Sandbar

Sandbar is now Particle Intel. I love the name Sandbar and its backstory, but a simple rebrand wouldn’t capture the amount of change we’ve had. It’s a new team and a new codebase. We’ve added 6 new joiners since May and by the fall, our new system will be live; we wrote our first line of code a couple weeks ago. We live in a different world where experienced teams can grow and build entirely new systems––complex ones––very quickly. Vibe coding or not, it’s hard to deny. We want to take advantage of that speed and timing. We’re excited to introduce the new team and system in the coming weeks and months. But Sandbar is not gone––it’s history and the lessons we’ve learned are a critical part of this change and the origin story remains. Particle is an abstraction of the story and meaning, reflecting our new modular and scalable system ahead. Start with one list, one module, or the entire stack––it’s the only AML screening solution you'll ever need, from clean and reliable source information to configurable matching engines and AI-native alert management interfaces. I’m not 100% sure what’ll come of the name change, but I’m 100% sure we’re on to something. RIP Sandbar; we’ll be holding a viewing for the old name and celebration of the new one when we turn on the new system. In the meantime, check out our new website. You might say wow it’s just one page. But as much as I’d like to say it’s done, it’s far from it. The point is not to wait til it’s ‘ready’ bc it’ll never be done or ready, but rather to show the growth and keep you up to date on additions and changes, just like we’ll do with the product. We’ll treat them like living organisms because they are, and that’s the beauty of building, you can always change :)

Sandbar is now Particle Intel. I love the name Sandbar and its backstory, but a simple rebrand wouldn’t capture the amount of change we’ve had. It’s a new team and a new codebase. We’ve added 6 new joiners since May and by the fall, our new system will be live; we wrote our first line of code a couple weeks ago. We live in a different world where experienced teams can grow and build entirely new systems––complex ones––very quickly. Vibe coding or not, it’s hard to deny. We want to take advantage of that speed and timing. We’re excited to introduce the new team and system in the coming weeks and months. But Sandbar is not gone––it’s history and the lessons we’ve learned are a critical part of this change and the origin story remains. Particle is an abstraction of the story and meaning, reflecting our new modular and scalable system ahead. Start with one list, one module, or the entire stack––it’s the only AML screening solution you'll ever need, from clean and reliable source information to configurable matching engines and AI-native alert management interfaces. I’m not 100% sure what’ll come of the name change, but I’m 100% sure we’re on to something. RIP Sandbar; we’ll be holding a viewing for the old name and celebration of the new one when we turn on the new system. In the meantime, check out our new website. You might say wow it’s just one page. But as much as I’d like to say it’s done, it’s far from it. The point is not to wait til it’s ‘ready’ bc it’ll never be done or ready, but rather to show the growth and keep you up to date on additions and changes, just like we’ll do with the product. We’ll treat them like living organisms because they are, and that’s the beauty of building, you can always change :)