Automated sanctions screening and AML compliance for Seed & Series A fintech startups. Sentinel monitors every transaction in real time — so your team doesn't have to.
OFAC fines start at $50,000 per violation. Most early-stage fintechs don't find out until it's too late.
OFAC civil penalties for processing a single sanctioned payment can reach six figures — and they're per transaction.
Existing tools dump raw CSV lists on your compliance team. No reasoning, no context, no entity resolution.
Series B investors and acquiring banks run compliance checks. A single violation kills deals and banking relationships.
Batch screening that runs nightly misses the window to prevent the transaction. You need a decision in milliseconds.
Paste your Stripe API key. Sentinel starts listening to your webhook stream instantly.
Every transaction is matched against the OFAC SDN sanctions list in real time — primary names and all known aliases.
Claude AI distinguishes "John Smith the US customer" from "John Smith on the OFAC list" — eliminating false positives.
Get Slack/email alerts on hits. Every decision is logged with full reasoning for your compliance team and auditors.
Every payment is screened the moment it's created — not in a nightly batch. Stripe webhooks trigger an instant check on every transaction.
Powered by Claude AI to reason about name matches in context — not just string comparison. Eliminates false positives on common names.
Screens against the full US Treasury Specially Designated Nationals list, including all AKAs and aliases. Updated every 24 hours directly from treasury.gov.
Every check logged with full AI reasoning — accessible via your compliance dashboard and API. Ready for regulators, investors, and banking partners.
Slack and email notifications the moment a high-risk transaction is detected. No dashboard monitoring required.
No card numbers or payment credentials ever stored. Sentinel only retains the name, amount, and AI reasoning needed for your compliance record.
Traditional solutions cost $2,000–$10,000/month and take weeks to integrate. Sentinel is live in 60 seconds.
| Capability | ✅ Sentinel | Traditional Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Setup time | 60 seconds | Days to weeks |
| AI entity resolution | ✓ Included | ✗ Not available |
| Real-time screening | ✓ Per transaction | Nightly batch |
| Stripe native integration | ✓ Webhooks | Manual CSV upload |
| False positive reduction | ✓ AI-powered | Manual review |
| Audit trail with reasoning | ✓ Auto-generated | Manual documentation |
| Price | Startup-friendly | $2K–$10K/month |
"We were processing payments with zero sanctions screening. Sentinel caught a high-risk transaction in our first week and the AI reasoning saved us from a false positive that would have blocked a real customer."
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