Arden
Arden is a YC Spring 2026 (P26) company. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Team of 2.
About Arden
Summary
Arden builds an AI platform for internal audit and SOX compliance teams at public companies. Its agents pull evidence from existing systems, test controls end-to-end, and generate audit-ready workpapers, replacing the manual spreadsheet and screenshot workflows that auditors currently use to meet SOX requirements.
Go-to-market
Arden sells to internal audit and SOX teams at public companies, with entry through a booked demo.
From the Y Combinator listing
AI-native internal audit firm
Arden is the AI-native platform for internal audit and SOX teams. We build AI agents that automatically pull evidence from your stack, test controls end-to-end, and produce audit-ready workpapers in minutes instead of weeks. Internal audit is a massive but underserved market. Every public company in the US is required to do SOX testing, yet teams still run it through spreadsheets and screenshots. Arden is the engine that does this work.
Facts
- B2B / B2B -> Finance and Accounting
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- 2
- Active
- Early
Founders (2)
- David Lomelin
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