Sphinx raises $7.1M to scale browser-integrated compliance agents for banks and fintechs

Sphinx announced a $7.1M seed raise to accelerate deployment of its browser-integrated compliance agents that automate AML/KYC/KYB workflows inside existing bank and fintech interfaces. The company positions these agents as embedded assistants that execute alert triage, evidence collection, and narrative drafting while maintaining audit-grade decision records.

Investors on the round include Cherry Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, Rebel Fund, Deel Ventures, and Singularity Capital, funding aimed at scaling the product and sales across regulated organizations. Sphinx emphasizes rapid time-to-value by running in the browser layer, avoiding heavy API integrations or system replacements.

In live deployments the platform has processed millions of alerts and resolved hundreds of thousands of cases, claims that back its ability to clear backlog work in days rather than months. Customer anecdotes include a fintech that reported a 94% drop in false positives while improving true-positive detection and several institutions that expanded internationally without adding equivalent compliance headcount.

Sphinx frames its opportunity against a global compliance market where firms spend more than $200B annually on manual review and outsourced operations. The offering targets cost, speed, and auditability: it captures rationale for every automated decision to satisfy regulator scrutiny and potential insurance requirements.

Technically, the solution embeds automated agents into browser sessions and UI flows, enabling them to ingest PDFs, portal screens, emails, and case-management entries. That approach preserves customer workflows while applying machine-driven checks, evidence aggregation, and first-draft requests for information.

Early traction is verticalized toward banks, public companies, and scaling fintechs that require cross-jurisdictional compliance. Sphinx reports adoption across more than a dozen regulatory regions, leveraging a single agent architecture adapted to local rules and operational patterns.

The founding team couples AI research experience with hands-on compliance engineering, positioning the startup to iterate on explainability and operational controls. Investors cited the product’s ability to function inside complex legacy stacks as a core reason for backing.

Risks remain: browser-layer automation can surface security and governance questions, and incumbent RegTech vendors may respond with tighter platform integrations or feature parity. Regulatory acceptance of automated decision logs will also vary by jurisdiction and examiner expectations.

For buyers, the value proposition is measurable: faster onboarding, a smaller review queue, and lower exposure to missed alerts or erroneous clearances. For Sphinx, the seed will support global sales, model governance hardening, and continued development of explainability and audit tooling.

• Funding: $7.1M seed led by Cherry Ventures
• Operational footprint: millions of alerts processed; hundreds of thousands of cases handled
• Client outcomes: 94% reduction in false positives reported by a customer; up to 4x operational cost reduction cited

In sum, Sphinx is selling automated, browser-level compliance labor that aims to replace repetitive analyst tasks and provide inspectable decision trails. The next 12–18 months will test whether its explainability, security posture, and regulatory acceptance scale alongside customer deployments.