TectoAI

A Platform for AI Governance

Y CombinatorSummer 2025ActiveB2BArtificial Intelligence

What they do

Problem

Companies lack a way to safely deploy, monitor, and keep agentic AI tools compliant and aligned with regulations after rollout.

Solution

TectoAI provides an AI governance platform to identify AI-fillable roles, rapidly onboard agentic AI tools, and continuously monitor performance, behavior, and compliance across the AI stack.

Who it's for

Enterprises deploying agentic AI systems across their organization.

Founders

Niosha Afsharikia, PhD

Co-founder & CEO

Founder, operator, and product builder with 10+ years navigating highly regulated AI deployments. Raised millions in funding across seed-stage startups and academic research. Developed and launched AI-enabled products for the US government and private sector. Shipped zero-to-one products with enterprise and Fortune 500 customers. As a founder hiring AI-native engineers, I lived firsthand the broken pipeline between developer talent and the companies racing to deploy AI.

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Roksana Baleshzar

Co-founder & CTO

Roksana is Cofounder and CTO of TectoAI, the HR system for AI agents. She holds a Master’s in Computer Science and spent 6+ years at Google building ML features in Gmail, shipping to hundreds of millions of users. She specializes in deploying AI safely at scale, with deep experience in real-time systems, data sensitivity, and edge-case failure.