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YC World
YC World is a counterparty and corporate network risk investigation platform built by Ukrainian open-data developer YouControl. It consolidates official company records, ownership networks, sanctions lists, politically exposed persons and other risk signals across 80+ jurisdictions into a single searchable, graph-based workspace, helping compliance teams, investigators and law enforcement run AML, KYC and KYB checks and expose hidden ownership and sanctioned connections.
Variance
Variance builds investigative AI agents that automate risk and compliance work for banks, fintechs, and Fortune 500 platforms - handling KYC, KYB, AML, transaction monitoring, and fraud investigations that would otherwise take teams of analysts days to complete. Founded in 2023 by ex-Apple fraud engineers Karine Mellata and Michael Lin (originally as the trust-and-safety startup Intrinsic), the company raised a $21.5M Series A in March 2026 led by Ten Eleven Ventures.
Quantifind
Quantifind is a Palo Alto-based AI risk intelligence company that helps banks and government agencies surface financial crime signals from oceans of public, unstructured data. Its Graphyte platform automates anti-money-laundering, KYC, and investigations work, cutting false positives and accelerating analyst decisions.
TRM Labs
TRM Labs is a blockchain intelligence company that helps financial institutions, crypto businesses, and government agencies investigate fraud, money laundering, and other financial crimes on-chain. Its platform blends blockchain data, AI agents, and threat intelligence to trace illicit funds across hundreds of blockchains, screen wallets, and support criminal investigations from suspicious-activity alerts to courtroom-ready evidence.