Virtue AI
Category: AI in Cybersecurity
A unified AI security and compliance platform enabling enterprises to confidently deploy generative AI without compromising on security, safety, or regulatory compliance. Virtue AI was founded in 2025. The company is led by Bo Li. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Team size: 20-50. Total funding raised: $30 Million. Latest round: Seed & Series A ($30.0M, 2025-04) - Virtue AI. Key investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners (Lead), Walden Catalyst Ventures (Lead), Prosperity7, Factory, Osage University Partners, Lip-Bu Tan, Amarjit Gill, Chris Re.
- Founded
- 2025
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Team size
- 20-50
- Total funding
- $30 Million
Value proposition
Eliminates the traditional tradeoff between AI innovation and security, enabling safe and responsible AI deployment.
Products and solutions
VirtueRed: Algorithmic red-teaming platform for comprehensive AI risk assessment (covers 320+ categories including hallucinations, privacy leaks, and jailbreaks), VirtueGuard: High-performance guardrail models for real-time protection across text, image, audio, video, and code (supports 90+ languages), VirtueAgent: Customizable AI agents for automated interpretation and enforcement of internal security policies and regulatory requirements
Unique value
Founded by world-leading AI safety/security researchers, offering a unified platform that combines algorithmic red-teaming, high-performance guardrails, and automated compliance. Focused on eliminating the innovation vs. safety tradeoff.
Target customer
Enterprises deploying generative AI applications that require robust safety, security, and compliance solutions.
Industries served
Technology, Ride-sharing (e.g., Uber), Enterprise Software/Search (e.g., Glean), General Enterprise
Technology advantage
Proprietary algorithms built on extensive academic research; Comprehensive multi-modal (text, image, video, etc.) and multi-lingual support; Scalable algorithmic red-teaming; High-performance guardrails that balance speed and accuracy; Strong regulatory alignment.
How they differentiate
Provides a unified, comprehensive platform versus fragmented point solutions; Backed by a strong academic foundation and cutting-edge algorithmic red-teaming capabilities; Industry-leading performance in guardrail models.
Main competitors
Other AI safety and security startups focusing on point solutions, AI governance platforms, Internal AI safety teams within large technology companies
Key partnerships
Uber (Early Customer/Collaborator), Glean Technologies Inc. (Early Customer/Collaborator)
Notable customers
Uber, Glean Technologies Inc.
Major milestones
Launched from stealth (April 2025) Secured $30M in combined Seed & Series A funding Developed and launched core products (VirtueRed, VirtueGuard, VirtueAgent) Acquired initial enterprise customers (Uber, Glean)
Growth metrics
Expanding team from 20 to ~50 employees in 2025; Noted for impressive market traction.
Market positioning
Positioned as a leader in the AI red-teaming and guardrails category for enterprise AI safety and security.
Geographic focus
Primarily US-based with a target on global enterprises.
Patents and IP
Not Available
About Bo Li
Bo Li has a strong background in academia and research, particularly in the field of AI security and trustworthy AI. She has been an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the University of Chicago. Her work has been recognized with numerous awards, including a Sloan Research Fellowship, an NSF CAREER Award, and listings in MIT Technology Review's TR-35 and IEEE's AI's 10 to Watch. She is a co-founder of Virtue AI, where she serves as CEO.
Official website: https://www.virtueai.com/