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Agentic AI Finance Assistant for Personalized Budgeting & Recommendations

Agentic AI Finance Assistant for Personalized Budgeting & Recommendations

A fintech startup based in Austin, Texas (USA) operated a mobile-first personal finance app serving young professionals and early-career users. The app aggregated bank accounts but lacked an intelligent decision layer capable of analyzing user cashflow or generating actionable financial insights. To elevate the product’s intelligence, the company partnered with an AI engineering team to build an AI product powered by agentic AI, designed to automate personal budgeting, interpret spending patterns, and deliver personalized financial recommendations in real time.

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38%

Increase in monthly active users

30%

Higher user retention in the insights tab

24%

Improvement in budgeting completion

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Problem Statement

  • Spending categories were displayed as static charts with no deeper interpretation or predictive signals.
  • Users struggled to understand why they were overspending or how to optimize recurring payments.
  • No automation existed for forecasting upcoming bills, subscription renewals, or cash shortfalls.
  • Engagement dropped sharply after onboarding due to missing interactive and adaptive features.
  • The absence of contextual financial recommendations impacted long-term retention and trust.

Industry: Fintech

Services: AI Product Development, Agentic AI Automation

Region: United States

Our Tech Stack

Tech stack we used

Solution Approach

  • Mapped the client’s multi-bank aggregation APIs, transaction schema, and account-linking workflows to identify data quality gaps.
  • Designed a Python-based agentic AI engine consisting of three cooperating agents:
    • Cashflow Agent – analyzed weekly/monthly income variance, predicted shortfall weeks, and detected anomalies in recurring transactions.
    • Spending Agent – used clustering logic to identify overspending deviations and classify merchant-level spending behavior.
    • Recommendation Agent – generated dynamic actions such as “shift subscription cycle,” “reduce discretionary spending category,” or “allocate surplus to savings.”
  • Implemented a behavioral modeling layer using moving averages + variance scoring to detect shifts in user financial habits.
  • Integrated a rule-based trigger system that pushed in-app nudges when specific financial thresholds were crossed (e.g., unusual spike in entertainment expenses).
  • Introduced a natural-language summary engine to convert agent decisions into user-friendly financial explanations.
  • Added an adaptive feedback loop so user responses (accept, ignore, modify suggestions) recalibrated future recommendations.

Benefits

  • Delivered context-rich, real-time financial insights instead of static category breakdowns.
  • Automated cost-saving suggestions increased user trust and long-term engagement.
  • Adaptive behavioral learning improved recommendation accuracy and personalization.
  • Enabled proactive financial planning with alerts for predicted cash shortages and subscription renewals.
  • Strengthened perception of the platform as a true AI product, not a basic budgeting app.

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