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Certiv

HQ Seattle, WashingtonFounded 202511-50 employeesUpdated

Complete visibility and control over every AI agent locally installed on the endpoint.

StartupInformation management and cybersecurity
Website
Total raised
$4.2M
1 round
Last round
$4.2M
Pre-Seed · Mar 16, 2026
Systems
3
Capabilities
1

Funding1 round · $4.2M

Equity raised
$4.2M
Latest
$4.2MPre-Seed · Mar 16, 2026

Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

Systems3

  • CertivAn AI Agent Assurance platform for endpoint AI agent security.
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  • certiv command-line toolA CLI utility for interacting with the Certiv platform.
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  • Certiv ScoutA lightweight endpoint agent that provides AI agent discovery, observation, context capture and pre‑execution policy enforcement.
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Capabilities1

  • Information management and cybersecurity
    Developer
    classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Endpoint discovery and control of AI agents is enterprise cybersecurity; no defense or government use is stated.
    —Reported

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

People3

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People
PersonRole
Dan MorrisChief AI Officer & Co-Founder
Jason NeedhamCEO & Co-Founder
Paul AllenCTO & Co-Founder

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Sources9

Profile4

  1. 1
    DatabaseCertiv - PitchBook company profile

    PitchBook · Supports Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url

    “founded_year: 2025”
  2. 2
    DatabaseSixth-Domain public startups directory

    Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind

    “{"country": "USA", "hq_iso2": "US", "id": "b390c58e-cdcc-47bb-9d90-c2ee70506b42"}”
  3. 3
    DatabaseCertiv - Crunchbase company profile

    Crunchbase · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url

    “employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 11-50)”
  4. 4
    DatabaseCertiv - LinkedIn company profile

    LinkedIn · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · hq region, Organization · linkedin url

    “employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 11-50 employees)”

Systems3

  1. 5
    CompanyCertiv: AI Agent Assurance for Endpoints

    Certiv · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website, System

    “Complete visibility and control over every AI agent locally installed on the endpoint. Discover, understand, and safeguard every AI action across your organization.”
  2. 6
    CompanyCertiv Scout

    Certiv · Supports System

    “Certiv Scout endpoint agent (https://certiv.ai/scout/): Certiv's lightweight endpoint agent for AI Agent Assurance, with AI agent discovery, observation, context capture for pre-execution policy enforcement and deployment in minutes through existing MDM.”
  3. 7
    CompanyCertiv

    Certiv · Supports System

    “Certiv is an AI Agent Assurance platform for endpoint AI agent security, with AI agent discovery, AI agent visibility, pre-execution policy enforcement and runtime enforcement.”

Funding1

  1. 8
    NewsCertiv Launches With $4.2M in Pre-Seed Funding

    Built In · Mar 16, 2026 · Supports Funding round · amount, Organization · ownership

    “announced its launch from stealth with $4.2 million in pre-seed funding from investors like Aviso Ventures, Founders Co-op and Fortson.”

People1

  1. 9
    CompanyCertiv - team page

    Certiv · Supports Role

    “Jason Needham CEO & Co-Founder”

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