Vijil

Vijil is a platform company focused on AI agent trust and security for enterprise use cases. The company's mission is to help enterprises deploy AI agents that are verifiably reliable, secure, and safe, positioning trust as infrastructure for agent development, operations, and continuous improvement. Vijil's platform addresses what it calls the "AI Agent Governance Gap," providing tools for enterprises to verify and maintain trust throughout the entire AI agent lifecycle — from development through production deployment. The company emphasizes an "inside-out" approach, building trust by design within agents rather than applying only external protections. Key platform capabilities include: - Trust verification and compliance tooling to accelerate enterprise AI agent deployment - Continuous trust monitoring across agent lifecycles - Customization for enterprise-specific trust requirements - Support for AI governance workflows aligned with responsible AI standards Vijil works with enterprise customers in sectors such as HR technology (e.g., SmartRecruiters) and has a partnership with Google around adapting the Google Responsible Generative AI Toolkit for enterprise use cases. The platform is designed to reduce compliance costs and shorten the time required to safely deploy AI agents in production environments. The company is led by co-founders with backgrounds at Amazon SageMaker and AWS AI. Its scientific team includes expertise in trustworthy AI, algorithmic fairness, privacy-preserving machine learning, and LLM security. Advisors include prominent figures in LLM security and deep learning research. Vijil operates out of Menlo Park, CA as its primary hub, with additional presence in New York and Toronto.