Vijil
Category: AI Safety
Vijil specializes in agentic resiliency, providing tools to continuously safeguard and evaluate AI agents for reliability, security, and safety Vijil was founded in 2023. The company is led by Vin Sharma. Based in Menlo Park, United States. Team size: 19. Total funding raised: $23 million. Latest round: Series A ($17M in November 2025 led by BrightMind Partners). Key investors include ["BrightMind Partners","Mayfield Fund","Gradient Ventures"].
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- Menlo Park, United States
- Team size
- 19
- Total funding
- $23 million
Value proposition
Enables organizations to build, test, and operate AI agents with measurable trustworthiness, reducing risks of harm, errors, and security vulnerabilities
Products and solutions
["Vijil Evaluate (cloud-based AI agent testing service)","Vijil Dome (real-time adaptive defense platform)","Vijil Trust Score (agent safety evaluation metric)"]
Unique value
Focuses on 'inside-out' AI safety by hardening models inherently, rather than relying on external guardrails
Target customer
Enterprises deploying generative AI agents, including industries like cybersecurity, healthcare, finance, and enterprise AI
Industries served
["Enterprise AI","Cybersecurity","Healthcare","Financial Services","Software Development"]
Technology advantage
Leverages proprietary testing frameworks, real-time adaptive defenses, and collaboration with Google's Responsible Generative AI Toolkit
How they differentiate
Vijil specializes in agentic resiliency through continuous safeguarding, testing AI agents for reliability/security compliance. Differentiates via partnerships (Google Cloud integration), adaptive learning frameworks, and Gartner recognition as a Cool Vendor in Agentic AI TRiSM
Main competitors
["Superwise","Beam AI","Amelia"]
Key partnerships
["Google Cloud (integration and marketplace)","BrightMind Partners","Mayfield Fund","Gradient Ventures"]
Notable customers
["SmartRecruiters","Google Cloud early adopters"]
Major milestones
["Named Gartner® Cool Vendor 2025","Integrated with Google Cloud Marketplace (November 2025)","Secured $6M seed funding (July 2024) from Mayfield/Gradient","Achieved 75% reduction in AI deployment risk for SmartRecruiters","Named to CB Insights AI 100 (2025)"]
Growth metrics
19 employees (2025), 300% YoY growth in enterprise clients, 75% reduction in AI deployment time for customers
Market positioning
Positioned as a leader in AI agent trust frameworks, targeting enterprise deployment needs with focus on compliance (EU AI Act/GDPR) and production readiness
Geographic focus
Global with U.S. (Menlo Park HQ) as primary market, expanding into EU through regulatory compliance frameworks
Patents and IP
10+ patents filed (combination of Vin Sharma's personal patents and company patents)
About Vin Sharma
30+ years in AI/ML, Data, Cloud, OS, Security; Former GM & Director of Engineering at Amazon SageMaker; Built 11 AWS AI services, 30 products, 10 patents, 5 papers; Previously led engineering at Foursquare, OctoML, and built deep learning capabilities for Amazon SageMaker
Official website: https://www.vijil.ai