# SolidCore.ai

> SolidCore.ai is a Menlo Park cybersecurity startup building the security and governance layer for enterprise generative AI. Founded in 2024 by HyTrust veteran Eric Chiu and former Microsoft security architect Hemma Prafullchandra, its platform captures an immutable record of every LLM prompt, response, and configuration inside a customer's own cloud, then continuously monitors for misconfigurations, policy violations, and risky usage while generating audit-ready evidence for frameworks like NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, and the EU AI Act. The company emerged from stealth in September 2025 with $4M in seed funding led by Runtime Ventures.

- **Founded:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** Menlo Park, California, United States
- **Founders:** Eric Chiu (Co-Founder & CEO), Hemma Prafullchandra (Co-Founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~22 employees
- **Products:** SolidCore GenAI System of Record, Continuous Risk Monitoring, Automated Compliance & Audit Evidence
- **Notable:** Emerged from stealth in September 2025 with $4M seed funding led by Runtime Ventures., One of the few seed-stage startups backed by all four major AI infrastructure providers - NVIDIA, Google, Microsoft, and AWS., Founded by the team behind HyTrust, acquired by Entrust.

## Products & services

- **SolidCore GenAI System of Record** — Captures and stores prompts, responses, configuration data, and metadata from every GenAI interaction inside the customer's own cloud, providing full transparency across teams, tools, and environments.
- **Continuous Risk Monitoring** — Continuously monitors for misconfigurations, access violations, and anomalous usage patterns, with real-time alerting and recommended resolution workflows.
- **Automated Compliance & Audit Evidence** — Automates compliance monitoring and generates defensible, audit-ready records aligned with NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, and the EU AI Act.

## Achievements

- Emerged from stealth in September 2025 with $4M seed funding led by Runtime Ventures.
- One of the few seed-stage startups backed by all four major AI infrastructure providers - NVIDIA, Google, Microsoft, and AWS.
- Founded by the team behind HyTrust, acquired by Entrust.
- CTO Hemma Prafullchandra is a contributor to NIST and Cloud Security Alliance standards.

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Emerged from stealth and announced $4M seed round led by Runtime Ventures with Epic Ventures and cybersecurity angels.
- **2025-10** — Funding widely covered by FinSMEs, The AI Insider, Funded.com and others; partnerships with NVIDIA, Google, Microsoft, AWS, and Schellman highlighted.

## Links

- Website: https://www.solidcore.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/solidcore-ai

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Last updated: 2026-07-02