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ZeroDrift
ZeroDrift makes every message compliant before it's sent. 2x founder (raised $50M). $150K ARR, 50%+ MoM
ZeroDrift enforces compliance on every message before it's sent. Humans and AI agents. Every channel. Real time. Every outbound communication passes through our enforcement layer, gets checked against regulatory rules and firm policies, and is fixed before delivery. In regulated industries, one bad message means millions in fines, lost clients, lawsuits. ZeroDrift makes sure it never leaves your organization. Team: Built the first AI platform for finance (2014), co-created Microsoft Bing AI, Goldman Sachs Digital Platform, Google Chrome Enterprise. 6 FTEs, NYC. Traction: Launched Feb 2026. $150K ARR, 50%+ MoM growth, $2M qualified pipeline (Franklin Templeton, EQT Partners, Nasdaq, Citi, Two Sigma, Vanguard). SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR compliant. Product built, ready to scale.
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Founder and CEO at ZeroDrift
Kumesh Aroomoogan
Repeat AI founder. Built one of the first NLP platforms for finance, raised $60M+, scaled to 100+ employees, and led the company to acquisition in 2025. Forbes 30 Under 30 (AI). Been building AI for financial services since 2014. Spent 12 years shipping NLP products to global banks and asset managers, helping enterprises extract and analyze unstructured data across regulatory filings, research reports, and call transcripts. Recognized on Gartner's Hype Cycle, acquired by Wand AI in 2025, where I led fundraising to a $1B valuation. Now building ZeroDrift, backed by a16z Speedrun. The first platform that enforces compliance, security, and organizational policy on every communication before it's sent, across every channel where humans and AI write.