Virtue AI Secures $30M to Revolutionize Generative AI Safety with Innovative Security Platform
Virtue AI has successfully raised $30 million in funding, aiming to advance its mission of fostering the safe, secure, and compliant deployment of generative AI technologies. This significant funding round was co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Walden Catalyst Ventures, with additional investment from Prosperity7, Factory, Osage University Partners, and notable investors like Lip-Bu Tan, Amarjit Gill, and Chris Re.
Advancing AI Safety and Security
Founded by a team of esteemed AI researchers—Bo Li, Dawn Song, Carlos Guestrin, and Sanmi Koyejo—Virtue AI tackles the increasing tension between innovation and security in the realm of enterprise AI deployment. With over 80 years of combined experience in foundational AI safety and security research, the team’s work has received recognition from prestigious institutions such as the National Security Agency (NSA).
Innovative AI Solutions
Virtue AI’s platform is specifically designed to address complex threats that AI systems face today, including:
- Hallucinations
- Prompt injections
- Data poisoning
Conventional cybersecurity frameworks often fall short in combating these issues. To remedy this, Virtue AI offers three key products:
- VirtueRed: An algorithmic red teaming tool that evaluates over 320 risk types.
- VirtueGuard: High-speed guardrails that excel across multiple modalities.
- VirtueAgent: An automation tool for integration of compliance and security.
Expansion Plans and Market Growth
With the newly acquired capital, Virtue AI plans to enhance its platform capabilities, expand its market presence, and recruit top-tier AI talent. This initiative comes at a time when the AI security market is seeing rapid expansion, driven by the evolution of autonomous and intelligent AI systems across various sectors.
Client Collaborations and Endorsements
Virtue AI has made significant inroads with enterprise clients, including Uber and Glean. Kai Wang, Uber’s group product manager on AI platform, remarked, “We’ve been collaborating closely with Virtue AI to implement robust content safety guardrails for our Gen AI applications, ensuring they are safe, responsible, and aligned with our community standards.”
Arvind Jain, founder and CEO of Glean, emphasized, “Our collaboration with Virtue AI helps us stay ahead of emerging threats and deliver on our promise to keep users in control and their data protected.”
Investor Confidence and Future Prospects
The backing from prominent investors showcases strong confidence in Virtue AI’s innovative approach. Lip-Bu Tan, founding managing partner at Walden Catalyst Ventures, stated, “Virtue AI is shaping the future of GenAI security. Their disruptive technology and impressive market traction demonstrate the potential to redefine how organizations across the globe approach AI safety and security.”
According to Lightspeed Venture Partners’ Guru Chahal and James Alcorn, “Built on the fundamental AI safety research of its cofounders, Virtue AI has quickly established a leadership position atop the fast-growing AI red-teaming and guardrails category.”
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