Vijil, a Menlo Park, CA-based AI software startup helping enterprises build and operate AI agents that people can trust, has raised $6 million in funding.
Along with funding, Vijil announced cloud services for building generative AI agents with reliability, security, and safety by design.
Investors
The investment was led by Mayfield's AIStart seed fund and Gradient Ventures, Google's AI-focused seed fund.
Mayfield AIStart Fund is an early-stage venture capital fund managed by Mayfield Fund and located in Menlo Park, California. The fund targets the artificial intelligence and machine learning sectors.
Founded in 2017, Gradient Ventures is the venture capital investment arm of Alphabet, based in Mountain View, California. The firm seeks to invest in seed-stage and early-stage companies operating in the information technology, artificial intelligence, and machine learning sectors.
About Vijil
Vijil is an AI company dedicated to helping developers build and operate intelligent agents that people can trust. Vijil's services focus on evaluating and defending the trustworthiness of AI agents. Their offerings, including the Vijil Evaluate cloud service and the Vijil Dome product, provide evaluations and real-time adaptive defenses for various generative AI systems. Vijil is committed to open innovation through research collaborations with academic partners, contributions to relevant open-source projects, and alliances with industry partners who support open foundation models.
Funding Details
Company: Vijil AI, Inc.
Raised: $6.0M
Round: Unknown
Funding Month: July 2024
Investor: Mayfield's AIStart seed fund, Gradient Ventures
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Company Website: https://www.vijil.ai/
Software Category: AI Safety
Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vijil-emerges-from-stealth-with-seed-funding-from-mayfield-and-gradient-ventures-to-help-enterprises-build-generative-ai-agents-that-they-can-trust-302204757.html