Iridius

Backed byChalfen Ventures
Total raised$8.6M
StageSeed
Founded2024
Team size11-50
HQSeattle, United States
IndustriesOther

About Iridius

Iridius is a compliance-by-design AI platform that enables regulated enterprises to design, build, and operate continuously compliant AI systems. It targets regulated industries where AI fails due to fragmented systems, complex workflows, and strict compliance requirements. The platform harmonizes regulatory standards and internal policies into executable logic embedded across systems and teams, coordinating execution, enforcing controls, and generating evidence throughout the lifecycle. Using a patent-pending agentic architecture, Iridius enforces compliance and generates evidence as systems operate rather than relying on manual processes performed after systems are built. This delivers continuously compliant, auditable, and traceable AI systems, accelerates timelines and reduces costs across high-friction workflows, and enables organizations to move from AI pilots to production at scale while turning compliance into a strategic advantage.

Company at a glance

Location
Seattle, United States
Investors
Accenture Ventures ·Chalfen Ventures ·Osage Venture Partners ·Rock Yard Ventures
Websiteiridius.ai
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Founders & Leadership

AL

Alistair Lowe-Norris

Co-Founder & Chief Responsible AI Officer at Iridius | Former Chief Change Officer for Microsoft

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JR

Jandee R.

Shaping the Foundation for Agentic Solutions

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MK

Mike Kropp

Founder & CEO at Iridius | Enterprise-grade AI for Highly Regulated Industries

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Nick Himowicz

#1 Business Model Coach | Find Your Dream Customers | Build A Business That Lasts | Enable Your Team To Do Their Best Work | Proven Frameworks | Trusted by 1,000+ Teams Worldwide

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Clark Golestani

Managing Director at C Sensei Group LLC

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Location

About the Team

Team Distribution

  • Engineering45%
  • Operations36%
  • Sales9%
  • Other9%

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.University of Washington
  2. 2.Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  3. 3.University of Oxford
  4. 4.University of Pennsylvania
  5. 5.Technical University of Munich

Team Worked At

  • Foxalabs.ai
  • Toposware
  • ControlCase
  • Ekata
  • Docusign

Team Composition

11 people
  • Business Development1 senior2
  • Leadership2 senior2
  • Information Technology1 senior1
  • Military and Protective Services1 senior1
  • Program and Project Management1
  • Sales1

Funding History

SeedApr 2026

$8.6M

raised

Iridius, a compliance-by-design AI platform for regulated workflow execution, raised $8.6 million in a seed round led by Chalfen Ventures with participation from Osage Venture Partners, Accenture Ventures, and Rock Yard Ventures

Chalfen VenturesOsage Venture PartnersAccenture VenturesRock Yard Ventures

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