSPAPER, BROADCAST OR TRADE PERIODICAL. MAY NOT BE USED ON ANY NON-MEDIA WEBSITE PROMOTING PR OR MARKETING SERVICES OR CONTENT DEVELOPMENT. Disclaimer: This press release content was not created by nor issued by the Associated Press (AP). Content below is unrelated to this news story.
Associated Press
15-04-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Friday Harbor raises $6M to help community mortgage lenders match the speed and efficiency of industry giants
- AI-powered platform enables lenders of all sizes to close loans faster, reduce costs and ensure compliance in real time - SEATTLE, Wash., April 15, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Friday Harbor, an AI-powered platform that helps loan officers assemble complete and compliant loan files in real time, today announced the completion of a $6 million seed round. The round was led by Abstract Ventures, a San Francisco-based venture firm with $1.5 billion in assets under management and a track record of backing breakout companies including Rippling, xAI, Hebbia, Brigit and Hippo (NYSE: HIPO) and Mischief, an early-stage VC fund co-founded by Plaid CEO Zach Perret. Also participating in the round were Wischoff Ventures, a VC firm founded by Blend (NYSE: BLND) alum Nichole Wischoff; and the AI2 Incubator, a technical incubator born from the Allen Institute for AI (AI2). With Friday Harbor's platform, lenders of all sizes can leverage AI to read and interpret borrower documents, generate a borrower-specific needs list, underwrite files and flag potential conditions—all in real time. Each flagged issue includes a suggested resolution, enabling loan officers to take action with a single click. By compressing what typically takes weeks of back-and-forth into just minutes, Friday Harbor reduces downstream friction and accelerates time to close. Friday Harbor was founded with a mission to make advanced AI tools accessible to all lenders—not just those with the biggest budgets. By replacing outdated, manual workflows and automating key underwriting steps, the platform empowers banks, credit unions and independent mortgage banks (IMBs) to match—or even surpass—the speed, cost-efficiency and borrower experience of mega-lenders like Rocket Companies and United Wholesale Mortgage, which together accounted for one-fifth of all IMB originations in 2024, according to Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data. 'I've always believed AI could be the great equalizer in mortgage lending,' said Friday Harbor CEO and Co-founder Theo Ellis. 'Thousands of lenders deserve access to the same tools as the mega-lenders—and in many cases, they're now doing things the biggest players can't. That's what happens when you give lenders technology built by people who truly understand both AI and mortgage.' Early adopters of Friday Harbor confirm the system's ability to address costly 'stare and compare' tasks and mitigate errors that slow loan production: Friday Harbor was founded by Ellis and Jesse Collins (CTO) and launched in 2024 with support from the AI2 Incubator and CoFound Partners. Ellis was previously head of U.S. growth and an early employee at machine learning fintech Pagaya Technologies (NASDAQ: PGY), where he helped launch multiple new consumer credit verticals for the company. Collins previously held senior engineering roles at leading fintech companies including Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM) and Zillow (NASDAQ: Z), where he specialized in applying artificial intelligence to fraud detection and underwriting systems. The $6M seed round will support the growth of Friday Harbor's engineering team and support integrations with leading mortgage LOS and point-of-sale platforms—paving the way for more lenders to automate file setup, accelerate underwriting and compete directly with the largest lenders in the country. About Friday Harbor Friday Harbor is an AI-powered platform that helps loan officers assemble complete and compliant loan files in real time. The company combines deep fintech expertise with cutting-edge artificial intelligence to remove complexity, slash origination costs and deliver a better borrower experience. For more information, visit Tags: #mortgagetech #AI #fintech #seedfunding #venturecapital LOGO link for media: NEWS SOURCE: Friday Harbor ### MEDIA ONLY CONTACT: (not for publication online or in print) Leslie W. Colley Depth for Friday Harbor [email protected] (678) 622-6229 ### Keywords: Mortgage, Friday Harbor Inc, AI-powered platform that helps loan officers, SEATTLE, Wash. This press release was issued on behalf of the news source (Friday Harbor) who is solely responsibile for its accuracy, by Send2Press® Newswire. Information is believed accurate but not guaranteed. Story ID: S2P125538 APNF0325A To view the original version, visit: © 2025 Send2Press® Newswire, a press release distribution service, Calif., USA. RIGHTS GRANTED FOR REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY ANY LEGITIMATE MEDIA OUTLET - SUCH AS NEWSPAPER, BROADCAST OR TRADE PERIODICAL. MAY NOT BE USED ON ANY NON-MEDIA WEBSITE PROMOTING PR OR MARKETING SERVICES OR CONTENT DEVELOPMENT. Disclaimer: This press release content was not created by nor issued by the Associated Press (AP). Content below is unrelated to this news story.
