Dataiku Govern vs Protect AI

Dataiku Govern is the governance module of the Dataiku AI platform, providing centralized model registry, LLM registry, bundle registry, and workflow-based sign-off processes for AI project lifecycle management. It enables organizations to qualify AI projects by risk and value, enforce approval gates before model deployment, document traceability, and prepare for EU AI Act compliance with pre-built solution templates. Govern integrates natively with Dataiku's Design and Deployer nodes to provide end-to-end oversight without requiring separate tooling.

Protect AI was a Seattle-based MLSecOps company founded in 2022 by Ian Swanson, Daryan Dehghanpisheh, and Badar Ahmed that built a comprehensive AI and ML security platform. The platform comprised three main products — Guardian (model scanning and supply-chain security), Recon (AI red teaming), and Layer (runtime monitoring) — operating on a unified platform. The company was backed by 17,000+ security researchers via its huntr community and partnered with Hugging Face on threat research. Protect AI was acquired by Palo Alto Networks on July 22, 2025 and its technology has been integrated into Prisma AIRS (AI Runtime Security), Palo Alto's comprehensive AI security platform. Prior to acquisition the company had raised $108.5M total ($14M seed in December 2022, $35M Series A in July 2023, $60M Series B in August 2024), all led by Evolution Equity Partners.