# Archon Technologies

> Archon Technologies is a San Francisco startup (Y Combinator W25) that helps software companies sell to the U.S. government by automating FedRAMP, the federal compliance regime cloud vendors must clear before agencies can buy them. Its free-to-integrate SDK ships security controls compliant out of the box and, with AI-assisted documentation, aims to cut the certification timeline from roughly 16 months to 6 and save vendors about $1M. Founded by former U.S. State Department technologists George Parks and Sam Jung.

- **Founded:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** George Parks (Co-Founder & CEO), Sam Jung (Co-Founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** 2-3
- **Products:** Archon SDK for Government, AI-assisted documentation, Compliance dashboard
- **Notable:** Accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch, Built an SDK that targets cutting FedRAMP timelines from ~16 months to ~6, Positions compliance savings of roughly $1M per vendor

## Products & services

- **Archon SDK for Government** — A free-to-integrate SDK that ships compliant-out-of-the-box implementations of federal security controls (from NIST SP 800-53) - user authentication, logging, and access management - so vendors clear FedRAMP requirements without rebuilding their stack.
- **AI-assisted documentation** — AI-enhanced drafting for policies and the System Security Plan (SSP), the central document federal customers review, plus continuous updates as controls change.
- **Compliance dashboard** — Customer-facing dashboards to track control implementation, audit readiness, and continuous monitoring, with seamless AWS service integration.

## Achievements

- Accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch
- Built an SDK that targets cutting FedRAMP timelines from ~16 months to ~6
- Positions compliance savings of roughly $1M per vendor
- Founding team drawn from the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. AI Safety Institute

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Raised a seed round with backing from Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, and Rebel Fund.
- **2025-01** — Joined Y Combinator's Winter 2025 (W25) batch and launched the Archon SDK for Government.

## Links

- Website: https://archon.inc
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/getarchon

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Last updated: 2026-07-31