Launch HN: Consus (YC F24) – LLM gateway for companies handling sensitive data
Consus, a YC-backed startup, has launched an AI gateway designed to help aerospace and defense companies use AI tools while remaining compliant with ITAR and FedRAMP High security standards. The platform acts as a secure inference layer for sensitive data.
Why it matters
It addresses a critical barrier to AI adoption in highly regulated industries where data security and compliance are major obstacles.
Hey Hacker News! I'm Eric, the founder of Consus. We route all AI requests to ITAR restricted and controlled unclassified information (CUI) compliant infrastructure. Consus itself satisfies ITAR restrictions, and we recently completed our FedRAMP equivalency audit against the 410 FedRAMP High controls. FedRAMP High is the U.S. government’s strictest security baseline for cloud services handling sensitive unclassified data. A breach of this data could cause severe or catastrophic harm. Achieving FedRAMP equivalency, or authorization, is required before processing CUI information. Demo: Aerospace and defense is experiencing rapid growth. Unfortunately, most companies are struggling to use AI because of necessary data protections & compliance risk. These companies can move even faster if they could use the AI tools that most other industries take for granted. I spent most of my career prior to Consus in aerospace & defense.
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