Bretton AI, formerly known as Greenlite AI, announced it has secured $75 million in a Series B funding round aimed at enhancing its role in combating financial crime within regulated financial institutions. The funding round was led by Sapphire Ventures, with continued participation from existing investors including Greylock, Thomson Reuters Ventures, Canvas Ventures, and Y Combinator. New investor TIAA Ventures also joined the round. Rajeev Dham, a partner at Sapphire Ventures, will join Bretton AI’s board. This funding follows closely on the heels of its Series A round completed less than a year ago.
The company’s platform is currently utilized by banks and financial platforms regulated by the OCC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve, including notable clients such as Robinhood, Mercury, Gusto, Lead Bank, and Coastal Community Bank. Bretton AI’s AI agents are designed to manage high-volume and mission-critical workflows, encompassing KYC and KYB reviews, AML and sanctions investigations, as well as ongoing monitoring efforts.
At the heart of Bretton AI’s offering is its “Trust Infrastructure,” a governance framework developed to integrate regulatory guidance, model risk management, continuous AI evaluation, and quality assurance into every agent. This structure aims to ensure that deployments are audit-ready and explainable, aligning with regulatory expectations.
The company asserts that its agents can seamlessly operate across various systems and data sources, effectively analyzing incomplete data and completing investigations in minutes instead of days. This efficiency is said to deliver a return on investment through increased consistency and more defensible decision-making. Since its Series A funding in May 2025, Bretton AI has reportedly expanded its adoption and use cases, with the total market capitalization of companies using its platform soaring from $150 billion to over $1 trillion within a year.
In 2025 alone, Bretton AI signed five new publicly traded clients, with the average contract value more than doubling to $201,000 from $85,000 during its Series A and up from $25,000 at its seed round in 2023. The company claims to have helped its customers save over $10 million in compliance-related headcount costs and risk reduction while also eliminating more than 195,000 hours of manual compliance work. Moreover, its agents have completed over 1.2 million L1 and L2 financial crime investigations.
The name change to Bretton AI pays homage to Bretton Woods, signifying its transition from an AI tools provider to a defining platform for financial crime operations. The proceeds from the Series B funding will be allocated towards expanding into additional financial crime domains, enhancing regulatory engagement, and accelerating adoption among larger institutions, while also investing in product development and the growth of engineering and go-to-market teams.
“Financial crime is the breakout use case for AI in financial services. This work is complex, unstructured, and deeply scrutinized. We’ve proven that AI agents can operate in production inside the world’s most regulated institutions when built with the right trust and governance foundations,” said Will Lawrence, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Bretton AI. He emphasized that the company’s mission has evolved, necessitating a name that reflects its expanded vision. “Bretton AI is about defining the standard for how AI operates inside regulated financial institutions. Our mission has expanded, and our name needed to reflect that.”
Rajeev Dham of Sapphire Ventures expressed confidence in Bretton AI’s potential, stating, “Financial crime compliance is one of the most operationally intensive and critical functions in financial services—and it’s exactly where we think AI can deliver the biggest impact. Bretton AI has proven that AI agents can run in production at scale, turning compliance teams into force multipliers rather than cost centers.”
Brian Hamilton, President of Coastal Community Bank, noted the transformative impact of Bretton AI’s platform, stating, “Bretton AI has been a force multiplier for our financial crime team. We’ve meaningfully reduced L1 investigation times, improved consistency across decisions and strengthened our overall risk posture as we scale.”
The ongoing evolution of Bretton AI underscores its pivotal role in shaping the future of compliance within the financial sector. As the company broadens its reach and capabilities, the implications for regulatory frameworks and operational efficiencies stand to be significant, potentially setting new benchmarks for the integration of AI in financial crime prevention.
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