We at stake almost exclusively work with sort of those everyday Americans.

They like make $30,000 to $40,000 a year.

A lot of them, 65% of them in fact have more money in their stake checking account and

they do in any other bank account.

Last week somebody told us that they were saving up for a new smartphone.

You know, we kind of asked people what they're saving for.

So we dropped $300 in his account to help them buy the phone.

You know, he was just like so grateful.

And little moments like that, I guess, where you can see, like,

how much potential we have to make a big positive impact in so many people's lives.

My name is Jimmy Jacobson, and I'm the co-founder and director of engineering at stake.

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Jimmy Jacobson grew up in Snow Kwame, about 45 minutes east of Seattle, Washington.

He graduated from college in 2020 as the pandemic was breaking,

but directly correlated with the pandemic,

he didn't actually get to walk and receive his diploma.

He hopes that he'll get rescheduled soon.

His first job out of school was the startup he's building now.

And outside of tech, he rides mountain bikes,

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