They have investors and could not see a path to profitability. It’s tangential to this community perhaps but the difficulties they experienced help highlight what makes this domain hard for foss. To quote them:
- The single biggest challenge with a personal finance app in 2025 is bank providers.
- Data consistency and cache invalidation
- OSS, financial privacy, and project management
- Multi-currency + Investments Data
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