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