# SafeBase (Acquired by Drata)

> SafeBase built a customer-facing trust center and AI questionnaire workflow that let enterprise software vendors publish approved security information once, control access to sensitive evidence, and reuse it throughout sales. Founded in San Francisco in 2020 by Al Yang and Adar Arnon, the company grew to more than 1,000 customers before Drata acquired it in February 2025 for a reported $250 million.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Al Yang (Co-founder and CEO), Adar Arnon (Co-founder and CTO)
- **Team size:** Approximately 40 in the supplied company record; Y Combinator lists a team size of 60 around the acquisition
- **Products:** Trust Center, AI Questionnaire Assistance, Knowledge Base and analytics, Workflow integrations and API
- **Notable:** Graduated from Y Combinator's Summer 2020 batch., Raised a $33 million Series B in April 2024, taking disclosed funding above $50 million., Reported more than 700 customers and 98% gross retention in April 2024.

## Products & services

- **Trust Center** — A branded, customer-facing portal for security documents, policies, certifications, answers, updates, access requests and approvals.
- **AI Questionnaire Assistance** — Software that uses approved Trust Center content, prior answers and uploaded documents to propose questionnaire responses for human review and export.
- **Knowledge Base and analytics** — A reusable answer library plus account-level engagement and security-influenced revenue analytics.
- **Workflow integrations and API** — Connections for CRM, collaboration, identity, e-signature, document storage, data warehouses and third-party risk portals.

## Achievements

- Graduated from Y Combinator's Summer 2020 batch.
- Raised a $33 million Series B in April 2024, taking disclosed funding above $50 million.
- Reported more than 700 customers and 98% gross retention in April 2024.
- Grew to more than 1,000 customers by the February 2025 acquisition announcement.
- Drata said $15 billion in transactions had been tied to security teams using SafeBase Trust Centers over four years.
- Jamf reported 4,000-plus hours saved in one year and more than $10 million in annual revenue lift associated with its customer-trust program.
- Named an Inc. Best Workplace in 2023.
- Acquired by Drata in February 2025 for a reported $250 million.

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Drata announced and completed its acquisition of SafeBase; TechCrunch reported a $250 million price.
- **2025-07** — SafeBase by Drata continued expanding AI Questionnaire Assistance for inbound reviews.
- **2025-11** — SafeBase added enhanced role-based access controls, including custom roles, multiple roles and group-based permissions.
- **2026-03** — Drata announced that the SafeBase company brand would be unified under Drata while Trust Center, AIQA, contracts, pricing and URLs continued.

## Links

- Website: https://safebase.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/safebase
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/getsafebase

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Last updated: 2026-08-20