ZeroDrift
ZeroDrift is in a16z speedrun SR006. Based in New York, United States of America. Team of 12, founded in 2026.
Facts
- New York, United States of America
- 12
- 2026
About ZeroDrift
Summary
ZeroDrift is a New York-based cybersecurity and AI infrastructure company, founded in 2026, that built what it calls an enforcement runtime for AI systems. As organizations increasingly rely on AI agents to communicate and act on their behalf, those agents operate across regulated industries where strict rules govern what can and cannot be said or done. ZeroDrift sits between AI models and their outputs, evaluating every message or action in real time and either passing, rewriting, blocking, or escalating it before it reaches its destination. The platform comes pre-loaded with a broad set of regulatory frameworks and allows organizations to layer their own internal policies on top, generating audit-ready records for every enforcement decision. The company appears to be targeting heavily regulated sectors such as financial services, healthcare, and insurance, where the cost of a non-compliant AI output is particularly high. With a team of 12 that draws on backgrounds from organizations including Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and Goldman Sachs, ZeroDrift is positioning its runtime as foundational infrastructure for any company deploying AI at scale.
Business model
ZeroDrift appears to operate on a SaaS or consumption-based model, offering enforcement capabilities through an API that developers can integrate in front of any large language model. Pricing likely scales with usage volume or the number of AI surfaces and policies being enforced across an organization.
Go-to-market
ZeroDrift targets compliance, security, AI leadership, and engineering teams at enterprises in regulated industries, particularly financial services, insurance, and healthcare, as well as AI platform vendors who want enforcement built into their own products. The buying motion appears to be a top-down enterprise sale, likely initiated through security or compliance stakeholders who carry budget for risk mitigation tooling. Customer acquisition likely combines direct outbound to regulated-industry accounts, developer-led adoption via a self-serve API, and earned media, as evidenced by press coverage that appears to have accompanied the company's seed announcement.
Founders (1)
- Kumesh Aroomoogan
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