Which startups have raised the most funding in the AI trust market?

Last updated: 13 July 2026

A constantly refreshed list of the top startups in the AI trust market, ranked by cumulative funding raised

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The AI trust market brings together startups building AI security, model evaluation, governance, observability, and compliance tools.

This list ranks companies by cumulative funding raised, using disclosed equity funding and reliable public data.

We update this AI trust startup ranking every month, so the list stays useful as the market changes.

A quick summary table

Metric Value
Most funded startup Noma Security, with $132M raised
Second most funded startup Arize AI, with $131M raised
Largest funding round Noma Security’s $100M Series B in July 2025
Median funding About $12M across ranked AI trust startups
Share of funding captured by the top 10 About 45% of disclosed funding
Median time since last round About 20 months
Startups that raised funding in the last 12 months About 21 ranked startups
AI trust startups above $100M raised 6 companies
AI security startups in the top 15 8 companies
AI evaluation and observability leaders above $50M 5 companies

Top startups in the AI trust market ranked by total funding raised

Here is an updated table that ranks the top startups in the AI trust market based on the total amount of funding they have raised to date.

The table also includes the total number of funding rounds, the date and size of the latest round, the financing type (e.g. Series A, equity financing), key investors, the startup’s current status (active, IPO, acquired, or shut down), and a confidence score based on the data collected (we excluded startups with very low data confidence, to make sure everything is reliable).

# Startup What They Do Total Raised ($) Total Rounds Last Round Date Last Round Amount ($) Last Round Type Key Investors Current Stage Confidence
1 Noma Security AI agent security platform $132M 3 July 2025 $100M Series B Evolution Equity Partners, Ballistic Ventures, Glilot Capital Active Full
2 Arize AI AI observability and evaluation $131M 4 February 2025 $70M Series C Adams Street Partners, M12, Datadog Active Full
3 Zafran Security AI exposure management $130M 4 December 2025 $60M Series C Menlo Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Cyberstarts Active Strong
4 Braintrust AI evaluation and observability $124M 4 February 2026 $80M Series B ICONIQ Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Active Strong
5 Protect AI AI and ML security $109M 3 August 2024 $60M Series B Evolution Equity Partners, Samsung, Salesforce Ventures Acquired Full
6 Fiddler AI AI observability and governance $100M 6 January 2026 $30M Series C RPS Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lux Capital Active Partial
7 WitnessAI Enterprise AI security governance $90M 3 January 2026 $58M Strategic Funding Sound Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Samsung Ventures Active Strong
8 Reco SaaS AI security $85M 3 February 2026 $30M Series B Zeev Ventures, Insight Partners, Workday Ventures Active Full
9 Straiker Agentic AI security $85M 2 June 2026 $64M Series A Marathon Management Partners, Citi Ventures, Workday Ventures Active Full
10 Patronus AI AI evaluation and simulation $70M 3 June 2026 $50M Series B Greenfield Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Notable Capital Active Full
11 Galileo Generative AI evaluation platform $68M 3 October 2024 $45M Series B Scale Venture Partners, Premji Invest, Databricks Ventures Active Full
12 Aurascape AI-native enterprise security $63M 2 April 2025 $50M Series A Mayfield Fund, Menlo Ventures, Celesta Capital Active Full
13 Arthur AI AI monitoring and risk $60M 3 September 2022 $42M Series B Acrew Capital, Greycroft Ventures, Index Ventures Active Strong
14 Zenity AI agent security governance $60M 4 October 2024 $38M Series B Third Point Ventures, DTCP, M12 Active Strong
15 HiddenLayer AI model security platform $56M 2 September 2023 $50M Series A M12, Moore Strategic Ventures, Booz Allen Ventures Active Full
16 Gray Swan AI AI red-teaming and protection $50M 3 May 2026 $40M Series A Wing Venture Capital, Madrona, Obvious Ventures Active Partial
17 Robust Intelligence AI model security testing $44M 3 December 2021 $30M Series B Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital, Harpoon VC Acquired Strong
18 Credo AI Responsible AI governance platform $41M 4 July 2024 $21M Series B / New capital Mozilla Ventures, FPV Ventures, CrimsoNox Active Partial
19 CalypsoAI Enterprise AI security guardrails $41M 3 April 2025 $5M Series A / Extension Paladin Capital, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Hakluyt Acquired Partial
20 JetStream Security Real-time AI governance security $34M 1 March 2026 $34M Seed Redpoint Ventures, CrowdStrike Falcon Fund, George Kurtz Active Full
21 Seldon ML deployment and governance $33M 3 March 2023 $20M Series B Bright Pixel, AlbionVC, Cambridge Innovation Capital Acquired Partial
22 Cranium Enterprise AI security governance $32M 2 October 2023 $25M Series A Titanium Ventures, KPMG, SYN Ventures Active Full
23 Lakera Generative AI application security $30M 2 July 2024 $20M Series A Atomico, Citi Ventures, Dropbox Ventures Acquired Full
24 Aporia AI observability and guardrails $30M 2 February 2022 $25M Series A Tiger Global, Samsung Next, TLV Partners Acquired Full
25 Distributional AI testing and evaluation $30M 2 October 2024 $19M Series A Two Sigma Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Operator Collective Active Full
26 Virtue AI AI safety and security platform $30M 2 April 2025 Undisclosed Series A Lightspeed, Walden Catalyst, Prosperity7 Active Partial
27 Aim Security Secures enterprise generative AI $28M 2 June 2024 $18M Series A Canaan Partners, YL Ventures Acquired Full
28 Harmonic Security AI data leakage protection $25M 2 October 2024 $18M Series A Next47, Ten Eleven Ventures, Storm Ventures Active Strong
29 Prompt Security GenAI runtime security platform $23M 2 November 2024 $18M Series A Jump Capital, Hetz Ventures, Ridge Ventures Acquired Full
30 Vijil AI agent trust infrastructure $23M 2 November 2025 $17M Seed extension BrightMind Partners, Mayfield, Gradient Active Strong
31 Datatron MLOps and AI governance $21M 7 Undisclosed $0M Seed Undisclosed Active Partial
32 Kolena AI model testing platform $21M 2 September 2023 $15M Series A Lobby Capital, SignalFire, Bloomberg Beta Active Strong
33 Dynamo AI Privacy-preserving enterprise AI $19M 2 August 2023 $15M Series A Canapi Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, Formus Capital Active Full
34 Openlayer AI evaluation and governance $19M 2 May 2025 $15M Series A Race Capital, NXTP, KPN Ventures Active Full
35 Modulos AI governance compliance platform $17M 5 July 2025 $11M Pre-Series A Existing investors, Swiss investors Active Partial
36 ModelOp Enterprise AI governance software $16M 2 August 2024 $10M Series B Baird Capital, Valley Capital Partners Active Full
37 Datawizz Specialized private language models $16M 3 September 2025 $13M Seed Human Capital, BGV, 91VC Active Partial
38 Portal26 GenAI adoption management $15M 2 November 2025 $9M Series A Shasta Ventures, Fusion Fund Active Full
39 Trust Lab Online trust safety platform $15M 2 June 2023 $15M Series A USVP, Foundation Capital Active Partial
40 LatticeFlow AI Robust AI model validation $15M 2 October 2022 $12M Series A Atlantic Bridge, OpenOcean, FPV Ventures Active Strong
41 WhyLabs AI observability and monitoring $14M 2 November 2021 $10M Series A Defy Partners, AI Fund, Madrona Acquired Full
42 Deepchecks ML validation and testing $14M 1 June 2023 $14M Seed Alpha Wave Ventures, Hetz Ventures, Grove Ventures Acquired Strong
43 Operant AI Runtime AI application protection $14M 3 September 2024 $10M Series A SineWave Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Alumni Ventures Active Strong
44 Monitaur AI model governance software $13M 3 May 2024 $6M Series A Cultivation Capital, Rockmont Partners, Defy VC Active Strong
45 Mindgard AI security testing platform $12M 2 December 2024 $8M Series A .406 Ventures, Atlantic Bridge, IQ Capital Active Full
46 Private AI PII detection and redaction $11M 3 November 2022 $8M Series A BDC Capital, M12, GIT1K Active Strong
47 ValidMind AI model risk management $11M 2 March 2024 $8M Seed Point72 Ventures, Third Prime, AI Fund Active Partial
48 Stratyfy Fair lending decision AI $10M 4 March 2023 $10M Series B Truist Ventures, Zeal Capital Partners, Mendon Active Partial
49 DeepKeep AI-native security platform $10M 1 May 2024 $10M Seed Awz Ventures, 5G Open Innovation Lab Active Strong
50 Singulr AI Enterprise AI governance security $10M 1 February 2025 $10M Seed Nexus Venture Partners, Dell Technologies Capital Active Full
51 Acuvity Enterprise AI security governance $9M 1 September 2024 $9M Seed Foundation Capital, Basil Alwan, Sri Reddy Acquired Strong
52 Abzu AI Explainable AI modeling platform $9M 4 October 2022 $2M Seed extension Inventure, Seed Capital, PSV Deeptech Active Partial
53 Mona AI production monitoring $9M 3 August 2021 Undisclosed Seed / follow-on Osage University Partners, Differential Ventures, Global Founders Capital Active Partial
54 Pillar Security Secure AI software development $9M 1 April 2025 $9M Seed Shield Capital, Golden Ventures, Ground Up Ventures Active Full
55 TrojAI Enterprise AI security protection $9M 3 April 2024 $6M Seed extension Flying Fish, Build Ventures, Flybridge Active Strong
56 Trustible AI governance platform $8M 2 May 2025 $6M Series Seed Lookout Ventures, Tau Ventures, Alumni Ventures Active Strong
57 Guardrails AI LLM guardrails framework $8M 1 February 2024 $8M Seed Zetta Venture Partners, Bloomberg Beta, Pear VC Active Full
58 HoneyHive AI agent observability $7M 2 April 2025 $6M Seed Insight Partners, Zero Prime Ventures, 468 Capital Active Full
59 Konfer Agentic compliance governance $7M 2 January 2022 $2M Unattributed FalconX Active Partial
60 Numalis Formal AI validation $7M 2 January 2026 $1M Venture / equity 574 Invest, Bpifrance, Safran Corporate Ventures Active Partial
61 Armilla AI AI risk insurance $6M 4 June 2025 $1M Seed extension Mistral Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Morgan Creek Digital Active Partial
62 SurePath AI Enterprise GenAI governance $6M 1 November 2024 $5M Seed Uncork Capital, Operator Collective Acquired Strong
63 Lasso Security LLM cybersecurity platform $6M 1 November 2023 $6M Seed Entrée Capital, Samsung Next Active Full
64 Calvin Risk AI risk management $6M 2 November 2024 $4M Seed Join Capital, seed + speed Ventures, b2venture Active Full
65 Atla AI evaluation models $6M 2 December 2023 $5M Seed Creandum, Y Combinator, Rebel Fund Active Strong
66 OpenBoxAI AI governance trust infrastructure $5M 1 March 2026 $5M Seed Tykhe Ventures, private investors Active Full
67 Protecto AI data privacy guardrails $5M 2 November 2023 $4M Seed Together Fund, Better Capital, Speciale Invest Active Strong
68 CitrusX AI validation and explainability $5M 1 December 2023 $5M Seed Awz Ventures, angel investors Active Strong
69 Hamming AI Voice AI reliability testing $4M 2 December 2024 $4M Seed Mischief, Y Combinator, AI Grant Active Strong
70 Athina AI AI app evaluation platform $4M 3 November 2024 $3M Seed Y Combinator, Flourish Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Scout Fund Active Partial
71 Fairly AI AI governance and compliance $4M 6 June 2026 $1M Seed Flying Fish Ventures, Techstars, XFactor Ventures Active Partial
72 2021.AI Responsible AI governance platform $4M 1 clean round August 2024 $4M Bridge DNV Ventures, EIFO, existing investors Active Partial
73 Enzai Enterprise AI governance software $4M 1 September 2023 $4M Seed Cavalry Ventures, Seedcamp, Techstart Ventures Active Full
74 Jozu Enterprise AI orchestration tooling $4M 1 May 2025 $4M Seed HalfCourt Capital, Mozilla Ventures, BrightSpark Ventures Active Full
75 Unbound Security Enterprise AI security controls $4M 1 May 2025 $4M Seed Race Capital, Y Combinator, Wayfinder Ventures Active Partial
76 Scorecard AI agent evaluation platform $4M 1 September 2025 $4M Seed Kindred Ventures, Neo, Tekton Ventures Active Full
77 FairNow Enterprise AI governance software $4M 1 June 2024 $4M Seed Somen Mondal, Shaun Ricci, angel investors Active Full
78 Vera AI policy enforcement platform $3M 1 October 2023 $3M Pre-seed / Seed Differential Ventures, Greycroft, Essence VC Active Full
79 Confident AI LLM evaluation and observability $3M 2 April 2025 $2M Seed Y Combinator, Flex Capital, Liquid 2 Ventures Active Full
80 QuantPi Responsible AI governance platform $2M 1 October 2022 $2M Pre-seed Capnamic Ventures, First Momentum Ventures, Ash Fontana Active Strong
81 Enkrypt AI AI security and compliance $2M 1 February 2024 $2M Seed BoldCap, Berkeley SkyDeck, Kubera VC Active Full
82 TrustWorks Privacy and AI governance $2M 2 August 2025 Undisclosed New equity round Elkstone Ventures, Nauta Capital Active Partial
83 Saidot AI governance platform $2M 1 October 2023 $2M Seed Crowberry Capital, Ventic Active Strong
84 Etiq AI ML testing and debugging $2M 2 April 2025 $1M Seed GapMinder VC, SFC Capital Active Partial
85 Zetane Enterprise AI document intelligence $2M 1 December 2025 $2M Seed Sam Ramadori, Dario Pietrantonio, strategic investors Active Full
86 Giskard AI model security testing $2M 1 December 2022 $2M Seed Elaia, Bessemer Venture Partners Active Strong
87 Trail AI governance copilot $2M 1 July 2024 $2M Pre-seed CapitalT, NP-Hard Ventures, Mozilla Ventures Active Full
88 NannyML ML monitoring software $1M 1 October 2020 $1M Seed Volta Ventures, Lunar Ventures, Corda Campus Acquired Full
89 Halluminate RL environments for AI agents $1M 1 Summer 2025 $1M Seed Y Combinator Active Strong

Key funding trends in the AI trust market

Insights

  • The top 10 AI trust startups raised about $1.06B combined, which means nearly half of disclosed funding is concentrated in a small group of platform leaders.
  • AI security dominates the upper tier, with Noma Security, Zafran Security, Protect AI, WitnessAI, Reco, Straiker, Aurascape, and HiddenLayer representing about $750M in funding.
  • Large early rounds are now common in AI trust, with Straiker’s $64M Series A, Aurascape’s $50M Series A, and Gray Swan AI’s $40M Series A showing fast investor conviction.
  • AI evaluation and observability remain a major investor theme, with Arize AI, Braintrust, Patronus AI, Galileo, and Arthur AI all above $60M raised.
  • Strategic buyers are already active in AI trust, especially across security and governance, with Protect AI, Lakera, Aporia, Aim Security, Prompt Security, and WhyLabs acquired.
  • The $20M to $35M funding band looks important for consolidation, because many focused AI trust startups sit there before raising a larger round or getting acquired.
  • Recent AI trust funding is shifting toward agentic AI and generative AI security, which suggests enterprise buyers now see AI risk as a live infrastructure problem.

A few word about our methodology

As you can see, we built a database that ranks AI trust startups based on their total cumulative fundraising. To create this ranking, we reviewed many sources and cross-checked information across multiple places.

Whenever possible, we prioritized official company communications, since they are the most reliable source for funding amounts. When those were not available, we relied on reputable industry sources such as TechCrunch, Crunchbase, Financial Times or Forbes (to name a few).

We excluded random blogs, unverified websites, and any sources that could not be validated.

When funding rounds were announced in other currencies such as euros, Swiss francs, Singapore dollars, Australian dollars, or rupees, we converted them into approximate USD equivalents for consistency.

Sometimes different sources report slightly different numbers, or the exact round size is not fully disclosed. In those cases, we flag the uncertainty and assign a confidence label to each startup, visible in the last column.

Here is what they mean.

Full confidence: The company’s equity fundraising history can be reconstructed completely from public sources. The rounds, dates, amounts, and key investors are clearly identified, with no meaningful gaps.

Strong confidence: The fundraising history is largely complete and reliable. There may be a small missing detail, such as incomplete investor information or a minor round with limited data, but the overall record is clear.

Partial confidence: The main fundraising rounds can be identified, but the record is incomplete or somewhat mixed. Some rounds may be missing or certain funding events may be difficult to separate clearly.

Low confidence: Public information is too limited, inconsistent, or ambiguous to reliably reconstruct the company’s equity fundraising history.

When the confidence level is too low, we take a conservative approach and exclude the company from the ranking. We don’t want to include data that cannot be reliably verified.

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 calculation, 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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