Welcome to the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon spotlight, curated by HackerNoon’s editors to showcase noteworthy tech solutions to real-world problems. Whether you’re a solopreneur, part of an early-stage startup, or a developer building something that truly matters, the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon is your chance to test your product’s utility, get featured on HackerNoon, and compete for $150k+ in prizes. Submit your project to get started! Welcome to the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon spotlight, curated by HackerNoon’s editors to showcase noteworthy tech solutions to real-world problems. Whether you’re a solopreneur, part of an early-stage startup, or a developer building something that truly matters, the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon is your chance to test your product’s utility, get featured on HackerNoon, and compete for $150k+ in prizes. Submit your project to get started! Proof of Usefulness Hackathon spotlight Proof of Usefulness Hackathon spotlight Proof of Usefulness Hackathon Proof of Usefulness Hackathon $150k+ Submit your project to get started Submit your project to get started In this interview, we speak with Brian Branch, the creator of Rivver Accountant, an AI-powered personal wealth management platform tailored for the Caribbean. By aggregating financial data and providing intelligent insights, the project helps a new generation of earners better manage, save, and grow their wealth. Rivver Accountant What does Rivver Accountant do? And why is now the time for it to exist? Rivver Accountant is a personal wealth management tool that helps the latest generation of earners and investors in the Caribbean to manage their finances by aggregating their financial data and providing AI driven insights to help them better save, invest and grow their wealth. The AI and Automation revolution will definitely bring volatility to jobs, income and investments, so Rivver is building financial tools so users know where they are, where they are going and how to get there. Now’s a good time for Rivver Accountant to exist because the integration of AI can finally bridge the gap in regions lacking traditional open banking APIs, empowering users with automated, accessible financial clarity. What is your traction to date? How many people does Rivver Accountant reach? Around 200 persons per month and growing, from our platform to social media pages. There is demand for the solution especially in the Caribbean where we are targeting. Who does your Rivver Accountant serve? What’s exciting about your users and customers? Our product targets employed consumers between 18 and 40 in the Caribbean to help them manage their spending, saving and investments, but our tool is for anyone that wants to eliminate the mental load of managing and tracking their personal finances. What technologies were used in the making of Rivver Accountant? And why did you choose ones most essential to your techstack? Rivver Accountant relies on a reliable, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure powered by Vultr, Azure, and Docker. We also chose to integrate Google's Gemini to drive the advanced AI insights that serve as the crucial, intelligent layer over our users' personal financial data. What is traction to date for Rivver Accountant? Around the web, who’s been noticing? We recently launched after successfully graduating from the Founder Institute's first Caribbean accelerator cohort, which gave us strong early validation. We are currently focused on building engagement and sharing our journey across our community channels, including Instagram, X, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Instagram X LinkedIn YouTube Rivver Accountant scored a 51 proof of usefulness score (https://proofofusefulness.com/report/rivver-accountant) Rivver Accountant scored a 51 proof of usefulness score (https://proofofusefulness.com/report/rivver-accountant) https://proofofusefulness.com/report/rivver-accountant What excites you about this Rivver Accountant's potential usefulness? * The Caribbean is a slower moving market than the rest of the world therefore, the APIs and financial integrations that many citizens of developed nations benefit from aren't yet available in the Caribbean. So I'm excited most about creating this solution to not just match existing tools that already exist in other parts of the world but also to create cutting edge AI empowered solutions that can provide personalized insights, functioning as an intelligent layer on top of the user's personal financial data. Meet our sponsors Meet our sponsors Meet our sponsors Bright Data: Bright Data is the leading web data infrastructure company, empowering over 20,000 organizations with ethical, scalable access to real-time public web information. From startups to industry leaders, we deliver the datasets that fuel AI innovation and real-world impact. Ready to unlock the web? Learn more at brightdata.com. Bright Data: Bright Data is the leading web data infrastructure company, empowering over 20,000 organizations with ethical, scalable access to real-time public web information. From startups to industry leaders, we deliver the datasets that fuel AI innovation and real-world impact. Ready to unlock the web? Learn more at brightdata.com. Bright Data: brightdata.com Neo4j: GraphRAG combines retrieval-augmented generation with graph-native context, allowing LLMs to reason over structured relationships instead of just documents. With Neo4j, you can build GraphRAG pipelines that connect your data and surface clearer insights. Learn more. Neo4j: GraphRAG combines retrieval-augmented generation with graph-native context, allowing LLMs to reason over structured relationships instead of just documents. With Neo4j, you can build GraphRAG pipelines that connect your data and surface clearer insights. Learn more. Neo4j: more Storyblok: Storyblok is a headless CMS built for developers who want clean architecture and full control. Structure your content once, connect it anywhere, and keep your front end truly independent. API-first. AI-ready. Framework-agnostic. Future-proof. Start for free. 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