Footprint raises $25M Series B to fight AI-powered financial crime with agentic compliance
marcbhargava · x · 2026-09-17
Footprint announced a $25M Series B to double engineering and sales as it builds Percy, an end-to-end AI system for financial crime compliance, and Trust Fabric, its underlying infrastructure.
- Global illicit activity has surged $1.3T since 2023 to $4.4T, growing faster than the economy
- Compliance costs exceed $60B in the US and Canada alone
- Generative AI is fueling more synthetic identities, shell companies and laundering, while defenders still work manually case by case
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