Bretton AI

Bretton is the AI agent platform for financial crime compliance.

AI agents Legal and compliance FintechY Combinator

Latest funding

$75M Series B+ · February 10, 2026

Led by Sapphire Ventures · Source: bretton.com

Total raised: $90.5M* across 3 sourced rounds

All 3 rounds ↓

Website: bretton.com.

X: @brettonai · 579 followers.

LinkedIn: bretton-ai.

Categories: AI agents Legal and compliance Fintech.

Sectors: Fintech, Artificial Intelligence, Payments, B2B, Compliance.

Stage: Series B+.

Based in: San Francisco, United States.

Founded: 2023.

Total raised: $90.5M* in 3 sourced rounds.

Last round: Feb 10, 2026 · 275 days ago.

Team: 34 people on the team page.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 28, 2026.

Signals

X account@brettonai · created Jun 27, 2023 (3 years old) · 579 followers

Website registeredDec 21, 1998 (27 years old)

About Bretton AI

OCC, Fed and FDIC regulated banks use Bretton agents to automate AML, Sanction and KYC reviews with unparalleled efficiency. Bretton has pioneered AI use in financial services with its proprietary Trust Infrastructure — a system of model validation, governance and auditability guardrails that enables AI use in key regulated workflows.

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Bretton AI | 694 days from X account to first raise on record

@brettonai·Raised $90M in 2 sourced rounds·1 signal before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

February 10, 2026
Series B+ · $75M
SSapphire Ventures (lead)
Source: bretton.com
May 21, 2025
Series A · $15M
GGreylock (lead)
Source: globalfintechseries.com
June 27, 2023
X account created
December 21, 1998
Website created
Date unknown
Round · $500K*
YY Combinator
Source: ycombinator.com

Founders and team

AJ
Alex Jin Founder

@iamalexjin · LinkedIn
WL
Will Lawrence CEO

@will_lawrenceTO · LinkedIn · source: x.com
RS
Rick Shooman Managing Director and Head of Services

Investors

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Sources and API

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