# Privacera

> Privacera (now operating as Trust3 AI by Privacera) is a Newark, California-based enterprise software company that runs a unified data and AI access governance platform. Built by the co-creators of Apache Ranger, it gives Fortune 500 teams a single place to discover sensitive data, set policies, and enforce access across Snowflake, Databricks, AWS, Azure, GCP, and the new generation of LLM-powered apps.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** Fremont, California, United States
- **Founders:** Balaji Ganesan (Co-Founder & CEO), Don Bosco Durai (Co-Founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~120 employees
- **Products:** Privacera Data Security Platform, Trust3 AI (formerly PAIG), PAIG OSS, Apache Ranger (open source)
- **Notable:** Founders created Apache Ranger, now deployed across thousands of enterprises, Named to Enterprise Tech 30 by Wing Ventures, Raised $50M Series B led by Insight Partners (March 2021)

## Products & services

- **Privacera Data Security Platform** — SaaS platform for sensitive data discovery, fine-grained access control, encryption, and audit across Snowflake, Databricks, AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-prem sources.
- **Trust3 AI (formerly PAIG)** — Generative AI governance layer that adds real-time guardrails, policy enforcement, and lineage for LLM applications and AI agents.
- **PAIG OSS** — Open-source framework for responsible GenAI development, released by Privacera.
- **Apache Ranger (open source)** — Originally built by the founders as XA Secure; the foundation Privacera extends commercially.

## Achievements

- Founders created Apache Ranger, now deployed across thousands of enterprises
- Named to Enterprise Tech 30 by Wing Ventures
- Raised $50M Series B led by Insight Partners (March 2021)
- Released PAIG OSS, first-of-its-kind open-source framework for GenAI governance
- Rebranded to Trust3 AI by Privacera in 2026 to reflect unified data + AI governance

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Unveiled Trust3 AI - unified agentic governance platform; Privacera rebrands its AI product line.
- **2024-04** — General availability of Privacera AI Governance (PAIG) for generative AI workloads.
- **2021-03** — Closed $50M Series B led by Insight Partners.

## Links

- Website: https://privacera.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/privacera
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/privacera
- GitHub: https://github.com/privacera
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@privacera
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/privacera/

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Last updated: 2026-05-23