Repello AI, a next-gen AI security startup with offices in San Francisco and Bengaluru, has raised $1.2 million in a seed funding round led by Venture Highway (now acquired by General Catalyst), pi Ventures, Entrepreneur First, and notable angel investors such as:
- Charles Songhurst, Board Member, Meta
- Vivek Raghavan, CEO, Sarvam.ai
- Satya Vyas, CEO, Project Hero
Funding Use and Strategic Focus
The raised capital will be used to:
- Accelerate product development
- Expand red teaming and threat intelligence capabilities
- Scale go-to-market efforts
- Build strategic partnerships and tech integrations
Startup Overview
- Founded: 2024
- Founders: Aryaman Behera and Naman Mishra (IIT Roorkee alumni)
- Core Focus: Proactive protection of Generative AI applications from complex threats like:
- Prompt injection attacks
- Sensitive data leaks
- Data poisoning
- System prompt vulnerabilities
Repello AI merges deep cybersecurity with advanced machine learning, ensuring secure GenAI deployments, faster compliance, and the transformation of vulnerabilities into actionable insights.
Flagship Product: ARTEMIS
ARTEMIS (Automated Red Teaming Engine for Mapping, Identification and Scanning) is the startup’s main offering. It’s the first continuous security platform built specifically for LLM and GenAI systems.
Key Features:
- Runs millions of automated adversarial tests across text, image, and audio
- Delivers mitigation strategies, security integrations, and guardrails
- Enables proactive threat defense rather than reactive security
Runtime Security: Repello Guard
Repello Guard is a complementary tool providing real-time monitoring and runtime filtering across AI applications. It detects and mitigates:
- Unsafe outputs
- System prompt leaks
- Brand/competitor mentions
- AI-specific anomalies across modalities
Together, ARTEMIS + Repello Guard provide a full-spectrum AI security solution aimed at speeding up safe deployment and ensuring enterprise-grade compliance.
Vision and Leadership Insight
“We’re at an inflection point where AI adoption is accelerating faster than security solutions can keep pace. Enterprises need a proactive approach to defend against emerging GenAI threats. That’s what we’re building.”
— Aryaman Behera, Co-Founder & CEO, Repello AI
“From day one, we’ve focused on being ahead of the threat curve. Our architecture combines proactive adversarial testing with scalable automation to stop threats before they escalate.”
— Naman Mishra, Co-Founder & CTO, Repello AI
“GenAI brings a fundamentally new threat surface. Aryaman and Naman have built a GenAI-native security model that goes far beyond perimeter defense.”
— Roopan Aulakh, Managing Director, pi Ventures
