MARKET MAP: 89 VC-Backed Startups Changing Finance, Audits, Banking & Compliance
Lead Bank CEO Jackie Reses at Newcomer’s 2025 Breaking the Bank Summit As AI begins to transform the financial services industry — from investment banking to wealth management to the CFO’s back-office toolkit — AI native startups and legacy players alike are scrambling for position. VCs are backing startups that use AI to help bankers better source deals, assist finance workers in their daily tasks, and handle fraud and compliance in the heavily regulated industry. Established players like Monzo in the banking space and Digits for accounting, both founded years before ChatGPT burst onto the scene, have been integrating AI features into their products to better match the moment. This is our second market map ahead of the Machine Earning AI Summit , which takes place on September 29 in San Francisco. The summit will explore agentic commerce, intelligent money, enterprise finance operations, the evolving consumer experience, and the major meta-themes including fraud, risk, compliance
