← back

Ballerine

YC Summer 2022 Active

Agentic Intelligence Layer for Merchant Risk Decisions

http://www.ballerine.com ↗
Thesis fit
Off-thesis

Outside your stated focus; easy to skip unless something exceptional.

Edit thesis
Below your usual filter (40+)
Idea match Moderate

How close the company’s idea is to your thesis statement

Sector None

Overlap with sectors you care about

Geography Unknown

Location unknown — scores 0

Your thesis: “We back exceptional technical founders building AI-first products and infrastructure, deploying $100K checks within 24 hours.”

Founder → stable Traction → stable Idea vs market ↓ declining
Generate memo
Add / edit details

Correct facts used on the next screening or memo.

People

No founders linked yet.

YC company pages list founders in page JSON, but we only scrape a capped slice of the directory. Pull this slug with .venv/bin/python run_sourcing.py --sources yc_founders --slugs ballerine then re-ingest. Open on YC ↗

Activity & evidence

Y Combinator Y Combinator · in batch signal ▸

Similar baseline plays (YC · idea space)

Finic · Active
The AI fraud hunter
founders not scraped yet
Diligent · Active
AI agents for fintech risk and compliance operations
founders not scraped yet
Allowance · Active
The spend control layer for AI agents
founders not scraped yet
Variance · Active
AI Agents for Fraud Review and Investigations
founders not scraped yet
Sphinx · Active
AI Compliance Analysts for Banks & Fintechs
founders not scraped yet