Bretton AI, the fintech startup transforming financial crime compliance with AI, has raised $75 million in Series B funding to scale its agentic AI platform across banks and regulated institutions worldwide.
Bretton AI, a rapidly growing fintech startup focused on using artificial intelligence to transform financial crime workflows, on Feb. 10 announced that it has raised $75 million in a Series B funding round and rebranded from its former name, Greenlite AI. The substantial raise and name change signal the company’s evolution from an AI tooling provider into a category‑defining platform for AI in regulated financial services.
The funding was led by Sapphire Ventures, with continued participation from existing investors including Greylock, Thomson Reuters Ventures, Canvas Ventures and Y Combinator, and new capital from TIAA Ventures. As part of the round, Sapphire partner Rajeev Dham joined Bretton AI’s board of directors, reinforcing investor confidence in the company’s strategic direction. The Series B follows a $15 million Series A raised less than a year ago, underlining strong momentum in adoption and execution.
Founded in 2023 by Will Lawrence, Bretton AI builds agentic artificial intelligence platforms that help banks and fintechs automate complex, highly regulated compliance tasks. Its technology is already in production at institutions regulated by the OCC, FDIC and Federal Reserve, as well as global financial platforms including Robinhood, Mercury, Gusto, Lead Bank and Coastal Community Bank.
Bretton’s AI agents are designed to automate mission‑critical financial crime operations such as KYC (know your customer) and KYB (know your business) reviews, AML (anti‑money laundering) and sanctions investigations, and ongoing transaction monitoring — processes that have historically relied on manual analysts.
According to Bretton AI, its platform embeds robust governance, regulatory alignment and auditability into each agent, enabling institutions to deploy AI in environments with rigorous compliance expectations. The company’s proprietary Trust Infrastructure ensures explainability and adherence to regulatory requirements, traits critical for audit‑ready and defensible AI deployment in high‑risk workflows.
Bretton AI plans to use the new funding to expand its platform into additional financial crime domains, deepen regulatory engagement, accelerate adoption by larger and more complex institutions, and invest in product development, engineering, and go‑to‑market teams. The rebrand to Bretton AI reflects its broader mission to define how AI operates safely and effectively inside regulated financial institutions, drawing inspiration from the post‑war Bretton Woods agreement that shaped the modern financial system.
