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Relyance AI Sets New Enterprise Data Security Standard with Commercial Availability of Lyo™

As AI rewrites the rules of enterprise risk, Lyo understands, monitors and protects data 24/7 across environments

Mar 23, 2026

New Research From Relyance AI Finds Data Transparency in AI Now Rivals Price as a Driver of Holiday Purchasing Behavior and Brand Loyalty

84% of Americans say they will abandon or restrict use of brands that can’t trace personal data inside AI systems, and 76% would switch to competitors that provide clear AI transparency

Relyance AI Launches Free 30-Day AI Governance Trial to Help Enterprises Eliminate Shadow AI

Limited-Time Offer Provides Complete AI Visibility as Organizations Struggle to Track AI Use Across Their Systems

Relyance AI Introduces World’s First Data Defense Engineer that Autonomously Secures Data in the Age of AI

Relyance AI is the first AI-native data security platform that tracks dynamic data flows in real-time from source code to AI models.

Relyance AI Unveils Data Journeys™: Redefining Trust and Visibility in the AI Era

Relyance AI becomes the first company to show AI-powered, context-aware, end-to-end data lifecycle with the launch of Data Journeys

Relyance AI Raises $32 Million Series B Funding to Safeguard AI Innovation in the Enterprise

Thomvest Ventures leads the round with significant participation from M12; the privacy and security platform expects to double ARR in 2024

Relyance AI Co-Founder Leila R. Golchehreh Speaking at the Privacy + Security Forum in Washington, DC

Privacy professionals can start to construct or strengthen a privacy program for long-term success by attending this session. Leila Golchehreh will lead an engaging discussion with privacy practitioners from Zoom, DuckDuckGo, and DocuSign.

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Big-But-Not-Crazy-Big Fundings

Relyance AI, a 17-month-old, Mountain View, Ca.-based startup that is helping companies stay in compliance with privacy laws at the code level, has raised $25 million in Series A funding led by Menlo Ventures and earlier backer Unusual Ventures, which earlier provided the company with $5 million in seed funding.

Persona raised $150M; Arcadia landed $100M; Glean closed $55M; StrongDM secured $54M

Relyance AI is a Mountain View, Ca.-based startup that is helping companies stay in compliance with privacy laws at the code level. Relyance AI has raised $25 million in Series A funding led by Menlo Ventures and earlier backer Unusual Ventures, which earlier provided the company with $5 million in seed funding.

Relyance AI Emerges with $30M Funding, and a Goal to Bake Privacy Into Code

Privacy has increasingly become an area of focus for corporate legal departments, as they seek to better understand what data they hold and mitigate data risks that can and will arise.

Relyance emerges from stealth to spot risky code

Relyance, a San Francisco, California-based startup developing a real-time codebase analysis platform, today emerged from stealth with $30 million raised across seed and series A rounds from Unusual Ventures and Menlo Ventures.

Relyance AI scores $25M Series A to ensure privacy compliance at the code level

Relyance AI, an early-stage startup that is helping companies stay in compliance with privacy laws at the code level, announced a $25 million Series A today. At the same time, they revealed a previously unannounced $5 million seed round.

Privacy and data governance startup Relyance launches from stealth with $30M in funding

Privacy and data governance startup Relyance AI Inc. today launched out of stealth mode with $30 million in new funding. Unusual Ventures and Menlo Ventures led the Series A round, while John Vrionis, co-founder and managing partner of Unusual Ventures, led the company’s seed round.