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010 - Fighting Financial Crime with Blockchain and AI with Guillermo Fernandes, Former CEO, Blockpliance
Pitch, Build, Scale - Startup Founder Stories in the Age of AI · 2025-05-08 · 47 min
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What do you do when moving money legally becomes impossible? Guillermo Fernandes went from private banker to founder of Blockpliance, a crypto compliance startup using AI to fight financial crime on the blockchain. In this episode of Pitch, Build, Scale , we dig into Guillermo’s path from global banking to building an intelligence tool used by governments, banks, and regulators around the world. Learn how he built trust with institutions, dealt with crypto’s darkest use cases, and navigated a full acquisition—without raising venture capital. ResourcesBlockpliance: