Vera develops a conversational assistant that enforces and automates privacy, security, and fairness policies across generative AI use cases. Its platform lets companies set a single policy that applies to external models (like OpenAI) and in‑house models, works across any cloud or combination of clouds, and covers language, image, and video use cases. Vera scans queries before they are sent to models and again on model responses to ensure alignment with policies and brand guidelines. The product prevents users from sending PII/PHI, passwords, API keys, intellectual property, hacking attempts, and off-policy tasks, and filters model outputs to remove toxic or biased speech, off-brand content, and specified keywords. The company is led by Liz O’Sullivan and Justin Norman and is based in New York and San Francisco. In November 2023 Vera raised $2.7M in a pre-seed round led by Differential Venture Partners to expand operations, accelerate development, and begin onboarding a growing waitlist of customers.

Total raised

$3M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Oct 2023