Giskard vs TrojAI

Giskard is an open-source and enterprise platform for automated red-teaming and evaluation of AI models and LLM agents, detecting vulnerabilities like hallucinations, prompt injections, biases, and robustness issues through continuous scanning and test suites. It differentiates with black-box testing, collaborative workflows for business and technical teams, and integration of domain knowledge for exhaustive, domain-specific tests. Typical buyers are AI engineering, security, and data science teams at enterprises in finance, manufacturing, public sector, and defense deploying production AI systems. The platform supports compliance via GDPR, SOC 2 Type II, and HIPAA features, and was recognized in Gartner's 2023 Market Guide for AI Trust, Risk and Security Management.

TrojAI is a Saint John, New Brunswick-based AI security company founded in 2019 by James Stewart and Stephen Goddard. The company provides an enterprise AI security platform with two core products: TrojAI Detect (pre-deployment model red teaming and vulnerability assessment) and TrojAI Defend (runtime AI firewall for AI applications and agents). In 2025, TrojAI extended Defend to cover MCP (Model Context Protocol) server governance, providing visibility and policy enforcement for agentic AI workflows. TrojAI serves primarily large enterprise customers in financial services and technology, helping them align with NIST, OWASP, MITRE ATLAS, and CSA frameworks. The company participated in Google's 2023 accelerator program for Canadian startups and was listed on the Vector Institute's '20 Canadian AI Startups to Watch.' TrojAI raised $5.75M in seed capital in April 2024 and maintains offices in Saint John, Fredericton, and Boston.