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Aporia

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Aporia Company Research Report





Company Overview



  • Name: Aporia

  • Mission: Deliver secure and reliable AI solutions through state-of-the-art guardrails and observability.

  • Founded: 2019

  • Founders: Liran Hason (CEO) and Alon Gubkin (CTO)

  • Key People:

  • Liran Hason, Founder & CEO

  • Alon Gubkin, Co-Founder & CTO

  • Shai Alani, VP of Marketing

  • Yaniv Zohar, VP R&D

  • Tim Tyrrell, VP of Sales

  • Headquarters: San Jose, California, USA

  • Other Offices: Tel Aviv, Israel

  • Number of Employees: 51-200

  • Revenue: No information is available

  • Known For: Aporia is prominent for providing AI guardrails that mitigate hallucinations, data leakage, and prompt attacks, ensuring the privacy, security, and reliability of AI applications.




Products



Aporia Guardrails



  • Description: Provides state-of-the-art guardrails and observability for AI workloads, particularly for GenAI (Generative AI) applications.

  • Key Features:

  • Security Guardrails: Detects and blocks prompt injections, SQL operations beyond limits, data and PII leakages, and more.

  • Reliability Guardrails: Covers topics such as toxicity, off-topic discussions, RAG hallucinations, and competition discussions.

  • Customization: Offers over 20 customizable guardrail policies and dashboards for real-time transparency on AI interactions.

  • Integration: Quick integration options available via Host URL or Rest API with immediate setup and feedback capabilities.

  • Observability: Provides dashboards for real-time insights into AI behavior, including session exploration and anomaly detection.

  • Support: Available on Google Cloud Marketplace and Microsoft Azure Marketplace, enabling easy integration for cloud customers.




Recent Developments



  • Partnerships:

  • Google Cloud: Aporia's guardrails are now available on Google Cloud Marketplace, enhancing AI security and reliability.

  • Microsoft Azure Marketplace: Recently made available, allowing Azure customers to access Aporia's AI guardrails.

  • Portkey: Partnership aimed at enhancing GenAI security and reliability.


  • New Products/Features:

  • MultiSLM Detection Engine: Announced in 2024, focuses on ensuring low latency in AI applications.

  • Guardrails for Multimodal AI: Introduced real-time guardrails for audio, vision, and text AI applications.

  • Location in PII Category: Expanded PII detection to include geographical details.

  • Dataset Upload Feature: Allows direct upload of CSV datasets for analysis.

  • Prompt Injection Fine-Tuned Policy: Offers three sensitivity levels for improved detection.

  • API Keys Management: Enhanced control over API keys for improved security.


  • User and Platform Updates:

  • Improved policy examples section for better demonstration during policy configuration.

  • New dashboards for organization overview and policy management with filtering options.

  • New restricted phrases policy for managing compliance and language use.

  • Task adherence and language mismatch policies to ensure consistent AI task and language execution.




Additional Information



  • Industry: Software Development, focusing on AI control and monitoring.

  • Specialties: Machine learning monitoring, MLOps, AI reliability, and security, among others.

  • Funding: Series A round in March 2022, raising $25 million, led by Tiger Global Management and others.


Conclusion



Aporia positions itself as a leader in AI guardrails, offering robust solutions for AI security and reliability, catering to both emerging startups and established Fortune 500 companies. With a focus on continuous innovation, it establishes significant partnerships and consistently integrates new features to address the evolving needs of AI applications.