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White Circle raises $11M for AI workplace safety controls

White Circle, an AI control platform, has secured $11 million in seed funding to develop software that monitors and secures AI models used in workplace applications. The company's technology acts as a real-time enforcement layer, checking user inputs and AI outputs against company-specific policies to prevent harmful or prohibited actions. This funding will support team expansion, product development, and customer growth, with backing from notable figures in the AI industry. AI

IMPACT Addresses critical need for AI governance as models integrate into business workflows, mitigating risks of misuse and policy violations.

RANK_REASON AI company funding round exceeding $100M.

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White Circle raises $11M for AI workplace safety controls

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Beatrice Nolan ·

    Exclusive: White Circle raises $11 million to stop AI models from going rogue in the workplace

    The Paris startup, backed by leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepMind, Mistral, and Hugging Face, says companies need real-time tools to control what AI systems do after they are deployed.

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    White Circle, an enterprise AI governance platform, has raised 11 million USD in seed funding to help companies monitor, protect and secure AI systems in real t

    White Circle, an enterprise AI governance platform, has raised 11 million USD in seed funding to help companies monitor, protect and secure AI systems in real time. The platform detects harmful content, hallucinations and prompt-injection attacks. Investors include leaders from O…