# Will Lawrence

> Will Lawrence is the co-founder and CEO of Bretton AI, the San Francisco company formerly known as Greenlite AI that builds AI agents for financial crime and compliance operations. After leading anti-money laundering product work at Facebook/Meta and building compliance infrastructure at Paxos, he started the company in 2023 to automate the slow, manual investigative work behind KYC, AML and sanctions checks. In February 2026 the company rebranded to Bretton AI and raised a $75 million Series B led by Sapphire Ventures, bringing total funding to roughly $90 million, with customers including Robinhood, Mercury, Ramp, Gusto and a set of OCC-, FDIC- and Federal Reserve-regulated banks.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Bretton AI
- **Organizations:** Bretton AI, Greenlite AI, Paxos, Meta, Facebook, Y Combinator
- **Nationality:** Canadian
- **Education:** Bachelor of International Economics, University of British Columbia
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Bretton AI (formerly Greenlite AI), a Y Combinator-backed AI compliance company., Raised roughly $90 million across seed, a $15M Series A (Greylock) and a $75M Series B (Sapphire Ventures) by early 2026., Built a customer base of regulated banks and major fintechs including Robinhood, Mercury, Ramp and Gusto.

## Career timeline

- **2019** — Joined Meta/Facebook as a product manager, working on WhatsApp Payments and later leading product for the anti-money laundering platform across payments, gaming and e-commerce.
- **2022** — Joined Paxos as a product manager for Identity & Compliance, building core compliance infrastructure for a fintech powering over 10M crypto wallets.
- **2023** — Co-founded Greenlite AI with Alex Jin and went through Y Combinator, building AI agents for financial crime compliance.
- **2025** — Raised a $15M Series A led by Greylock to scale the AI compliance workforce for banks and fintechs.
- **2026** — Rebranded Greenlite AI to Bretton AI and raised a $75M Series B led by Sapphire Ventures, bringing total funding to about $90M.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Bretton AI (formerly Greenlite AI), a Y Combinator-backed AI compliance company.
- Raised roughly $90 million across seed, a $15M Series A (Greylock) and a $75M Series B (Sapphire Ventures) by early 2026.
- Built a customer base of regulated banks and major fintechs including Robinhood, Mercury, Ramp and Gusto.
- Led product for Facebook/Meta's anti-money laundering platform and built compliance infrastructure at Paxos before founding the company.
- Grew the company to roughly 70 employees within about three years.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Greenlite AI rebranded to Bretton AI and announced a $75M Series B led by Sapphire Ventures, with participation from Greylock, Thomson Reuters Ventures and Canvas Ventures.
- **2025-05** — Greenlite AI raised a $15M Series A led by Greylock to expand its AI compliance workforce for banks and fintechs.

## Links

- Website: https://bretton.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrencewill/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/will_lawrenceTO

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Last updated: 2026-07-22