San Francisco-based startup Confident Security has launched publicly with $4.2 million in seed funding to address one of the biggest barriers to AI adoption: data privacy. Backed by Decibel, South Park Commons, Ex Ante, and Swyx, the company offers CONFSEC, an encryption layer designed to wrap around foundational AI models, ensuring prompts and metadata remain invisible — even to the model provider.
Founded by Jonathan Mortensen, Confident Security aims to make enterprise-grade AI usable in regulated sectors like finance, healthcare, and government, where data sensitivity has slowed adoption. Modeled after Apple’s Private Cloud Compute, CONFSEC anonymizes and routes data securely before applying strict, verifiable encryption protocols. The platform is already production-ready and undergoing testing with banks, browsers, and hyperscalers.
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