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Trustlogix

Mountain View, US · Founded 2019 · 31 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors

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TrustLogix offers a patented, AI-powered data security platform that provides a unified control plane to govern and secure data access across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments for enterprises. It continuously discovers access risks, enforces least-privilege and business-aware policies across systems like Snowflake, Databricks, Power BI, and AI agents, and maintains audit trails and compliance.

Also known as TrustLogix

Founders & leadership

Trustlogix was founded in 2019 by Ganesh Kirti (Hiring) and Srikanth Sallaka.

GKGanesh Kirti (Hiring)
Ganesh Kirti (Hiring)inFounder, Board Chairman, CTOGanesh Kirti is founder of TrustLogix, an AI-powered data security platform. Previously, he was co-founder and CTO of Palerra, a cloud security company acquired by Oracle, and has held roles focused on data governance, identity, and cybersecurity across enterprise cloud environments.
SSSrikanth Sallaka
Srikanth SallakainCo-Founder / Head of ProductSrikanth Sallaka previously worked at Oracle starting in 2000 across PaaS and SaaS products, and joined NextLabs as Director of Product Management in 2015 where he led development of cloud-based authorization services. He is founder of TrustLogix, an AI-powered data security platform.

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Company profile

researched Aug 2026

TrustLogix is a Mountain View, California-based data security company that operates a platform combining data access governance, data security posture management (DSPM), and controls over how AI agents reach enterprise data. The platform provides central policy administration and enforces fine-grained access controls at the storage layer across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments, covering platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, Power BI, Redshift, Azure, and GCP, as well as data lakes, data warehouses, and relational databases.

The product is organized into modules: TrustAI (real-time, business-classification-aware authorization for AI agent access to enterprise data), TrustApp (centralized access control for custom applications), TrustAccess (dynamic, metadata-aware access controls for users across cloud data platforms), and TrustDSPM (posture management that identifies access risks and provides visibility into critical data). Capabilities include role- and attribute-based access control, dynamic data masking and row-level security, domain-wide policy enforcement, monitoring of who accesses what data, high-privilege and shadow-admin tracking, policy gap analysis, data sharing and dark data reporting, and entitlement and access reviews. A "Guardian Agent" function continuously verifies that AI agent behavior stays aligned with approved policies, detecting drift, excessive access, and policy violations, with a data quarantine or "kill switch" to block agent access to sensitive data in real time.

Business model

TrustLogix sells an enterprise software platform deployed either as a fully hosted service or with the data plane running in the customer's own cloud, positioned as a complement to existing identity, DSPM, governance, and AI gateway tooling rather than a replacement.

Traction

Customer reviews published on Gartner Peer Insights come from banking, finance, software, IT services, and healthcare and biotech organizations; one banking reviewer cites a 60% reduction in operational costs through automated analysis and streamlined data access processes. Total funding reached $13 million as of January 2025.

Latest developments

In January 2025 the company closed a Series Seed-2 round led by Westwave Capital with co-lead Alter Venture Partners, The Hive, and existing investor Norwest Venture Partners, bringing total funding to $13 million, to be used for expanding AI technologies that automate policy-based access controls and data security posture management. Current product messaging centers on securing AI agent access to enterprise data through the TrustAI module and Guardian Agent monitoring.

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography

Market position

TrustLogix positions itself in the Data Security Platform category alongside identity providers, RBAC/ABAC tooling, DSPM, data governance, and AI gateways, arguing those categories address users, applications, and networks rather than autonomous AI agents. It states it was recognized as a leader in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass 2025 and carries customer reviews on Gartner Peer Insights.

The company emphasizes enforcement at the data source rather than only at the identity layer, no proxies or agents and therefore no performance impact or architectural change, operation on metadata so customer data never leaves the customer environment, rapid activation across on-premises and multi-cloud environments, and purpose-built controls for autonomous AI agents at a scale of thousands of agents.

Technology

The platform uses a proxyless, agentless, cloud-native architecture that operates on metadata rather than customer data, pushing entitlements down to the target data platform so enforcement occurs natively at the data source and outside the business access path. Authorization decisions evaluate user identity, AI agent identity, agent intent, enterprise policies, data sensitivity or category, and runtime context. The company describes the platform as patented and AI-powered, with AI-driven risk detection, entitlement right-sizing, and policy recommendations. Security architecture features include bring-your-own-key metadata encryption, private connectivity for API calls to data platforms, OAuth service accounts with secrets management and IP restrictions, tenant isolation with serverless compute inside the customer network boundary, and deployments in US and EU regions for data residency. The platform holds SOC 2 Type II attestation.

Go-to-market

Large enterprises with multi-platform analytics, AI, and BI stacks, and regulated industries including healthcare, finance, banking, and telecom that must protect PHI and PII; buyers are security and data leaders such as CISOs and CDOs and their teams.

Geography

Headquartered in Mountain View, California, with platform deployments available in US and EU regions to meet data residency and compliance requirements.

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Key figures

latest reported
Compliance certificationJan 2025SOC 2 Type II
HeadcountAug 202631
Total funding raisedJan 2025$13M

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Founder mafia

2 people who came through Trustlogix went on to found or lead other companies.

Timeline · 2

launches, deals, and filings
Jan 2025
TrustLogix closes Series Seed-2 round led by Westwave Capital

TrustLogix raised an undisclosed amount in Series Seed-2 funding, bringing total funding to $13M. The round was led by Westwave Capital with co-lead Alter Venture Partners and participation from The Hive and existing investor Norwest Venture Partners. Proceeds are earmarked for strengthening its position in the Data Security Platform category and expanding AI technologies for policy-based access controls and data security posture management.

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Jan 2025
Named a leader in KuppingerCole Leadership Compass 2025

TrustLogix states it was recognized as a leader in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass 2025 for its data-centric security solution, citing its non-intrusive architecture, AI-driven policy recommendations, and multi-cloud security and compliance management.

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Research sources · 6

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Frequently asked questions

What does Trustlogix do?
TrustLogix is a data security platform that governs and enforces fine-grained data access for users, applications, and AI agents.
Who founded Trustlogix?
Trustlogix was founded by Ganesh Kirti (Hiring), Srikanth Sallaka in 2019.
Who are Trustlogix's investors?
Trustlogix's investors include Norwest Venture Partners, The Hive.
Where is Trustlogix headquartered?
Trustlogix is headquartered in Mountain View, US.