# Graphiant

> Graphiant sells secure enterprise connectivity as a capacity-based subscription. Its stateless network core connects branches, data centers, cloud workloads and business partners while keeping customer payloads encrypted between edges. Data Assurance adds traffic-path controls and visibility; Gina AI helps operators interpret network telemetry. Customers include Sony Pictures, and partners include Peraton and Gcore.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** San Jose, United States
- **Founders:** Khalid Raza (Founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer), Stefan Olofsson (Co-founder (listed by Crunchbase; current operating role unverified))
- **Products:** Graphiant Network-as-a-Service / Network Edge, Data Assurance, Cloud Gateway, Data Exchange, Gina AI
- **Notable:** Launched publicly in September 2022 after founding in 2020., Raised $62 million Series B in March 2023., Secured $19 million strategic funding in May 2025 for regional expansion.

## Products & services

- **Graphiant Network-as-a-Service / Network Edge** — Capacity-based secure connectivity across enterprise sites, data centers, clouds and partners using a stateless core and physical or virtual edges.
- **Data Assurance** — Application-level flow visibility, geographic path controls, telemetry and audit evidence for data in motion.
- **Cloud Gateway** — Private connectivity to public clouds and external services through the Graphiant fabric.
- **Data Exchange** — Policy-controlled private connectivity between businesses and partner networks.
- **Gina AI** — An embedded operational assistant that interprets telemetry and supports policy verification, observability and compliance reporting.
- **Native SASE capabilities** — Zero Trust Network Access, threat detection, malware protection and data loss prevention included in NaaS without separate feature licensing, according to Graphiant.
- **Quantum-ready, crypto-agile encryption** — Network-edge encryption capabilities supporting migration toward post-quantum protection.

## Achievements

- Launched publicly in September 2022 after founding in 2020.
- Raised $62 million Series B in March 2023.
- Secured $19 million strategic funding in May 2025 for regional expansion.
- Company-published Sony Pictures case reports 70% WAN cost reduction across 45 sites, four-month deployment and three-month break-even.
- Appointed Ali Shaikh CEO in October 2025 after deployments expanded across three continents.
- Announced Peraton partnership in August 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Published Governing AI Starts With Visibility solution brief on September 22.
- **2026-08** — Announced partnership with Peraton for AI-capable government network services on August 26.
- **2026-07** — Published joint Gcore solution brief and an account of AI-assisted engineering quality practices.
- **2026-06** — Published SaaS, disaster-recovery and government networking cost case studies.
- **2026-04** — Announced native SASE and quantum-ready encryption capabilities.

## Links

- Website: https://www.graphiant.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/graphiant/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/GraphiantHQ
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpPcnYVv3n2ZXBRxbC3AU7g

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Last updated: 2026-09-30