Comp AI, a cybersecurity and compliance startup founded by Lewis Carhart, Claudio Fuentes, and Mariano Fuentes, announced a $34 million Series A funding round led by Roo Capital and Grand Ventures. The new capital brings the company’s total funding to $37.5 million. The startup emerged after the founders experienced the friction of manual SOC 2 compliance while running a previous venture.
The platform deploys autonomous AI agents to handle labor-intensive compliance tasks, such as drafting security policies, collecting evidence for audits, and continuously monitoring compliance controls. Comp AI also provides AI-powered penetration testing to evaluate codebases and infrastructure for vulnerabilities.
While the software automates substantial operational workflows, the company emphasizes that human supervision remains critical for onboarding and approving agent actions. Comp AI aims to use the funds for product expansion as rapid enterprise AI adoption increases the demand for continuous security monitoring.
Why it matters
Automates tedious SOC 2 and audit preparation tasks, freeing founder time and engineering resources during enterprise sales.
Demonstrates growing investor appetite for agentic cybersecurity platforms that provide continuous, automated compliance monitoring.
Emphasizes human-in-the-loop workflows to balance autonomous agent actions with strict governance and safety approval.
Source: techcrunch.com
