Education

Affinity

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Founded 2023Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Affinity is a compliance training platform designed specifically for regulated industries. We’ve previously built a fintech from inception to a successful exit and are leveraging that experience to solve the learning management needs of regulated tech companies from growth stage to large enterprise banks.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Product & workflow

Automate company-wide training with a click of a few buttons using our state of the art platform.

Source-reported As recorded 2026-10-31

Founders & team

Faraz Rana

Founder

Faraz has over 15 of experience as a start-up operator and a legal and compliance professional. Faraz was part of the founding employee team at Bread, a BNPL fintech, where helped build the company from inception to a $450M exit. Previous to Bread, Faraz had been an M&A lawyer, dabbling with start-up ideas in his spare time. Faraz is based in Brooklyn, NY and enjoys running and playing tennis.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Peter Greczner

Founder

Peter is CTO of Affinity. He's been building and working with NYC start-ups for almost 15 years, including companies in AdTech, FinTech, and Crypto. As a founding team member of Bread, a pay-over-time FinTech, he led and built the engineering team to a successful $500M exit. In addition to having fun building startup's, Peter also loves to play basketball, run, try new board games and play outside with his 2 kids.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
2team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2023 · Source

News & product activity

Sources & observations

Y Combinator

Profile depthverified profile
Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedNew York City, NY, USA; Remote
Pricing evidenceNo pricing page confirmed
Maturity: Operating · 3 of 6 areas documented

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Company website: home Checked 2026-10-31

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