Robust Intelligence
Robust Intelligence, Inc. (acquired by Cisco, October 2024)
About Robust Intelligence
Robust Intelligence was a San Francisco-based AI security company co-founded in 2019 by Harvard computer science professor Yaron Singer and Kojin Oshiba. The company pioneered the concept of an 'AI Firewall' — a purpose-built platform that validates, stress-tests, and protects AI models from development through production. Key capabilities included algorithmic red teaming, automated model assessment, and proactive AI risk mitigation aligned to OWASP and MITRE ATLAS standards. Robust Intelligence was acquired by Cisco in October 2024 for a reported $400M and has been foundational to the development of Cisco AI Defense and Cisco Foundation AI. Its technology is now integrated into the Cisco Security Cloud, providing threat protection against prompt injection, data poisoning, jailbreaking, and unintentional model outcomes. The company raised $44M prior to acquisition across three rounds.
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Capabilities
Features Robust Intelligence markets publicly. Inclusion means the capability is documented — not that it's best-in-class.
AI Model Inventory
Centralized registry of all AI/ML models in use across the organization, with ownership, lifecycle stage, and risk classification.
Policy Management
Authoring, versioning, and distribution of AI usage policies mapped to regulations.
Risk Assessment Workflow
Guided workflows for completing AI impact assessments, risk scoring, and approval routing.
Bias & Fairness Testing
Automated statistical testing for disparate impact across protected attributes, with audit-ready reports.
Model Monitoring
Production monitoring for performance, drift, data quality, and fairness regressions.
LLM Red Teaming
Automated adversarial testing of LLMs for jailbreaks, prompt injection, and unsafe outputs.
LLM Guardrails & Content Filtering
Runtime guardrails that block or redact unsafe prompts and responses in production LLM applications.
Audit Evidence Collection
Automated collection, hashing, and retention of evidence (model cards, test results, approvals) for audit.
Third-Party AI Vendor Risk
Intake and assessment of AI features in third-party SaaS used by the organization.
Industries served
Integrations
Documented by Robust Intelligence in public product materials.
- AWS SageMaker
- Azure ML
- Google Vertex AI
- Databricks
- Snowflake
- MLflow
- GitHub
- OpenAI API
Pricing
Now integrated into Cisco AI Defense / Cisco Security Cloud. Standalone Robust Intelligence is no longer sold independently. Pricing through Cisco.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Cisco backing provides enterprise procurement and support reach
- Deep AI security/red-teaming heritage
- Strong at adversarial robustness testing
Cons
- Roadmap is now influenced by Cisco Security portfolio priorities
- Not purpose-built for governance/GRC workflows
Alternatives to Robust Intelligence
Frequently asked
Is Robust Intelligence still an independent product?+
The product is being integrated into the Cisco Security portfolio. It remains available, but procurement and support now run through Cisco enterprise channels.
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