Knostic vs Modulos AI Governance

Knostic provides need-to-know access controls for enterprise AI assistants such as Microsoft Copilot, Glean, and Gemini. The platform discovers shadow AI usage, enforces knowledge-layer policies at request time, and produces audit logs that document who accessed what data through which AI system. Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, Knostic was founded in 2023 and serves regulated industries that need to adopt LLMs without exposing sensitive internal data.

Modulos AI Governance is an enterprise platform that unifies AI governance, risk management, and compliance through a connected governance graph linking frameworks, requirements, controls, risks, and evidence. It differentiates with monetary-based AI risk quantification, multi-framework support without duplication (EU AI Act, ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF, DORA, NIS2), AI agents for workflow automation, and ISO 42001 product certification as the first such platform. Targeted at enterprises facing regulatory pressures like the EU AI Act, it serves sectors including financial services, transportation, utilities, telecommunications, and defense. Recent CHF 8.7M pre-Series A funding in July 2025 supports scaling ahead of 2026 deadlines.