Variance
YC W23San Francisco, US · Founded 2022 · 12 employees · 3 known investors
Variance provides AI agents that conduct financial crime investigations for regulated institutions, automating evidence collection and analysis across compliance levels while maintaining audit trails and explainability.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechArtificial IntelligenceCompliancein /variancesafety@trustvariance
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W23)
Karine Mellatain𝕏Founder
Michael LininFounder
Investors · 3
In the news
- AI risk intelligence start-up Variance raises $21.5m Series Afintechfutures.com · 2026
- Variance Raises $21.5M Series A Fundingfinsmes.com · 2026
- Variance Raises $21.5M Series A to Automate Financial Crime Investigationsjustainews.com · 2026
- Variance Raises $21.5M Series A to Transform Risk Workflows with AI Agentsbusinesswire.com · 2026
- Variance Raises $21M Series A to Automate Risk Detection | StartupHub.aistartuphub.ai · 2026
- Variance raises $21.5M for AI risk investigationsaxios.com · 2026
- Intrinsic Raises $3.1M in Seed Fundingfinsmes.com · 2024
- Y Combinator-backed Intrinsic is building infrastructure for trust and safety teams | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com · 2023