Cardamon
YC W25 · Active · AI compliance co-pilot for regulated financial businesses
Competitors
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 HadriusShared: regulated financial, financial firm, regtechActiveAI | AI | Active | YCW23 |
 ROEShared: regtech, compliance, financialActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCW24 |
 ComplifShared: regtech, compliance, financialActiveAI | AI | Active | YCW22 |
 VarianceShared: regulated financial, complianceActiveAI | AI | Active | YCW23 |
 o11Shared: financial firm, but, finance and accountingActiveAI | AI | Active | YCW26 |
Adjacent
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 Connect EarthShared: financial firmNot statedOther | Other | Not stated | EF2021 |
 AiPriseShared: regtech, compliance, poweredActiveAI | AI | Active | YCS22 |
 ReadilyShared: regtech, complianceActiveAI | AI | Active | YCS23 |
 TovenAIShared: regtech, compliance, firmActiveAI | AI | Active | YCS26 |
 LuthorShared: regtech, compliance, regulationActiveAI | AI | Active | YCF24 |
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Founders
- Areg NzsdejanFounder/CEO
- Dmytro AstakhovFounder/CTO
About Cardamon
Cardamon is an AI powered platform that ingests relevant regulation, understands what applies to each regulated financial firm, and gets compliance officers from regulation, to obligations, to product requirements in minutes - not weeks. Financial firms face a host of complex regulations that make it incredibly painful to launch and maintain products in a compliant way. As a Product team at Revolut, we felt this pain deeply ourselves - we had products ready to launch but stuck in compliance limbo, often for weeks. Turns out, getting compliant took as long as building the product itself. Frustrated, we dug in and were shocked by how manual and inefficient the processes were. That’s when it clicked: there’s a huge opportunity to automate the boring stuff (and solve our own problem!). Compliance teams win because they ditch the tedious tasks. Product teams win because they ship faster. Everyone’s happy.
- YC batch
- W25 · Winter 2025
- Status, per YC
- Active
- Category
- AI
- Team size
- 11
- Location
- London, England, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 2025
- Checked
- 31m ago
YC tags: Fintech, Compliance, Regtech, AI
Cardamon: questions
Which YC batch was Cardamon in?
Cardamon was in Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch (W25).
Is Cardamon still active?
Y Combinator lists Cardamon as active.
Who founded Cardamon?
Cardamon's founders, as listed on its YC page: Areg Nzsdejan (Founder/CEO), Dmytro Astakhov (Founder/CTO).
Where is Cardamon based?
Cardamon lists London, England, United Kingdom as its location on YC's directory.
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