About Starter Stack AI
AI-native back-office infrastructure for mid-market private lenders funding $50M–$500M annually.
Our Mission
Starter Stack AI was founded in 2025 to close the gap between the ambitions of mid-market alternative lenders and their operational reality. The deals are there, the capital is there — but the back-office systems were never built to handle the volume. We build the AI layer that lets lenders scale without hiring.
We are an AI-native infrastructure provider for non-bank lenders. Unlike generic AI platforms, every tool we build is designed for the specific workflows of Revenue-Based Financing, Commercial Real Estate, Private Credit, and Asset-Based Lending operations.
Founders
Mark Dusseau — Co-Founder & CEO
Before founding StarterStack, Mark spent a decade building data and risk models at EY and Booz Allen Hamilton, then — through Dusseau and Company — served clients including Two Sigma and IPX Retirement, where he led the modernization of a 15-year-old legacy system (pre-acquisition) into a platform administering $40 billion in assets. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and economics and a master’s in econometrics, and he has taught computational mathematics at Johns Hopkins. As CEO, Mark leads strategy and AI — a partnership with Justice that began building an AI-powered search engine for Global X ETFs, where the two first met.
Justice Parham — Co-Founder & CTO
Justice spent 11 years as a hands-on engineer, designing and building data-intensive systems for enterprise organizations — including Union Pacific, and client engagements for Global X ETFs — and standing behind what he shipped. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science, the latter with a cybersecurity focus; his graduate machine-learning research in a CIA-funded identity-sciences program produced patent-pending technology. As CTO, Justice owns AI-native architecture and security — where every number comes from, how it was validated, and who approved it.
Who We Serve
Starter Stack AI works with non-bank lenders funding $50M–$500M annually who have outgrown spreadsheets but don’t need a twelve-month enterprise software rollout. Our clients span five lending verticals:
Industry Affiliations
- American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) — member
- SOC 2 audit in progress — details at trust.starterstack.ai
Work With Us
Ready to see what AI-native back-office infrastructure looks like for your lending operation? Start with a two-week AI Readiness Assessment or book a demo to see Document Intelligence and Risk Monitoring in action.