FHFA Fintech Lead Departs to Spearhead Better’s AI Platform

Mortgage lender Better tapped the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s former financial technology lead, Leah Price, to helm its artificial intelligence platform.

Price left the FHFA roughly a year and a half after joining the government agency to ramp up its integration of generative artificial intelligence.

The FHFA, which oversees mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, has been the subject of recent discussions after President Donald Trump signaled he plans to release the companies from government ownership after nearly two decades.

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“Before I joined the FHFA, ...