Dmytro Astakhov
| Dmytro Astakhov | |
| Occupation | Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Cardamon |
|---|---|
| Known for | Co-founding Cardamon, an AI compliance platform for financial institutions |
Dmytro Astakhov is a software engineer and entrepreneur based in London, England. He is the co-founder and chief technology officer (CTO) of Cardamon, an artificial intelligence platform that automates regulatory compliance for financial institutions.[1] The company was founded in 2025 alongside co-founder Areg Nzsdejan and is part of Y Combinator's Winter 2025 (W25) batch.
Career
Prior to founding Cardamon, Astakhov worked as a product developer at Revolut, the London-based financial technology company.[2] His professional background spans full-stack development, product engineering, and solution architecture, with a focus on financial services.
In 2025, Astakhov co-founded Cardamon with Areg Nzsdejan. The company develops AI-powered agents designed to help regulated financial firms manage the complexity of compliance obligations. Cardamon's platform addresses the challenge that financial institutions face in launching and maintaining products in a compliant manner across multiple jurisdictions. The company's website states that its agents "identify relevant changes, extract your obligations and conduct gap analyses in minutes not months."[3]
Cardamon's product suite includes several AI agent capabilities. Its Horizon Scanning feature continuously monitors regulatory updates, enforcement actions, and industry news globally, curating a feed tailored to a firm's specific products, activities, and markets. The platform automatically summarises, categorises, and assesses the impact of regulatory changes, linking each update to relevant business areas, products, and risk methodologies.
The company indicates that it is built and backed by operators with experience at major financial institutions, including HSBC, Citi, and Barclays.[4]
In February 2025, Cardamon was accepted into Y Combinator's W25 batch, receiving funding from the accelerator program. The company is based in San Francisco and, as of early 2025, had two employees.[5]
References
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- ↑ "Dmytro Astakhov". 'Huge Magazine}'. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
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