# Trustero

> Trustero is a Palo Alto AI company building software for security and compliance teams. Founded in 2020 by SignalFx co-founder Phillip Liu, it applies generative AI and a patent-pending 'Trust Graph' to automate the grind of governance, risk and compliance (GRC): gap analysis, evidence collection, control testing, security questionnaires, third-party risk reviews and audit prep across frameworks like SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, PCI, SOX and DORA. In November 2024 it raised a $10.35M Series A led by Bright Pixel Capital.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** Palo Alto, California, United States
- **Founders:** Phillip Liu (Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** ~25 employees
- **Products:** Trustero Intelligence (TI), Evidence Management, Continuous Control Monitoring, Questionnaire Automation, Policy & Control Assessment
- **Notable:** Raised a $10.35M Series A in November 2024, bringing total funding to roughly $18.35M., Founded by Phillip Liu, who previously co-founded SignalFx (acquired by Splunk for over $1 billion)., Built a patent-pending 'Trust Graph' engine positioned as the core of AI-driven GRC intelligence.

## Products & services

- **Trustero Intelligence (TI)** — AI-powered question answering for GRC queries, with 'TI Playbooks' that let teams define automatable compliance workflows in natural language.
- **Evidence Management** — AI agents collect and map audit evidence to the relevant controls and frameworks.
- **Continuous Control Monitoring** — AI tests controls using natural language and flags gaps as they appear.
- **Questionnaire Automation** — AI agents answer RFP and security/compliance questionnaires.
- **Policy & Control Assessment** — Evaluates policies and controls against frameworks like SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, PCI, SOX and DORA.
- **Trust Portal** — Customer-facing AI compliance Q&A that lets buyers query a company's security posture.
- **Compliance-as-a-Service platform** — The original SOC 2 compliance offering Trustero launched when it exited stealth.

## Achievements

- Raised a $10.35M Series A in November 2024, bringing total funding to roughly $18.35M.
- Founded by Phillip Liu, who previously co-founded SignalFx (acquired by Splunk for over $1 billion).
- Built a patent-pending 'Trust Graph' engine positioned as the core of AI-driven GRC intelligence.
- Positioned as among the first to bring generative AI into the GRC category.

## Latest updates

- **2024-11** — Closed $10.35M Series A led by Bright Pixel Capital to accelerate its AI-driven GRC intelligence layer.
- **2024** — Expanded platform with Trustero Intelligence, TI Playbooks, questionnaire automation and a customer-facing Trust Portal.

## Links

- Website: https://trustero.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trustero
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/gotrustero
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/gotrustero

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Last updated: 2026-07-10