Greenlite AI raises $15m to help banks and fintechs fight financial crime
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Greenlite AI is trusted by OCC-regulated banks, SEC-regulated broker-dealers, and Fortune 500 firms. Its platform automates manual, mission-critical work — starting with Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), and sanctions compliance. Customers include Ramp, Mercury, Betterment, Gusto, RSM UK, and multiple U.S. banks.
AI Agents Built for High-Stakes Compliance
At the core of Greenlite AI's platform is its Trust Infrastructure, a proprietary system that embeds U.S. federal banking regulatory guidance, like OCC 2011-12 and NYDFS 504, into every agent's foundation. This enables automated workflows to meet strict requirements for validation, testing, and accuracy, giving institutions the confidence to scale AI-based staffing.
'With regulatory pressure mounting and margins tightening, compliance teams can't keep throwing headcount at the problem,' said Will Lawrence, CEO and co-founder of Greenlite AI. 'They need automation that's not just powerful, but accountable. That's exactly what Greenlite AI delivers — AI agents built on a foundation of regulatory trust, ready to take on the front lines of financial crime and compliance.'
Scaling to Meet Market Demand
The company will use the new funding to scale its proprietary Trust Infrastructure — designed to become the industry standard for generative AI accuracy and model validation — while investing in new agent archetypes, expanding its regulatory presence, and growing its engineering, go-to-market, and partnerships teams to onboard the next wave of financial institutions.
"Greenlite AI's agents are reducing the manual burden on compliance teams, and their unparalleled accuracy is helping organizations scale without adding headcount," said Seth Rosenberg, Partner at Greylock and Board Member at Greenlite AI. "It is a privilege to be partners to Will and team, and we're proud to double down on our support of the company as they raise the bar for what trustworthy compliance looks like in today's AI era.'
Expanding Reach Through Trusted Partners
Greenlite AI's agents are also being used by consulting and accounting firms that serve financial institutions, extending its reach beyond direct deployment into advisory and oversight services.
"Thomson Reuters Ventures invests in innovative companies that align with our strategic objectives and the markets we serve," said Tamara Steffens, Managing Director, Thomson Reuters Ventures. "In the financial services sector, combating financial crime is a daunting task. AML risk and compliance teams are burdened with the manual review of screened transactions and entity due diligence. Greenlite AI's solution addresses these challenges with precision and reliability. It will become indispensable for organizations committed to growth and compliance."
Driving Measurable Results in the Real World
Greenlite AI's agents manage alert triage, customer risk scoring, and transaction monitoring reviews end-to-end, delivering speed and auditability while freeing compliance teams to focus on proactive risk management, regulatory strategy, and customer insight.
Greenlite AI's clients are seeing strong results: an OCC-regulated bank cut Enhanced Due Diligence review time by 70%; a fast-growing fintech reduced routine alert handling by 90%; and an SEC-regulated broker expanded into 12 markets by deploying Greenlite Agents to manage thousands of additional adverse media, PEP, and sanctions alerts each month.
'What sets Greenlite AI apart is their focus on the messy middle, the unclear and time-consuming compliance cases that don't fit neatly into checkboxes,' said Justin Pirzadeh, Partner at Canvas Prime. 'Many companies think better data alone will solve the problem. Greenlite AI goes further. They have built a system that understands context, clarifies uncertainty, and gives teams a trusted path forward. That is exactly the kind of thinking we look for at Canvas.'
A New Model for Compliance Operations
Greenlite AI aims to become the default way financial institutions staff operational teams. Its agents are designed to replace costly, error-prone workflows with AI systems that are scalable, explainable, and regulator-aligned.
'Complex compliance issues are in many ways big data problems, and AI will enable financial institutions to fulfill their regulatory obligations not only more efficiently, but importantly, more effectively,' said Tim Mayopoulos, Greenlite AI angel investor and former CEO of Fannie Mae. 'I'm excited by Greenlite AI's proprietary capabilities that prioritize precision, transparency, and auditability in areas such as anti-fraud and customer due diligence. Greenlite AI is a model for how financial institutions can better protect the financial system by using tools that are better and less expensive than just hiring more people.'
'Greenlite AI is redefining how financial institutions fight financial crime,' said Lawrence. 'We're building a faster, smarter compliance workforce — one that regulators can trust and teams can scale.'
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