San Francisco–based Rulebase, a Y Combinator alum founded in 2024 by Nigerian engineers Gideon Ebose and Chidi Williams, has raised a $2.1 million pre-seed round led by Bowery Capital, with participation from Y Combinator, Commerce Ventures, Transpose Platform VC, and angel investors.
Rulebase is tackling one of financial services’ most costly challenges — manual back-office operations such as compliance, quality assurance, and dispute resolution. Its AI-powered platform, branded as an “agent co-worker,” integrates across tools like Zendesk, Jira, and Slack to evaluate customer interactions, flag regulatory risks, and trigger the correct workflows.
Already deployed at clients including U.S. business banking platform Rho and a Fortune 50 financial institution, Rulebase’s software reviews 100% of support interactions, cutting costs by up to 70% and reducing escalations by as much as 30%. With revenue growing at double-digit rates since graduating YC’s Fall 2024 batch, the company plans to expand engineering, add features such as fraud investigation and audit preparation, and pursue customers across Africa, Europe, and the U.S.
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