For Knox, from 🤫 hussh
The work we admire.
Before the kickoff, we learned Knox's work: the model, the platform, the wins, and how it reaches federal buyers.
In their words
The line that says it best.
“Even Anthropic couldn't figure this out on their own.”
- Founded
- January 2023, by CEO Irina DenisenkoOkta, Founders in Focus
- What they do
- FedRAMP as a Service: a federal managed cloud that gets SaaS and AI vendors authorized in as little as 90 days, roughly 90% cheaper than the usual multi-year, multi-million-dollar pathPR Newswire
- Their own platform
- Knox's AI-managed cloud platform is FedRAMP High listedPR Newswire
- Funding
- A $6.5M seed round led by Felicis, with Ridgeline and FirsthandVC, as reportedTechCrunch
- The category
- A faster alternative to Palantir's FedStart, which has onboarded clients including Anthropic and WindsurfTechCrunch
- Proof point
- Got Celonis FedRAMP authorized, a named win on the faster, cheaper pathKnox blog
- Distribution
- Works with Carahsoft to bring secure SaaS and AI to the public sectorCarahsoft
Why it matters to us
Ready to be measured.
Our compliance pages say FedRAMP High and the DoD Impact Levels are in pursuit until a 3PAO assessment or an agency ATO says otherwise. We hold that line because the people who would trust us deserve it. Knox exists to turn a ready architecture into an authorization, fast. That is exactly the step we want to take next.