What are the most valued startups in the AI safety market?

Last updated: 13 July 2026

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The AI safety market includes startups focused on model evaluation, observability, security, governance, privacy and responsible AI deployment.

This ranking compares the latest reported or estimated valuations of 103 AI safety startups.

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A quick summary table

Metric Value
Most valuable AI safety startup Arize AI, $550M–$850M
Second most valuable AI safety startup Protect AI, $650M–$700M
Median AI safety startup valuation Approximately $53M
Share of AI safety valuation captured by the top 10 Approximately 46.6%
Top AI safety startup valuation vs. median Approximately 13.3 times
Median AI safety valuation-to-capital-raised ratio Approximately 5.3 times
AI safety startups valued at $1B+ 0
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Top startups in the AI safety market ranked by valuation

Here is an updated table that ranks the top startups in the AI safety market based on their latest reported or estimated valuations.

If you want more detaild about their fundraising activity, you can check our list of the startups who have raised the most funding in the AI safety market.

# Startup Name What They Do Current Valuation ($) Valuation Confidence Level Valuation Type Evidence Status Total Funding ($) Funding Confidence Level
1 Arize AI AI observability and evaluation $550M–$850M Strong Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $131M Strong Confidence
2 Protect AI Secures AI and ML systems $650M–$700M Strong Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $109M Strong Confidence
3 Patronus AI AI evaluation and simulation $400M–$650M Strong Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $70M Full Confidence
4 WitnessAI Enterprise AI security platform $390M–$650M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $86M Strong Confidence
5 Galileo GenAI evaluation and observability $350M–$600M Strong Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $68M Full Confidence
6 Noma Security AI agent security platform $400M Strong Confidence Announced Private Round Valuation Observed $132M Strong Confidence
7 Robust Intelligence Tests and protects AI models $350M–$450M Partial Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $44M Strong Confidence
8 Gretel Privacy-safe synthetic data platform $320M–$400M Strong Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $68M Strong Confidence
9 ProRata AI Publisher AI search and attribution $270M–$450M Strong Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $75M Strong Confidence
10 HiddenLayer Protects AI models from attacks $280M–$420M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $56M Full Confidence
11 Bria Licensed visual generative AI $270M–$420M Strong Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $65M Strong Confidence
12 Lakera Secures generative AI applications $280M–$320M Strong Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $30M Full Confidence
13 Fiddler AI AI observability and governance $220M–$350M Strong Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $94M Strong Confidence
14 Aim Security GenAI security platform $180M–$280M Low Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $28M Full Confidence
15 Arthur AI AI monitoring and guardrails $160M–$300M Partial Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $60M Strong Confidence
16 Prompt Security Enterprise GenAI runtime security $180M–$250M Partial Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $23M Full Confidence
17 Grey Swan AI Automated AI red teaming $200M Full Confidence Announced Private Round Valuation Observed $46M Partial Confidence
18 Virtue AI Unified enterprise AI security $150M–$250M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $30M Partial Confidence
19 Cranium Enterprise AI security governance $150M–$240M Partial Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $32M Strong Confidence
20 CalypsoAI Enterprise runtime AI guardrails $180M Full Confidence Acquisition Value Observed $43M Partial Confidence
21 Tonic AI Synthetic data for software testing $120M–$220M Partial Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $45M Strong Confidence
22 Geordie AI AI agent security governance $155M–$180M Strong Confidence Announced Private Round Valuation Observed $37M Full Confidence
23 Credo AI Enterprise AI governance software $120M–$180M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $41M Partial Confidence
24 Synthesized AI-generated software testing data $110M–$170M Strong Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $23M Partial Confidence
25 Mostly AI Enterprise synthetic data generation $90M–$140M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $31M Strong Confidence
26 Rhino Health Federated AI for healthcare $85M–$130M Strong Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $27M Strong Confidence
27 Openlayer AI evaluation governance platform $80M–$120M Strong Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $19M Strong Confidence
28 Anonos Privacy-preserving enterprise data platform $70M–$120M Low Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $12M Partial Confidence
29 Howso Explainable AI reasoning platform $70M–$120M Low Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $31M Strong Confidence
30 ModelOp Enterprise AI governance software $65M–$100M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $16M Strong Confidence
31 Trust Lab Online safety threat detection $60M–$100M Low Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $15M Strong Confidence
32 Cape Privacy Privacy-preserving AI workflows $55M–$100M Low Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $25M Full Confidence
33 TripleBlind Privacy-preserving data collaboration $55M–$90M Low Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $32M Full Confidence
34 Datawizz AI Builds specialized models from enterprise data $52M–$87M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $13M Partial Confidence
35 Duality Technologies Privacy-enhanced data collaboration $45M–$80M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $49M Full Confidence
36 Private AI PII detection and redaction $45M–$80M Partial Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $11M Strong Confidence
37 Modulos AI compliance automation platform $45M–$75M Strong Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $11M Strong Confidence
38 Acuvity AI security and governance $35M–$70M Low Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $9M Full Confidence
39 Bitfount Federated clinical research AI $40M–$65M Strong Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $13M Full Confidence
40 Mindgard AI security testing platform $40M–$65M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $12M Full Confidence
41 Aporia AI observability and guardrails $50M Strong Confidence Acquisition Value Observed $30M Full Confidence
42 Pillar Security Secures enterprise AI applications $36M–$60M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $9M Full Confidence
43 Guardrails AI LLM validation guardrails platform $35M–$60M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $8M Full Confidence
44 ValidMind Financial AI governance platform $38M–$55M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $11M Partial Confidence
45 Monitaur Regulated AI governance software $35M–$55M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $13M Full Confidence
46 Stratyfy Explainable lending decision software $35M–$55M Low Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $12M Partial Confidence
47 2021.AI Enterprise responsible AI governance $35M–$50M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $13M Partial Confidence
48 Conjecture Advanced AI alignment research $30M–$50M Partial Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $10M Partial Confidence
49 Holistic AI Enterprise AI governance platform $25M–$50M Low Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated Undisclosed Low Confidence
50 TrojAI AI model security testing $25M–$50M Low Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $9M Partial Confidence
51 Fairgen Synthetic consumer research responses $28M–$45M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $11M Strong Confidence
52 Deeploy Explainable AI oversight platform $26M–$42M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $9M Partial Confidence
53 Lasso Security LLM cybersecurity platform $24M–$42M Low Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $6M Full Confidence
54 Invariant Labs Secures autonomous AI agents $20M–$45M Low Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated Undisclosed Low Confidence
55 HoneyHive AI evals and observability $24M–$40M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $7M Partial Confidence
56 Hazy Enterprise synthetic data software $20M–$40M Low Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $11M Partial Confidence
57 SurePath AI Governs enterprise generative AI usage $22M–$38M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $6M Partial Confidence
58 Trustible Regulated AI governance platform $22M–$35M Strong Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $6M Partial Confidence
59 Atla AI AI agent evaluation engine $20M–$35M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $6M Strong Confidence
60 Armilla AI AI insurance and warranties $18M–$35M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $7M Partial Confidence
61 Protecto AI data privacy guardrails $18M–$32M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $5M Strong Confidence
62 Virtuous AI Enterprise AI governance platform $18M–$32M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $9M Partial Confidence
63 FairNow Enterprise AI governance software $18M–$30M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $4M Full Confidence
64 Jozu Secure enterprise AI orchestration $18M–$30M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $4M Full Confidence
65 Unbound Security Enterprise generative AI security $16M–$27M Strong Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $4M Full Confidence
66 Athina AI AI app evaluation platform $15M–$25M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $4M Partial Confidence
67 Abzu AI Explainable AI for scientific discovery $14M–$22M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $8M Partial Confidence
68 Datatron MLOps governance and deployment $10M–$22M Low Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $9M Partial Confidence
69 Deepchecks ML and LLM validation $10M–$20M Strong Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $14M Full Confidence
70 Statice Privacy-safe synthetic data generation $10M–$20M Low Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated Undisclosed Low Confidence
71 Enkrypt AI AI security and compliance $10M–$18M Low Confidence Proxy-Based Estimate Estimated $2M Full Confidence
72 Fairly AI AI governance risk platform $10M–$18M Low Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $3M Partial Confidence
73 Preamble AI security and compliance $8M–$18M Low Confidence Proxy-Based Estimate Estimated $4M Partial Confidence
74 AIMon Labs LLM hallucination monitoring tools $8M–$15M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $2M Full Confidence
75 Kanarys Workplace equity analytics platform $8M–$15M Low Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $11M Partial Confidence
76 Saidot Responsible AI governance platform $8M–$15M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $2M Full Confidence
77 Zendata AI governance and data privacy $8M–$15M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $2M Full Confidence
78 Betterdata Programmable synthetic data platform $8M–$14M Low Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $2M Partial Confidence
79 TrustWorks Privacy and AI governance platform $8M–$14M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $2M Partial Confidence
80 Clearbox AI Privacy-safe synthetic data generation $7M–$14M Low Confidence Proxy-Based Estimate Estimated Undisclosed Low Confidence
81 QuantPi AI testing and validation $7M–$14M Low Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $2M Full Confidence
82 Certifai Tests model fairness and robustness $5M–$15M Low Confidence Proxy-Based Estimate Estimated Undisclosed Low Confidence
83 Guardrail Technologies AI behavioral security governance $5M–$15M Low Confidence Proxy-Based Estimate Estimated Undisclosed Low Confidence
84 trail AI governance workflow copilot $7M–$12M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $2M Strong Confidence
85 Giskard AI AI security testing platform $6M–$12M Low Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $2M Strong Confidence
86 Mithril Security Confidential computing for AI $5M–$10M Low Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $1M Full Confidence
87 Axone Decentralized AI resource orchestration $4M–$10M Low Confidence Proxy-Based Estimate Estimated $0M Low Confidence
88 VEIL.AI Anonymizes sensitive healthcare data $5M–$8M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $1M Partial Confidence
89 Inspeq AI AI evaluation and observability $4M–$7M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $1M Partial Confidence
90 LangWatch LLM evaluation and optimization $4M–$7M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $1M Full Confidence
91 Optimal AI job-ad performance optimization $4M–$7M Low Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $1M Low Confidence
92 Bast AI Explainable AI infrastructure platform $3M–$7M Low Confidence Proxy-Based Estimate Estimated Undisclosed Low Confidence
93 Cerevox Enterprise AI development services $3M–$7M Low Confidence Proxy-Based Estimate Estimated Undisclosed Low Confidence
94 Headai AI-powered decision intelligence tools $3M–$7M Low Confidence Proxy-Based Estimate Estimated $0M Low Confidence
95 KomplyAI AI governance risk and compliance $2M–$6M Low Confidence Proxy-Based Estimate Estimated Undisclosed Low Confidence
96 TomtA AI Produces privacy-safe enterprise data $3M–$5M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated Undisclosed Low Confidence
97 CertKOR AI AI regulatory compliance auditing $2M–$5M Low Confidence Proxy-Based Estimate Estimated Undisclosed Low Confidence
98 Reliabl AI Inclusive AI data annotation $2M–$4M Low Confidence Proxy-Based Estimate Estimated $0M Low Confidence
99 Suzan AI Automates enterprise AI governance $2M–$4M Low Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated Undisclosed Low Confidence
100 RevAIsor Trustworthy AI compliance platform $1M–$3M Low Confidence Proxy-Based Estimate Estimated Undisclosed Low Confidence
Chart comparing the 2026 size of the AI safety market with other markets of similar size

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Key valuation trends in the AI safety market

Insights

  • The ten most valuable AI safety startups capture approximately 46.6% of the ranking’s combined midpoint valuation, showing that value is concentrated among a relatively small group of established platforms.
  • Arize AI, Protect AI, Patronus AI, WitnessAI and Galileo represent approximately $2.95B in combined midpoint valuation, with observability, evaluation and enterprise security dominating the top of the AI safety market.
  • AI evaluation leaders Arize AI, Patronus AI, Galileo, Fiddler AI and Openlayer have a combined midpoint valuation of approximately $2.09B after raising about $382M.
  • Lakera has one of the strongest capital-efficiency signals among major AI safety acquisitions, with an estimated $300M transaction value compared with only $30M in cumulative funding.
  • Patronus AI has an estimated midpoint valuation of $525M on $70M raised, producing a valuation-to-funding ratio of approximately 7.5 times.
  • Galileo follows a similar pattern, with an estimated midpoint valuation of $475M against $68M raised, equal to approximately seven times cumulative funding.
  • Funding volume does not fully explain AI safety valuations. Noma Security raised $132M, the largest amount in the ranking, but its $400M valuation remains below several less-funded evaluation companies.
  • The valuation curve falls quickly after the market leaders. The median AI safety startup is valued at approximately $53M, while Arize AI’s midpoint valuation is about 13.3 times higher.
  • No company in this ranking has reached a confirmed or estimated valuation of $1B, suggesting that the AI safety market remains fragmented despite rapid investment and strategic acquisition activity.
  • Privacy and synthetic-data companies Gretel, Bria, Rhino Health and Bitfount hold approximately $865M in combined midpoint value after raising about $173M, highlighting strong demand for controlled enterprise data access.
Chart showing how HiddenLayer is positioned in the AI safety market

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A few word about our methodology

As you can see, we built a database that ranks startups in the AI safety market based on their current valuation.

Estimating AI safety startup valuations is not always straightforward. Many companies do not publicly disclose their valuation, and the available information can vary widely depending on the company and its stage.

To build this ranking, we applied a structured valuation methodology and cross-checked information across multiple reliable sources.

Whenever possible, we relied on direct disclosures. These include announced valuations from completed funding rounds, public filings for listed companies, or official acquisition prices.

When an AI safety company is publicly listed, we use its current market capitalization as the reference valuation.

If an AI safety startup was acquired and no independent valuation can reasonably be estimated today, we use the acquisition price as the main reference point.

When a startup recently raised capital but the valuation was not disclosed, we estimate the implied valuation using typical dilution levels for that stage of fundraising.

In some cases, we also estimate valuations using operating metrics such as revenue, ARR, customer traction or enterprise adoption, combined with valuation multiples from comparable AI safety companies.

When direct financial data is not available, we may rely on carefully selected comparable startups and other signals such as hiring growth, investor quality, product traction, technical adoption or strategic partnerships.

All estimates follow a strict evidence hierarchy. Recent funding rounds with announced valuations carry the most weight, followed by strong operating metrics and comparable company analysis.

We also carefully evaluate the age of every data point. Recent information carries more weight, while older data is treated cautiously and adjusted conservatively when necessary.

Whenever information is uncertain or incomplete, we clearly distinguish between confirmed facts and reasonable inferences.

Because valuation data is not always fully public, each AI safety startup in the ranking is assigned a confidence level based on the reliability, recency and consistency of the available evidence.

Full confidence means the valuation is supported by strong and recent evidence. Strong confidence means the estimate is well supported but includes minor inference. Partial confidence means the estimate relies more heavily on indirect signals. Low confidence means available information is limited or inconsistent.

When confidence is lower, we take a more conservative approach by widening the valuation range. This helps reflect the uncertainty and increases the probability that the true valuation falls within the estimated range.

This reflects how we conduct all our research, including the work behind our report covering the AI safety market.

In a world where LLMs hallucinate and unreliable information is everywhere, our goal is simple: provide data you can trust.

If you want the full detail on a specific valuation estimate, feel free to contact us and we will gladly explain.

Finally, know that we update the dataset once per month, so come back here if you need fresh information.

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