Founded 2026
Founders Aiden Dawes, CEO Damian Stone, CTO Lee Forsyth, COO

Eliot has a pilot with a KYC MSP that services Citi, HSBC and LSEG, set to convert for $800K. In discussions with directors and execs at 20+ international banks and MSPs. The Global Head of Deutsche Bank KYC for Markets sits on the advisory board.


Founders

Aiden
Dawes

CEO

Aiden cofounded Companies Graph (a KYC tool with 1,000+ users). He conducted ML research with the University of Oxford and built AI agents for EY in six weeks, saving them $500K a year.

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Damian
Stone

CTO

Damian sold his first company at 19. He was previously AI founding engineer at Xpendit, the Ramp for LatAm, servicing large enterprises such as Nike and CocaCola. At Addepar ($3B+ wealth management platform), Damian worked in evals and agents for ETL. He onboarded $5B+ assets under platform in three months using financial agents.

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Lee
Forsyth

COO

Lee has over 30 years of experience leading financial crime transformation and major technology implementations across global banks and fintech platforms, including Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Thomson Reuters, and Exiger. He now brings that expertise to Eliot.

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