Knoxville-based Starseer raises a $2 million seed round
The investment will accelerate Starseer's mission to make AI systems transparent, secure, and reliable for enterprise and government deployment.
Starseer, a Knoxville-based innovator in artificial intelligence (AI) exposure management and compliance, announced it has secured a $2 million seed funding round led by Gula Tech Adventures of Columbia, MD. The investment will accelerate Starseer’s mission to make AI systems transparent, secure, and reliable for enterprise and government deployment.
Starseer’s model-agnostic platform eliminates the AI “black box” problem by providing unprecedented visibility into AI behavior. Organizations can confidently adopt AI with Starseer’s model-agnostic analysis, hardening, and management, ensuring robust security and compliance with regulations like the EU AI Act while defending against threats such as prompt injections, backdoors, and data poisoning. This visibility enables confident adoption of privately hosted models without sacrificing security or transparency.
“The era of ‘trust us, the AI works’ is ending,” said Tim Schulz, Starseer’s Chief Executive Officer. “As AI makes decisions that affect people’s lives and business outcomes, everyone from artists to regulators to corporate boards are demanding real transparency.”
Starseer’s AI exposure management platform addresses urgent needs in regulated industries such as finance, healthcare, manufacturing, insurance, and autonomous systems, where AI failures can result in substantial financial, legal, or safety consequences. The platform’s intuitive tools enable security and compliance teams—regardless of technical expertise—to secure AI deployments and generate audit-ready documentation.
With this funding, Starseer will accelerate platform development, expand its engineering and go-to-market teams, and scale adoption among enterprises and government agencies prioritizing AI governance and secure deployment.
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