Comp AI sets eyes on a continuously agentic future for security and compliance
Comp AI, a cybersecurity and compliance startup, has raised a $34 million Series A round led by Roo Capital and Grand Ventures. The company develops an agentic platform designed to automate tedious security tasks and continuously monitor compliance controls for software companies. This funding will support product expansion as the firm aims to address the evolving security risks associated with the rapid adoption of AI agents.
- ▪Comp AI raised a $34 million Series A round led by Roo Capital and Grand Ventures, bringing its total funding to $37.5 million.
- ▪The company was founded in January by Lewis Carhart, Claudio Fuentes, and Mariano Fuentes, who previously built a workflow platform called LeapAI.
- ▪Comp AI's platform uses AI agents to draft security policies, collect audit evidence, and continuously monitor compliance controls.
- ▪The startup offers AI-powered penetration testing to proactively identify vulnerabilities in codebases and infrastructure.
- ▪Human workers remain essential to the process, reviewing and approving actions taken by the AI agents to ensure safety and accountability.
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Comp AI, a cybersecurity and compliance startup, announced that it has raised a $34 million Series A round on Thursday. The round was led by Roo Capital and Grand Ventures. The company was founded last January by Lewis Carhart (CEO), Claudio Fuentes (COO), and his brother, Mariano Fuentes (CTO). Claudio and Mariano had been building startups together for nearly a decade, met Carhart a few years ago, and invited him to join LeapAI, a workflow platform they were building. Claudio was the CEO and co-founder, while Carhart served as head of growth and Mariano was a senior full-stack engineer.
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