First Recon AI

First Recon AI is an enterprise AI security platform developed internally at Persefoni, a sustainability compliance software company. The platform is designed to help large organizations govern, control, and secure their use of AI tools, particularly large language models (LLMs), across the enterprise. The platform is built on a three-layer architecture: - Layer 1: On-device, pre-transmission policy enforcement using lightweight, quantized LLMs that run entirely at the endpoint, inspecting and enforcing policies before prompts leave the device - Layer 2: An AI firewall for inspection at the model boundary - Layer 3: An AI gateway control plane for centralized governance and audit controls This architecture is designed to allow enterprises to enforce AI usage policies without requiring cloud connectivity, avoiding latency disruptions to user workflows. The product targets regulated industries and large enterprises that need to manage AI adoption within complex compliance and governance frameworks. First Recon AI is positioned for organizations already using or planning to deploy AI tools at scale, offering controls that align with enterprise IT governance, security policies, and compliance requirements. The founding team brings experience from leading large IT, data, and security organizations, including Fortune 500 environments. The platform benefits from Persefoni's existing enterprise customer base, which includes organizations such as The New York Times, Snowflake, Xerox, Apollo Global Management, and SMBC.