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AI Compliance Analysts for Banks & Fintechs

Sphinx automates the manual work of compliance analysts. Our AI agents make AML decisions, helping banks and fintech eliminate onboarding bottlenecks.
Sphinx
Founded:2024
Team Size:2
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Group Partner:Nicolas Dessaigne
  

Active Founders

Alexandre Berkovic, Founder

Co-founder and CEO of Sphinx. Previously co-founded Adorno AI, developing audio generation models for video. Studied Design Engineering at Imperial College and Machine Learning at MIT.
Alexandre Berkovic
Alexandre Berkovic
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Chrisjan Wust, Founder

Co-founder and CTO of Sphinx. Previously co-founded Adorno AI, developing video-to-audio models, and served as Head of ML at RelyComply, where I helped scale the company from $0-12M ARR and secured a deal with Africa’s largest bank. Metal + tea = code. Originally from Cape Town 🇿🇦
Chrisjan Wust
Chrisjan Wust
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Company Launches

Sphinx - Your AI Compliance Analyst

We’re building the first end-to-end agentic workflow for real-time KYC decisions. Sphinx helps compliance teams in fintechs resolve complex cases instantly. We cut 85% of manual reviews using agents that make onboarding decisions – with proof.

Watch our launch video:

https://youtu.be/b-pM89SGVJA

Problem

Before a bank or fintech can onboard a new client, they have to run extensive background checks. But here's the catch: most current systems use outdated, rule-based technology. At Chris' last company, he witnessed firsthand how ineffective and shockingly basic these systems are.

Poor data quality and dumb rules create over 100 million false alerts a year, leading to:

  • Exhaustive manual reviews that drain resources and time
  • Onboarding bottlenecks that max out compliance teams
  • Lost revenue because of customers waiting and dropping off

Solution

Sphinx replaces legacy systems with AI agents that act like a legal team—defense, prosecution, and judge. They gather and verify data from every part of the internet, making onboarding decisions so your team can focus on the important work.

Sphinx integrates directly into our clients’ onboarding workflow and handles:

  1. Adverse media checks
  2. PEP screenings
  3. Sanctions reviews
  4. UBO identification

The Team

Alexandre Berkovic (CEO) has research experience at Imperial and MIT, specializing in multi-modal generative AI models. Previously founded an audio generation startup.

Chrisjan Wust (CTO) was the 1st employee and Head of ML at RelyComply, where he scaled the company from 0 to 12M users. He’s experienced compliance problems firsthand and built ML pipelines that led to a deal with Africa’s largest bank.

We first met at a barbecue in Cape Town, moved in together and then somehow ran into each other again in Portugal two years later. That kicked off our last startup. Now, we’re back at it with Sphinx.

Our Ask

  • Book a demo if compliance bottlenecks are holding up your onboarding.
  • Intros to compliance teams or decision-makers at fintechs or regulated companies would mean the world to us.
  • Follow us on LinkedIn and share this post—I’m all about serendipity. Who knows? Our next client might just be in your network!

Feel free to reach out at alex@sphinxlabs.ai | linkedin.com/in/alexandreberkovic