No newsletter this week as I’m on the road with my family travelling for the Easter Holidays. We do however have this new podcast episode for you to tide you over.

Odynn raised money in AI travel which already makes them one of the rare ones.

In this episode of the Everything AI in Travel Podcast, I sit down with John Taylor Garner, founder of Odynn, to unpack what they’re building at the intersection of travel, loyalty, fintech, and AI.

We get into:

• Why John left a top trading desk at Merrill to start building in travel

• What he learned from his first startup, Card Curator

• Why dynamic loyalty pricing broke the old model

• How Odynn powers travel portals, rewards, and loyalty infrastructure for banks, fintechs, and travel companies

• Why the financialisation of travel is still one of the biggest opportunities in the sector

• Where Hopper, Expedia, Booking, and the neobanks fit into the landscape

• What Odynn is doing with its new raise, and where the company goes next

If you care about where loyalty, payments, AI, and travel distribution are headed, this is a great one.

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Hear the episode here.

In 2026 the podcast is now found on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and now also YouTube (and if you hit subscribe there, you get it before everyone else). You can also catch up on the whole of Series 1 now also fully available in these channels.