Archive Intel is a compliance archiving platform built for SEC- and FINRA-regulated financial firms, capturing communications across email, iMessage, WhatsApp, and social media to meet regulatory recordkeeping requirements. Larry Shumbres and Shea Werner founded the company in 2024 and are based in Alpharetta, Georgia.
The platform automates the parts of communications compliance that used to require manual gathering: capturing off-channel messages alongside traditional email, applying AI to organize and retrieve that data, and giving compliance teams a searchable archive when regulators or auditors come asking. That shift matters because modern advisers increasingly communicate on channels regulators never designed recordkeeping rules around, like WhatsApp and iMessage.
Archive Intel is built for registered investment advisers, broker-dealers, and other SEC/FINRA-regulated firms rather than general businesses. The company has raised $8.8 million from investors including Gray Line Partners and Social Leverage; pricing is not public and requires contacting the company directly.
