Zania
Zania is an AI compliance and security company based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2023. The company specializes in developing autonomous agents for governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) tasks. Its core offering is an agentic AI platform that automates various enterprise security and compliance workflows, including controls testing, risk assessments, audits, compliance checks, evidence collection, and vendor security assessments. Zania's technology aims to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of GRC processes, claiming to reduce execution time significantly and lower costs while maintaining high accuracy. The company serves a diverse clientele, including Fortune 500 companies, top audit and advisory firms, and notable organizations like Plaid, Stanford University, and Grant Thornton. With a team of approximately 11 to 50 employees, Zania operates within the B2B software, cybersecurity, and AI sectors and has successfully raised $18 million in a Series A funding round led by NEA.