# Silent Eight

> Silent Eight is a Singapore-headquartered regtech company that builds purpose-built artificial intelligence for financial crime compliance. Its Iris platform automates name screening, transaction screening, transaction monitoring, investigation and case documentation for banks, producing decisions with written, auditable narratives instead of black-box scores. The company is used by Tier 1 institutions including HSBC and Standard Chartered, and has raised roughly $55 million to date, including a $40 million Series B in 2022.

- **Founded:** 2013
- **Headquarters:** Singapore (with an office in New York, USA)
- **Founders:** Martin Markiewicz (Co-Founder & CEO), Julia Markiewicz (Co-Founder & COO), Michael Wilkowski (Co-Founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~150 employees
- **Products:** Iris Platform (Iris 7), Name Screening Adjudicator / Detector, Transaction Screening, Transaction Monitoring & Behavioral Analysis, Case Building & Documentation
- **Notable:** Won ICA's Compliance AI Solution of the Year 2025 (Europe)., Named among the Top 100 Financial Technology Companies of 2024., Closed a $40M Series B in 2022 with backing from HSBC Ventures and SC Ventures.

## Products & services

- **Iris Platform (Iris 7)** — AI-powered platform for financial crime compliance teams that unifies screening, investigation, transaction monitoring, case documentation and quality assurance across the compliance lifecycle, with policy-bound AI agents.
- **Name Screening Adjudicator / Detector** — Neuro-symbolic AI that analyzes customer and counterparty names against sanctions and watchlists, resolving alerts and explaining why each was raised or closed.
- **Transaction Screening** — Automated adjudication of payment screening alerts to reduce false positives while maintaining risk coverage.
- **Transaction Monitoring & Behavioral Analysis** — Detects anomalies and behavioral patterns across transactions and customer risk to surface financial crime earlier.
- **Case Building & Documentation** — Generates auditable case narratives and investigation documentation automatically, turning decisions into regulator-ready records.
- **Quality Assurance & Controls** — Automated sampling, model validation, screening audits and compliance testing for full oversight of AI decisions.

## Achievements

- Won ICA's Compliance AI Solution of the Year 2025 (Europe).
- Named among the Top 100 Financial Technology Companies of 2024.
- Closed a $40M Series B in 2022 with backing from HSBC Ventures and SC Ventures.
- Secured Tier 1 banking customers including HSBC and Standard Chartered.
- Reported 6x revenue growth and a tripled workforce between October 2020 and the 2022 Series B.

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Silent Eight won ICA's Compliance AI Solution of the Year 2025 (Europe).
- **2025-01** — Released Iris 7, introducing policy-bound AI agents across the compliance lifecycle.
- **2024-03** — CEO Martin Markiewicz profiled on his bet that purpose-built AI can tackle financial crime.
- **2024-01** — Named among the Top 100 Financial Technology Companies of 2024.

## Links

- Website: https://silenteight.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/silenteight
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/whereiseight

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Last updated: 2026-07-18