
Eliminate compliance queues with Axle's digital AI workers.
Product: AI agents ("AI Digital Workers") that automate AML/financial-crime compliance investigations and alert review
Founding: Founded November 2023 in San Francisco
Founders / Leadership: Yanni Giannaros (CEO, co‑founder) and Jin Yu (CTO, co‑founder)
Funding: Seed round; lead investor listed as Diagram Ventures (reported amounts: $2.5M and $3.2M)
Use cases: AML, sanctions screening, adverse media monitoring, KYC/KYB, transaction screening/monitoring
Stage / Size: Early stage, small team (employee count reported as 6)
Financial crime compliance / AML operations
2023
Financial crime compliance / RegTech
$2.5M (reported); $3.2M reported by company
Investors listed across sources include Diagram Ventures (lead), Mistral Venture Partners, UpHonest Capital, and StreamingFast; amount figures differ between sources (Dealroom $2.5M; company site $3.2M).
“Seed round led by Diagram Ventures; additional investors reported include Mistral Venture Partners, UpHonest Capital, and StreamingFast”