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Archon Technologies
Archon Technologies is a San Francisco startup (Y Combinator W25) that helps software companies sell to the U.S. government by automating FedRAMP, the federal compliance regime cloud vendors must clear before agencies can buy them. Its free-to-integrate SDK ships security controls compliant out of the box and, with AI-assisted documentation, aims to cut the certification timeline from roughly 16 months to 6 and save vendors about $1M. Founded by former U.S. State Department technologists George Parks and Sam Jung.
Knox Systems, Inc.
Knox Systems is an Austin, Texas company that operates a pre-authorized, AI-managed federal cloud so that commercial SaaS vendors can reach FedRAMP authorization in roughly 90 days for about 90% less than the traditional cost. By running a shared, continuously monitored compliance boundary across AWS, Azure, and GCP, Knox lets customer applications inherit 60-80% of required security controls on day one, then automates evidence collection, documentation, and remediation. Founded in 2023 by Irina Denisenko, the company raised a $25M Series A in March 2026 and serves vendors such as Adobe, Celonis, OutSystems, Armis, and BigID across 15+ federal agency authorizations.