Will Lawrence
FounderFounder at Bretton AI
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedBretton AI Β· YC
About
Will Lawrence led product development for Facebook's anti-money laundering platform and previously built compliance infrastructure at Paxos. He is co-founder and CEO of Greenlite, which provides AI-powered financial crime operations tools for fintech companies.
Will Lawrence @will_lawrenceto
Greylock and @SethGRosenberg have been incredible partners as we've built @brettonai. They helped us land key early talent, close enterprise deals and shape our strategic direction. If you have the chance to partner with them, run dont walk https://t.co/AsNUCPrL0C
Jul 14, 2026 Β· β₯ 3 Β· β 1
Will Lawrence @will_lawrenceto
Our new agent platform lets banks build any agent for their back office from a single control panel. Banks around the U.S. are using us to replace BPOs and increase leverage. Check out a demo below: https://t.co/HI9V71Y134
Jun 30, 2026 Β· β₯ 2
Will Lawrence @will_lawrenceto
What does an AI-native bank look like? Have a look at First Internet Bank of Indiana in our latest customer deep dive. With zero branches and over $5.6B in assets, FIB has been a pioneer in digital banking since 1999. But even the most innovative banks are drowning in manual https://t.co/CPjhvQfRS2
May 28, 2026 Β· β₯ 5
Founder at Bretton AIYC S23
Intro paths
Will went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Bretton AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Will can intro founders to Bretton AI's investors below.
Bretton AI's investors Β· 3
Experience
- Bretton AICEO & Co-foundercurrent2023 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- PaxosProduct, AML and Compliance2022 β 2023New York City Metropolitan Area
- MetaProduct Lead, Payments & ML2021 β 2022London Area, United Kingdom
- MetaProduct Manager, AML and Sanction Compliance2019 β 2021San Francisco Bay Area
Education
- Y CombinatorSummer 2023 Batch2023
- The University of British ColumbiaBIE, International Economics
Skills & more
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FinTechProduct StrategyPublic SpeakingProject ManagementData AnalysisEntrepreneurshipPublic RelationsStatistical ModelingBusiness PlanningData ModelingStatistical Data AnalysisRegression Testing- iOS 11 Development Essential Training: Create Your First App β LinkedIn
- Project Management: An Introductory Hands-On Course β Stanford University
- Technology for Product Managers β LinkedIn
- Python GUI Development with Tkinter β LinkedIn
- Programming Foundations: Real-World Examples β LinkedIn
- Advanced SQL for Data Scientists β LinkedIn
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Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
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The University of British Columbia mafia63
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Paxos mafia2
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Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
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Also attended The University of British Columbia229
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Shared employers
Also worked at Bretton AI3
Also worked at Paxos13
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Also worked at Meta282
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