Who founded Robust Intelligence?

Robust Intelligence was founded by Kojin Oshiba.

Who are Robust Intelligence's investors?

Robust Intelligence's investors include Alumni Ventures, Basecamp Fund, Cisco Investments, Converge, Engineering Capital, Harpoon Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Zypsy Capital and 3 more.

Robust Intelligence

12 known investors

Find your way into Robust Intelligence

1,239 people in our graph share verified history with the Robust Intelligence team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Andrew Ogawaunlockedknows Kojin Oshiba · together at Silicon Valley Japan Platform (overlapped)

×2knows the team · via Robust Intelligence

×4knows the team · via Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

×5knows the team · via Forbes 30 Under 30

The compliance firewall for AI.

Founders & leadership

Kojin Oshiba Co-Founder2019–2024Co-founder of Robust Intelligence, an AI security company that was acquired by Cisco in 2024. Oshiba holds a degree in computer science and statistics from Harvard University.30 Under 30 2024

Investors · 12

Alumni Ventureslisted by Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M

How we know: Alumni Ventures's portfolio page · Not right? Tell us

Basecamp Fundlisted by Basecamp FundManchester · $100K – $10M

How we know: Basecamp Fund's portfolio page · Not right? Tell us

Cisco Investmentslisted by Cisco InvestmentsSan Jose

How we know: Cisco Investments's portfolio page · Not right? Tell us

Convergelisted by ConvergeCambridge · $500K – $5M

How we know: Converge's portfolio page · Not right? Tell us

Engineering Capitallisted by Engineering CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $10Mvia Ashmeet Sidana · inferred

How we know: Engineering Capital's portfolio page · funding news · techcrunch.com · Not right? Tell us

Harpoon Ventureslisted by Harpoon VenturesSan Diego · $100K – $5M

How we know: Harpoon Ventures's portfolio page · funding news · Not right? Tell us

In-Q-Tellisted by In-Q-TelTysons · $100K – $2.5M

Zypsy Capitallisted by Zypsy CapitalSan Francisco · $50K – $400K

How we know: Zypsy Capital's portfolio page · Not right? Tell us

BenchmarkreportedSan Francisco · $100K – $30M

How we know: a partner's Signal profile · Not right? Tell us

Sequoia CapitalreportedMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M

How we know: funding news · techcrunch.com · Not right? Tell us

Tiger Global ManagementreportedNew York · $1M – $100M

How we know: funding news · techcrunch.com · Not right? Tell us

Also in the syndicate · 1

Harpoon Venture Capital

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

Undisclosed amountSeries BDec 2021
Tiger Global (lead), Engineering Capital, Harpoon Venture Capital, Sequoia
Source ↗

Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

Founder mafia

The Robust Intelligence mafia →

6 people who came through Robust Intelligence went on to found or lead other companies.

Harrison ChaseMachine Learning EngineerFounded LangChain Roei SchusterAI-Security ConsultantFounded Wild Moose Ketan AgrawalMachine Learning EngineerFounded /dev/fast Ankush GolaSoftware Engineer / Tech LeadFounded LangChain Jerry LiuMachine Learning Engineering ManagerFounded LlamaIndex Akash SamantMachine Learning EngineerFounded Coverflow

Non-dilutive funding · 1 SBIR/STTR award

Federal grants — no equity taken

Agency	Phase	Year	Amount
U.S. Air ForceAir Force	Phase I	2021	$49.5K

Source: SBIR.gov award data (U.S. Small Business Administration). SBIR/STTR awards are competitive federal R&D grants and contracts — non-dilutive capital alongside any venture rounds above.

Frequently asked questions

What does Robust Intelligence do?: The compliance firewall for AI.
Who founded Robust Intelligence?: Robust Intelligence was founded by Kojin Oshiba.
Who are Robust Intelligence's investors?: Robust Intelligence's investors include Alumni Ventures, Basecamp Fund, Cisco Investments, Converge, Engineering Capital, Harpoon Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Zypsy Capital and 3 more.