In this episode of FintechTalks, Sanjib sits down with Dana Warren, Venture Partner at Canaan Partners, to explore how decades of fintech experience and the power of pattern recognition are shaping the next generation of founders and investors.

Dana shares her journey from leading major partnerships at Stripe, PayPal, and American Express to joining one of Silicon Valley’s most storied venture firms. She discusses how her operating background gives her an edge in identifying great founders, building high-performing teams, and spotting the signals of scalable success.

They also dive into AI’s transformative role in fintech—from programmable money and stablecoins to agentic commerce and the evolving CFO stack—and how Canaan’s principled, founder-first approach has kept the firm thriving for 37 years.