Our Mission
To build AI systems that are safe, aligned, and beneficial. We believe the most important work in AI is ensuring AI remains safe as capabilities advance.
Founding Story
Astroware was born from a simple observation: as AI systems become more capable, the gap between their abilities and their safety guarantees grows wider.
Our founders came together from Oracle, Lloyds Banking Group, and the decentralized AI ecosystem - each having witnessed firsthand the challenges of deploying AI in high-stakes environments.
We set out to build what we couldn't find: production-ready guard models, rigorous evaluation frameworks, and security layers that actually work in the real world.
Today, Astroware is proud to serve enterprises, AI labs, and governments working on some of the most important AI safety challenges of our time.
Building the future of AI safety
Our Team
Nav Kumar
Founder & CEO
2x founder, former Oracle VP of Digital Products with 14+ years in enterprise programs and later product leadership at Lloyds and Nationwide. Now focused on production AI safety, adversarial evaluation, and agentic security infrastructure.
Preetham
CTO
Co-founding Astroware with a focus on AI security, governance, and production-grade agent systems. Previously co-founded Metaphy Labs (acquired by JetSynthesys) and led enterprise platform and on-prem delivery at Yellow.ai.
Our Values
Safety First
We believe AI safety is not an afterthought - it's the foundation upon which all progress is built.
Rigorous Research
We publish peer-reviewed work and open-source our tools. Claims are backed by benchmarks and data.
Practical Impact
We build systems that work in production. Research that stays in the lab has limited value.
Collaborative Future
AI safety requires collective action. We partner with labs, enterprises, and governments worldwide.
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We're always looking for talented researchers and engineers passionate about AI safety.
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