Arden
AI agents that automate SOX control testing.
What they do
SOX and internal audit teams spend excessive time manually collecting evidence, testing controls, and producing workpapers using spreadsheets and screenshots.
An AI-native platform of agents that automatically gathers evidence from company systems, tests controls end-to-end, and generates audit-ready workpapers.
Internal audit and SOX compliance teams at public companies.
Founders
Co-Founder & CEO @ Arden. Previously worked on AI @ Databricks and studied CS & Data Science @ UC Berkeley. Co-authored NeurIPS 2025 research on privacy-preserving ML for autonomous systems.
Co-Founder & CTO @ Arden. Previously AI @ MIT and co-founder of Blueprint. Conducted research at MIT CSAIL and DUSP on LLM post-training and applied AI systems.
Company timeline
- Founded2026
- YC batchSpring 2026
- StatusActive
- Team size2 people
- LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
