# Zania

> Zania builds autonomous AI agents for governance, risk, and compliance (GRC). Founded in 2023 by former CISO Shruti Gupta, the Palo Alto company deploys domain-specific 'AI teammates' that run third-party risk reviews, controls testing, evidence collection, security questionnaires, and continuous compliance across frameworks like SOC 2, ISO 27001, and HIPAA - work it claims runs up to 30x faster at 90% lower cost with 94%+ accuracy. It raised an $18M Series A led by NEA in 2025.

- **Founded:** 2023
- **Headquarters:** Palo Alto, California, United States
- **Founders:** Shruti Gupta (Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** ~21 employees (2025), with plans to triple engineering and go-to-market teams
- **Products:** Autonomous Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM), First Party Risk, Controls Testing, Continuous Compliance, Security Questionnaires
- **Notable:** Raised an oversubscribed $18M Series A led by NEA in 2025, bringing total funding to ~$20M., Reports 94%+ accuracy and a sub-0.01% hallucination rate on GRC tasks., Claims GRC work delivered up to 30x faster and at 90% lower cost.

## Products & services

- **Autonomous Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM)** — Runs full vendor risk reviews with tiering, evidence collection, validation, and continuous monitoring.
- **First Party Risk** — Internal risk assessments combining qualitative and quantitative evaluation.
- **Controls Testing** — 24/7 automated testing of control design and operating effectiveness.
- **Continuous Compliance** — Autonomous evidence collection and gap identification against any framework.
- **Security Questionnaires** — AI-generated responses to vendor and customer security assessments, backed by evidence.
- **Self-Governing Policies** — Policies that auto-update in sync with regulations and the company's tech stack.
- **Ask Zania** — Natural-language chat interface to surface issues and trigger automated actions.

## Achievements

- Raised an oversubscribed $18M Series A led by NEA in 2025, bringing total funding to ~$20M.
- Reports 94%+ accuracy and a sub-0.01% hallucination rate on GRC tasks.
- Claims GRC work delivered up to 30x faster and at 90% lower cost.
- Adopted by Fortune 500 enterprises and major audit/advisory firms within roughly two years of founding.
- SOC 2 Type 2 compliant, with private models and no training on customer data.

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Closed $18M Series A led by NEA, with participation from Anthology Fund, Palm Drive Capital, and angel investors.
- **2025** — Reported explosive revenue and customer growth after launching its AI agents in late 2024; plans to triple engineering and GTM teams and invest in proprietary models.
- **2024** — Launched its autonomous AI agents for third-party risk, controls testing, and continuous compliance.

## Links

- Website: https://zania.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zaniaai
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEeSZaf2a0w

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Last updated: 2026-07-09