Kudos utilizes AI to manage personal finance by automatically activating card-linked offers and stacking rewards at checkout. The platform tracks card benefits and provides insights to maximize consumer earnings on purchases. Additionally, its background automation cancels unused subscriptions and negotiates recurring bills to increase user savings.
Funding
$41.4M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Consumers often struggle to determine which credit card offers the best rewards for specific online purchases, leading to missed opportunities for maximizing cashback, points, or other benefits. Manually comparing credit card rewards across numerous merchants and cards is time-consuming and complex.
Solution
Kudos is a browser extension that automates credit card selection for online shoppers, ensuring they receive optimal rewards on every purchase. The extension analyzes the user's existing credit cards and merchant-specific rewards programs to identify the most advantageous card to use at checkout. Kudos supports over 3,000 credit cards and integrates with over 2 million merchants, automatically applying the best card and even autofilling CVV information. Additionally, Kudos Boost partners with select merchants to offer doubled rewards, further increasing savings on everyday purchases.
Target Audience
Kudos primarily targets online shoppers who want to maximize their credit card rewards without the hassle of manual comparison and selection.
Features
- Browser extension that integrates with Chrome for automatic credit card selection
- Supports over 3,000 credit cards and 2 million merchants
- Autofills credit card information, including CVV, for faster checkout
- "Kudos Boost" feature doubles rewards at participating merchants
- Personalized recommendations for new credit cards based on spending habits
- Bank-level 256-bit encryption to secure user data
- SOC 2 (Type 1) security compliance