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Cardamon

Active · AI compliance co-pilot for regulated financial businesses

WebsiteYC profile

Why it ranks

How the rank works
10signal of 100 · rising 6
  • team of 11Team size · YC's directory+5.6
  • went through YCProgram · this site+4

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Competitors

AIHadriusShared: financial firm, regulated financial, regtechYC W23New York CityStartup →AIVarianceShared: regulated financial, complianceYC W23San FranciscoStartup →AIROEShared: regtech, compliance, financialYC W24San FranciscoStartup →AIPrimitiveShared: regulated financial, buildingPlug and PlayUnited StatesStartup →AISoil Next BvShared: not weekMassChallenge Switzerland and UK 2026NetherlandsStartup →
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Soil Next BvShared: not weekMassChallenge Switzerland and UK 2026Not statedAI

Adjacent

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ZangoShared: compliance, pilotSPC 2024Not statedAI

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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
7h ago

YC tags: Fintech, Compliance, Regtech, AI

Cardamon in W25: 166 companies, 84% AI

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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.