The Code Dreams are Made of: Ideals, Innovation, Inclusion
summary
Intuit describes using knowledge engineering to replace brittle payroll rules, raising compliance from ~41% to ~95% in six weeks by surfacing human‑readable guidance to customers. A lending model trained on ~1 billion records out of 33 billion launches QuickBooks Capital in Feb 2017, funds >10,000 loans, cuts typical rates from 30–100% to ~17%, and sends 65% of loans to previously unbanked small businesses. Engineering also drives open source (Argo, Karate, Truffle) and emphasizes beautiful code and diverse contributions.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and purpose
- 1:07Why purpose matters
- 3:39Solving payroll mistakes with AI
- 6:11Revolutionizing small business funding
- 11:24Turning dreams into measurable impact
- 12:50Celebrating innovation and growth
- 13:11Coding dreams through APIs and open source
- 15:43Diversity in development
- 17:08Meet the team and final thoughts
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