WitnessAI Raises $27.5M in Series A Funding to Enhance AI Safety Platforms
WitnessAI focuses on integrating advanced machine learning, AI security techniques, and enterprise-scale web services to create robust safety mechanisms for AI interactions.
Company Name: WitnessAI
Location: San Mateo, CA
Sector: AI Security, Technology
Funding Details: Raised $27.5M in Series A funding. The round was led by GV and Ballistic Ventures.
Purpose of Investment: To accelerate the development of new AI guardrails and build out a global sales and support organization.
Leadership: Led by CEO Rick Caccia.
Product: WitnessAI provides an enablement platform designed for safe AI use, deployed as an isolated, cloud-based instance for each customer, encrypted with their own keys for data privacy and regulatory compliance. The platform functions by intercepting activity between users and large language models (LLMs), applying control policies, and ensuring data protection and user safety with millisecond latency without requiring installations on user devices.
About Company: WitnessAI focuses on integrating advanced machine learning, AI security techniques, and enterprise-scale web services to create robust safety mechanisms for AI interactions. The platform is engineered to work in demanding environments, including across global organizations and multiple clouds.