In this Lightning Ventures Founder Interview, Felipe, CEO of Sati, dives deep into how his company is enabling #bitcoin and #stablecoin access for billions via WhatsApp. Broadcasting from Tulum, Felipe discusses Sati’s mission to onboard users in emerging markets where traditional banking is broken and smartphone storage is scarce. He unpacks their non-custodial architecture, unique WhatsApp bot integration, and the company’s ambitious goal of powering financial services directly within the world’s most popular messaging app. Felipe also shares insights on working with Meta, scaling user adoption, handling regulatory hurdles, and Sati’s moonshot vision of building a modular API-driven ecosystem for crypto-native payments.
- Introduction to Felipe and Sati’s mission
- Why WhatsApp is the perfect distribution channel for global adoption
- Target user profiles: remittance senders, knowledge workers- How Sati enables ramp on/off with partnerships
- Non-custodial wallet architecture using phone number and PIN encryption- Recovery process, SIM swap risks, and upcoming exportable key feature
- Challenges and strategies for getting WhatsApp bots approved by Meta
- Demo of sending and receiving sats and future pre-funded accounts- Hybrid backend infrastructure
- Business model focused on fees, swaps, and white-label API solutions- Growth trajectory with 20K users and partnerships driving toward 250K
- Roadmap for expanding into Telegram, SMS, and Chrome extensions
- Long-term vision of powering decentralized financial services
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