FOUNDER’S NOTE

Punyaslok Dutta (Founder & CEO of Settl X)

Punyaslok Dutta (Founder & CEO of Settl X)

Punyaslok Dutta is the founder and CEO of Settl X, an agentic AI compliance platform (KYB/KYC/KYT) for Web2.5 and Web3 companies.

Punyaslok Dutta is the founder and CEO of Settl X, an agentic AI compliance platform (KYB/KYC/KYT) for Web2.5 and Web3 companies.

Punyaslok Dutta, Founder of Settl X

Why I built Settl X

Settl X began with more than 40 conversations with compliance leaders across dLocal, Payoneer, HSBC, and other global institutions. The same pattern emerged again and again: teams were working across fragmented tools, resolving the same signals repeatedly, and carrying the burden of false positives without enough context. I built Settl X to give compliance teams agentic AI that can connect evidence, preserve rationale, and help people move from investigation to decision with confidence.

Background & credentials

Settl X was incubated at Entrepreneur First, where the founding thesis was tested with compliance leaders and sharpened into a platform built for the realities of modern Web2.5 and Web3 operations.

Speaking & writing

Read Settl X’s writing on compliant growth, stablecoins, and the evolving intersection of AI, financial crime, and Web3.