Airia
Category: AI Infrastructure
A comprehensive enterprise AI orchestration and governance platform designed to help organizations safely deploy, manage, and scale artificial intelligence applications. Airia was founded in 2024. The company is led by Kevin Kiley. Based in Atlanta, USA (offices also in Miami, London, Sofia, Bangalore, Melbourne, Singapore). Team size: 150. Total funding raised: $100M Series A (Sep 2025). Latest round: Series A ($100M, Sep 2025) - enterprise AI security platform. Key investors include ["John Marshall"].
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- Atlanta, USA (offices also in Miami, London, Sofia, Bangalore, Melbourne, Singapore)
- Team size
- 150
- Total funding
- $100M Series A (Sep 2025)
Value proposition
Simplifies the 'AI-to-production' pipeline by providing a unified ecosystem that balances rapid AI innovation with enterprise-grade security, compliance, and operational control.
Products and solutions
["AI Orchestration Engine (Model & Data Integration)","AI Governance & Compliance Suite","Enterprise AI Management Ecosystem","AI Risk & Security Monitoring","Policy Enforcement & Guardrails Framework"]
Unique value
Airia is the first to converge AI orchestration (the 'how' of AI) with AI governance (the 'should' of AI) into a single, unified enterprise ecosystem, led by the team that defined the modern GRC and MDM categories.
Target customer
Fortune 500 enterprises, Chief AI Officers (CAIOs), IT infrastructure leaders, and GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) departments.
Industries served
["Financial Services","Healthcare & Life Sciences","Technology & Software","Retail & E-commerce","Regulated Industries"]
Technology advantage
Leverages a 'Founder-Led' capital model with a $100M commitment, allowing for rapid R&D without traditional VC constraints. The platform utilizes proprietary orchestration logic that abstracts model complexity while enforcing real-time compliance guardrails.
How they differentiate
Airia differentiates by converging AI orchestration (the technical execution) with AI governance (compliance and risk) into a single unified ecosystem. Unlike competitors that focus solely on monitoring or policy, Airia provides the infrastructure to both run and regulate AI, led by a team with a proven pedigree in scaling OneTrust and AirWatch.
Main competitors
["Credo AI","Holistic AI","DataRobot","Arthur AI"]
Key partnerships
["Major LLM Providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google)","Cloud Infrastructure Partners (AWS, Azure, GCP)","Enterprise GRC and Security Ecosystem partners"]
Notable customers
["300+ Enterprise Customers","Fortune 500 Enterprises","Global Financial Institutions","Healthcare Providers"]
Major milestones
["Founded in 2024 by Kevin Kiley and John Marshall","Secured $100M total capital commitment from John Marshall","Launched comprehensive AI Governance capabilities in January 2026","Included as notable vendor in Forrester's Responsible AI Solutions Landscape Q2 2026","Won CIO Review Enterprise AI Orchestration Platform of the Year 2026","Gold Globee Winner for Best Agentic Workflow Orchestration Platform 2026"]
Growth metrics
Scaled to 150 employees within the first year; 2025 projected revenue estimated at $21.8M.
Market positioning
Premium Enterprise AI Management and Governance leader targeting Fortune 500 companies.
Geographic focus
Global, with primary operations in North America and expansion into European markets.
Patents and IP
Proprietary AI governance frameworks and orchestration algorithms (specific public patent filings not disclosed as of early 2025).
About Kevin Kiley
Kevin Kiley is a high-growth enterprise software veteran with over 20 years of experience. He is best known for his tenure as Chief Revenue Officer at OneTrust, where he scaled the company from $0 to over $400M in ARR. Previously, he was a key leadership member at AirWatch, contributing to its growth from $2M to $350M in revenue leading up to its $1.54B acquisition by VMware. He also served as CRO at Lacework.
Official website: https://airia.com/