# Castellum.AI

> Castellum.AI is a New York-based regulatory technology company that automates anti-money-laundering and know-your-customer compliance for banks, credit unions, fintechs and crypto firms. Its platform pairs in-house risk data drawn from 200,000+ global sources with explainable AI agents that screen for sanctions, politically exposed persons and adverse media, cutting alert volume by 94% and review time by 83% out of the box. Founded by a former U.S. Treasury sanctions officer, the company raised an $8.5M Series A in July 2025 led by Curql.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Peter Piatetsky (Co-Founder & CEO), Julian Vasilkoski (Co-Founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~20 employees
- **Products:** Sanctions & PEPs Screening, AI-Powered Adverse Media Screening, KYC/KYB Onboarding, Transaction Screening & Monitoring, AI Agents for Alert Resolution
- **Notable:** Reduces AML/KYC false positives by 94% out of the box, before tuning., Cuts compliance review time by 83% on Level 1 alerts., Resolves 95% of alerts using AI.

## Products & services

- **Sanctions & PEPs Screening** — Real-time screening against 1,000+ watchlists updated every 5 minutes, drawn from proprietary, in-house risk data.
- **AI-Powered Adverse Media Screening** — AI summaries of global adverse media that dramatically reduce manual review times across multiple languages.
- **KYC/KYB Onboarding** — Customer and business onboarding with beneficial ownership (UBO) screening and configurable risk controls.
- **Transaction Screening & Monitoring** — High-volume transaction screening and monitoring to surface suspicious activity in real time.
- **AI Agents for Alert Resolution** — Explainable AI agents that adjudicate Level 1 and Level 2 alerts; trained by ex-regulators and passing the CAMS certification exam.
- **Shelf Company Data** — Proprietary database of shelf and unburned shelf companies used to detect emerging fraud typologies.

## Achievements

- Reduces AML/KYC false positives by 94% out of the box, before tuning.
- Cuts compliance review time by 83% on Level 1 alerts.
- Resolves 95% of alerts using AI.
- AI agents passed the CAMS (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist) certification exam.
- Built fully in-house data, screening and AI agents rather than stitching together third-party tools.
- Aggregates and enriches risk data from 200,000+ global sources, refreshed every 5 minutes.
- Closed an oversubscribed $8.5M Series A in July 2025; ~$12.9M raised total.

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Raised an oversubscribed $8.5M Series A led by Curql, bringing total funding to roughly $12.9M.
- **2025-09** — Presented its agentic AML screening platform at FinovateFall 2025.

## Links

- Website: https://castellum.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/castellum-ai
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/castellumai

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Last updated: 2026-06-07