# Alexandre Berkovic

> Alexandre Berkovic is the co-founder and CEO of Sphinx (YC F24), a San Francisco company building browser-native AI agents that do the grunt work of financial compliance - the KYC, AML and KYB checks that banks and fintechs run millions of times a year. He trained as a Design Engineer at Imperial College London and studied machine learning at MIT, did research on multi-modal generative AI, and co-founded and exited an audio-generation startup, Adorno AI, before pivoting into compliance with co-founder Chrisjan Wust. In February 2026 Sphinx raised a $7.1M seed led by Cherry Ventures.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Sphinx
- **Organizations:** Sphinx, Adorno AI, Y Combinator, MIT, Imperial College London
- **Education:** Design Engineering, Imperial College London, Machine Learning / Master of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- **Known for:** Co-founded and exited Adorno AI, an audio-generation startup., Co-founded Sphinx and led it into Y Combinator's F24 batch., Raised a $7.1M seed round for Sphinx in February 2026, led by Cherry Ventures with Y Combinator, Rebel Fund, Deel Ventures and Singularity Capital.

## Career timeline

- **circa 2023** — Co-founded Adorno AI, building audio-generation models for video; later exited.
- **2024** — Co-founded Sphinx with Chrisjan Wust; joined Y Combinator's Fall 2024 (F24) batch.
- **2026** — Sphinx raised a $7.1M seed round led by Cherry Ventures (Feb 2026).

## Achievements

- Co-founded and exited Adorno AI, an audio-generation startup.
- Co-founded Sphinx and led it into Y Combinator's F24 batch.
- Raised a $7.1M seed round for Sphinx in February 2026, led by Cherry Ventures with Y Combinator, Rebel Fund, Deel Ventures and Singularity Capital.
- Built compliance agents that reportedly cut manual reviews by 85% for financial institutions.
- Conducted research on multi-modal generative AI at Imperial and MIT, with a published research profile.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Sphinx announced a $7.1M seed round led by Cherry Ventures to scale its browser-native compliance agents.

## Links

- Website: https://alexandreberkovic.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandreberkovic/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/alexberkovic

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Last updated: 2026-06-25