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AI-native internal audit and SOX compliance platform
HQ: San Francisco, CA | Founded: 2026 | Employees: 2 | Stage: Pre-Seed | Website: https://www.arden.ai
Arden is an AI-native platform for internal audit and SOX compliance teams. It deploys autonomous AI agents that pull audit evidence from 20+ enterprise systems (Workday, Okta, NetSuite, Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow, Azure AD, AWS, Snowflake, GitHub), run full-population control tests, and generate PCAOB AS 2201 and COSOC-aligned workpapers ready for external auditor review. Two modes of evidence collection: computer-use agents that navigate legacy web apps and ERP interfaces like a human auditor, plus direct API integrations for modern systems. Includes automated identity resolution, Slack/Teams control owner follow-up, and direct export to AuditBoard and Workiva. Founded in 2026 by Aryaman Khanna (CEO) and David Lomelin (CTO), best friends since 6th grade. Khanna worked on AI at Databrick
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