Tech Company Financing Transactions

Gray Swan Funding Round

Madrona Venture Group, Wing Venture Capital and Hudson River Trading participated in a $40 million Series A capital raise for Gray Swan. The financing round was announced by the company on 6/1/2026.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
6/1/2026
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$40,000,000
Round
Series A
Proceeds Purpose
The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its go-to-market operations, deepen collaboration with frontier AI labs, and scale its internal team to help enterprises deploy secure AI infrastructure.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Security
Mailing Address
5850 Ellsworth Ave 300
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Gray Swan is on a mission to empower the world to use AI safely and securely. Founded by world-leading AI safety and security researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, we're the same team that pioneered efforts to identify vulnerabilities in large language models. Now, we build the solution that protects them. We provide automated adversarial testing, continuous red teaming, and runtime AI security for enterprises deploying AI and the frontier labs building it.
Profile
Gray Swan LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Gray Swan Company Twitter Account
Company News
Gray Swan News
Facebook
Gray Swan on Facebook
YouTube
Gray Swan on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Matt Fredrikson
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Chief Scientific Officer
Zico Kolter
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VP - Bus. Development
Rob Jenks
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VP - Product Management
Spencer Whitman
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