By Todd Bishop
Publication Date: 2026-04-23 13:08:00
Many companies in regulated industries such as pharmaceuticals are pouring money into AI. But a lot of that work ultimately doesn’t see the light of day, due to the compliance, validation, and audit requirements that govern every system they deploy.
Iridius, a Seattle startup founded by two Microsoft veterans working with alumni from companies such as Amazon and OpenAI, has raised $8.6 million in seed funding to go after this problem, with Accenture as both an investor and strategic partner.
The startup’s pitch: Its technology translates regulatory requirements and company policies into code so that compliance is enforced automatically as AI systems run, not just documented after the fact. Actions by agents, meanwhile, are automatically logged for…