# Dynamo AI

> Dynamo AI is a San Francisco-based enterprise AI security and governance company that helps regulated organizations deploy generative and agentic AI safely. Born out of MIT CSAIL research, its platform - spanning DynamoEval, DynamoGuard, and AgentWarden - tests AI systems for vulnerabilities, applies real-time, customizable guardrails against threats like prompt injection, data leakage, and hallucinations, and produces the compliance documentation enterprises need to meet regulations such as the EU AI Act.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Vaikkunth Mugunthan (CEO & Co-Founder), Christian Lau (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~49 employees
- **Products:** DynamoEval, DynamoGuard, AgentWarden, Foundation Guardrails
- **Notable:** Raised $15.1M Series A (total ~$19.3M) to scale privacy-focused generative AI, DynamoGuard detects unsafe prompts (e.g. prompt injection) 2-3x better than Llama Guard, Pioneered Foundation Guardrail Models aligned with the EU AI Act's prohibited-practices provisions

## Products & services

- **DynamoEval** — A comprehensive AI system testing and evaluation suite that red-teams models for security vulnerabilities and regulatory compliance, defending against 20+ vulnerability classes.
- **DynamoGuard** — Customizable, real-time AI guardrails that detect compliance violations, data leakage, hallucinations, and security jailbreaks - improving detection of unsafe prompts like prompt injection by 2-3x versus approaches like Llama Guard.
- **AgentWarden** — Security and risk controls purpose-built for agentic AI, with automated risk detection and evaluation for autonomous AI agents.
- **Foundation Guardrails** — Out-of-the-box, customizable guardrail models aligned to regulatory frameworks such as Article 5 of the EU AI Act covering prohibited AI practices.

## Achievements

- Raised $15.1M Series A (total ~$19.3M) to scale privacy-focused generative AI
- DynamoGuard detects unsafe prompts (e.g. prompt injection) 2-3x better than Llama Guard
- Pioneered Foundation Guardrail Models aligned with the EU AI Act's prohibited-practices provisions
- Won enterprise and government customers including the U.S. Army, Experian, Qualcomm, Intel, and Lenovo
- Co-founder Dr. Christian Lau advised U.S. Congress on AI policy
- ISO and SOC 2 compliant

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Launched Foundation Guardrails to help enterprises comply with Article 5 of the EU AI Act ahead of February 2, 2025 enforcement.
- **2024-02** — Featured by Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs for revolutionizing data security in the age of AI.
- **2023-08** — Closed $15.1M Series A led by Nexus Venture Partners and Canapi Ventures.

## Links

- Website: https://dynamo.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dynamofl
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/dynamo_fl

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Last updated: 2026-06-07