Company patents
Affirm, Inc.
Affirm, Inc. exhibits a highly concentrated patent strategy, with 87.5% of its portfolio in Business Methods & Fintech, which saw a significant 50.0% decline in patenting in 2025 and a further 60.0% decline so far in 2026, suggesting a potential shift away from aggressive patenting in its core area despite a 33.3% growth in 2024. The company has also shown a notable decrease in patenting across all other categories, including a 100.0% decline in Machine Learning & AI, Databases & Information Retrieval, Computer Security, Network Security & Access Control, and Web & Cloud Service Protocols so far in 2026, indicating a broad de-emphasis on new patent filings outside its primary fintech focus.
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Yearly patent publications since 2023
Product themes
Product-level themes inferred from filings since 2023, with category chips showing where each theme appears. Select a theme to filter the patents below.
56 US filings (since 2023) · 7 categories · 5 themes
Systems designed to streamline and automate various commercial transactions, including mobile-enhanced processes, secure online checkouts, customer service interactions, and privilege issuance, often leveraging digital authentication.
Systems and methods for authenticating users, devices, or applications, authorizing their access to resources based on policies, and managing digital identities across various platforms.
Systems that use user data, preferences, and machine learning to generate tailored advice, product recommendations, goal-setting plans, or contextual information for individuals across different domains.
Technologies for securing, managing, and transacting with virtual currencies, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and other blockchain-based digital assets, including hardware wallets and tokenization schemes for various purposes.
Systems and methods utilizing artificial intelligence, particularly large language models and neural networks, to extract, summarize, generate, or categorize information from unstructured or semi-structured data sources.
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