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MidLyr develops AI-native banking infrastructure, securely connecting financial institutions' APIs with leading AI assistants. Its platform delivers compliant, authenticated access for customers to manage finances via AI, automating functions like balance checks and transfers. MidLyr prioritizes regulatory readiness and robust AI agent authentication for rapid bank integration.
Founded in 2025 by Wael Elsahhar and Ruochen Ren, MidLyr identified the trend of AI-driven financial inquiries and a lack of secure banking integrations. Elsahhar and Ren leverage prior experience building core banking infrastructure at Imprint, a US credit card issuer, informing their development of scalable solutions.
MidLyr serves financial institutions, enabling AI-driven customer engagement while ensuring operational integrity and regulatory compliance. The company envisions a future where most consumer financial interactions begin with AI, aiming to be the crucial platform for banks to deliver secure, intelligent services and manage this channel.
MidLyr has raised $3.0M across 1 funding round.
MidLyr has raised $3.0M in total across 1 funding round.
MidLyr AI is a risk-aware AI infrastructure platform that enables financial institutions like banks and fintechs to automate internal workflows while ensuring full compliance with regulations and policies.[1][2][3][4] Headquartered in Los Angeles with an engineering presence in Cairo, Egypt, it serves high-stakes environments by translating policy text into traceable AI agents that handle tasks such as customer complaint resolution, marketing asset reviews, risk assessments, product specs testing, and technical incident fixes.[1][3][4][5] The platform solves inefficiencies in manual oversight, which can consume up to 70% of operational revenue, by providing adaptive intelligence with real-time guardrails and audit trails.[2][4] Founded in 2025, MidLyr raised $2.5 million in pre-seed funding led by Silicon Badia, with participation from Wedbush Ventures, Hustle Fund, DCG, and Story Ventures, fueling rapid product launches and MENA expansion.[1][2][4][5]
MidLyr was founded in 2025 in the US by Wael Elsahhar, an Egyptian-born entrepreneur, and Ruochen Ren, addressing the gap between rigid financial workflows and compliant AI adoption.[2][4][5] The idea emerged from recognizing that banks rely on manual processes for compliance-heavy tasks like issue resolution and risk reviews, despite AI's potential, due to risks of "off-the-rails" outputs.[4] Elsahhar highlighted the need for regulator-friendly automation rooted in a bank's interpretation of rules, built via a "regulatory graph" that maps policies to operations.[4] Pivotal early traction came swiftly: after raising pre-seed funding over the summer, the team built the product, secured design partners, and launched in late October 2025—within 4.5 months—demonstrating strong execution amid hype around enterprise AI.[1][4]
MidLyr stands out in fintech AI by prioritizing regulation-first infrastructure over generic tools, ensuring AI agents stay within defined guardrails.[1][3][4]
MidLyr rides the enterprise AI wave in fintech, where institutions face mounting regulatory pressures amid AI adoption, timing perfectly with 2025's push for compliant automation post-regulatory updates.[1][2][4] Market forces like operational inefficiencies (up to 70% revenue loss from manual processes) and the need for "provable" AI in high-stakes sectors favor its model, bridging generic LLMs' shortcomings with institutional-grade controls.[2][5] By enabling scalable, auditable workflows, MidLyr influences the ecosystem as a foundational layer, empowering banks to innovate securely—much like how cloud infrastructure transformed software—and accelerating MENA fintech growth through local talent and partnerships.[2][4][5]
MidLyr's momentum—$2.5M funding, product launch in months, and design partners—positions it to capture early-mover advantage in bank-grade AI, with plans for accelerated hiring in engineering, data science, design, and compliance across the US and MENA.[2][4][5] Trends like evolving regulations, AI agent proliferation, and regional tech hubs will shape its path, potentially expanding to more verticals beyond finance. Its influence could evolve from niche automator to standard infrastructure, redefining secure operations as AI matures, tying back to its core mission of transforming financial workflows without compromise.[1][2]
MidLyr has raised $3.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $3.0M Seed in October 2025.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2025 | $3M Seed | — | Backed VC, Kindred Capital VC, Silicon Badia, XFactor Ventures | Announced |
MidLyr has raised $3.0M in total across 1 funding round.
MidLyr's investors include Backed VC, Kindred Capital VC, Silicon Badia, XFactor Ventures.
