Comp AI Secures $34 Million to Automate Compliance Audits

Founders Lewis Carhart, Claudio Fuentes, and Mariano Fuentes pivoted to this venture after their previous startup, LeapAI, struggled to find a sustainable market fit. During that process, they found the SOC 2 compliance requirements for enterprise clients to be a major bottleneck. The trio now focuses on building AI agents capable of drafting security policies and collecting evidence for audits, effectively removing the administrative burden that keeps engineers away from product development.

While the software streamlines documentation and performs penetration testing, the founders emphasize that it is not a total replacement for human oversight. Carhart notes that as AI agents take on more autonomous tasks, the necessity for human verification increases. The platform functions as a persistent security layer, designed to detect vulnerabilities that emerge after a standard audit is completed. With this latest funding, the startup has reached a total of $37.5 million in capital, positioning itself to compete against established compliance platforms by addressing the specific risks introduced by the rapid integration of AI agents into corporate systems.