Sphinx YC Application

Fall 2024Active

Sphinx went through Y Combinator in the Fall 2024 batch as a Fintech company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch: Fall 2024
Industry: Fintech
Team size: 14
Status: Active
Launched: 2024

Founders

Alexandre BerkovicFounder
Chrisjan WustFounder

What Sphinx does

Sphinx automates the manual work of compliance analysts. Our AI agents make AML decisions, helping banks and fintech eliminate onboarding bottlenecks.

Sphinx's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Sphinx, Fall 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Sphinx

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI Compliance Analysts for Banks & Fintechs

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We built AI agents that automate the manual work compliance analysts do to make AML onboarding decisions. Our product ingests client data, runs through compliance checks, and generates actionable, accurate recommendations to speed onboarding for banks and fintechs.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live and work in San Francisco, CA, and the company is based there as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco puts us close to the fintech ecosystem and regulatory experts, helping us stay aligned with our customers' needs and get direct feedback.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Sphinx YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Sphinx's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Sphinx would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.