Infinite at SardineCon SF 2025.
August 20, 2025 at The Pearl, San Francisco.
One day, 200 risk leaders, two of us
The detailsWednesday, August 20, 2025: one day of talks, workshops, and intelligence sharing at Sardine’s first-ever conference.
The Pearl in Dogpatch, San Francisco: 200+ fraud, AML, and risk leaders from banking, payments, fintech, and crypto.
Practitioner-heavy by design. The keynote came from Erin West of Operation Shamrock, on dismantling pig-butchering scam networks.
Both founders, one packed day.
Who was thereNikhil and Raj worked the room with the people who run risk.
Nikhil Srinivasan
Founder & CEOMade the compliance-network case to a risk-native room: counterparty review, not settlement, is the bottleneck in money movement, and a shared network is what changes it.
Raj Lad
Founder & CTOTalked through how risk signals plug into payments infrastructure: screening before funds move, and what it takes to keep one reconciled ledger under accounts, US rails, SWIFT, and stablecoins.
What we talked about
The conversationsThe scamdemic, up close
Pig-butchering compounds, phone-theft account drains, AI-generated scam content: the room traded firsthand intelligence on scams growing at an exponential rate, and on the behavioral signals that catch them.
Screening before funds move
Our angle on the fight: risk signals belong in the payment path, not after it. Screening every counterparty before funds move (across accounts, US rails, SWIFT, and stablecoins) is what makes fast settlement safe.
Intelligence sharing as infrastructure
The conference thesis (get ahead of threats by moving as one) is the compliance-network thesis. A counterparty vetted once is vetted for everyone, and first-time review drops from around 30 days to 1–2.
SardineCon 2025 questions, answered
Was Infinite at SardineCon SF 2025?
Yes. Founders Nikhil Srinivasan (CEO) and Raj Lad (CTO) were at SardineCon SF 2025 on August 20 at The Pearl in San Francisco, Sardine’s inaugural conference, with 200+ fraud, AML, and risk leaders from banking, payments, fintech, and crypto.
What was SardineCon SF 2025?
Sardine’s first annual conference: a one-day gathering of fraud, AML, and risk leaders combining talks, workshops, and intelligence sharing on how AI is reshaping the fight against financial crime, from the scam epidemic to behavioral biometrics.
Was Infinite at SardineCon SF 2026?
Yes. Infinite went back for SardineCon SF 2026 on August 19, 2026 at the Golden Gate Club at the Presidio, this time with Nikhil, Raj, and Chief Compliance Officer Krisan Nichani.
How do I talk to Infinite about risk and compliance?
Book a demo: we’ll walk through how screening before funds move works on a shared compliance network, and what AI-assembled, human-governed operations look like in production.
Missed the Pearl? The conversation still works.
Book a demo and have it this week, or read how SardineCon SF 2026 went.