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AI agents that automate SOX control testing.
Arden is the AI-native platform for internal audit and SOX teams. We build AI agents that automatically pull evidence from your stack, test controls end-to-end, and produce audit-ready workpapers in minutes instead of weeks. Internal audit is a massive but underserved market. Every public company in the US is required to do SOX testing, yet teams still run it through spreadsheets and screenshots. Arden is the engine that does this work.
Arden offers an audit intelligence engine for fully automated SOX ITGC and BPC testing. It pulls evidence from a wide range of systems, runs tests, and produces reviewer-ready workpapers aligned with PCAOB and COSO frameworks.
Arden connects to enterprise systems via read-only APIs and uses computer-use agents to gather evidence across web apps and collaboration tools. It tests every control end-to-end, consolidates evidence into auditable workpapers, and provides reviewer-sign-off workflows with traceability to source data. The platform emphasizes read-only by default, role-based approvals for any writes, single-tenant deployment options, and hosting on AWS with SOC 2 progress in place.
Who it’s for: Audit teams and internal/external auditors performing SOX ITGC and BPC testing in mid-to-large enterprises.
Mentions Y Combinator backing and active product demos, enterprise integrations, and SOC 2 in progress, indicating early traction with strong enterprise interest.
Co-Founder & CEO @ Arden. Previously worked on AI @ Databricks and studied CS & Data Science @ UC Berkeley. Co-authored NeurIPS 2025 research on privacy-preserving ML for autonomous systems.
Co-Founder & CTO @ Arden. Previously AI @ MIT and co-founder of Blueprint. Conducted research at MIT CSAIL and DUSP on LLM post-training and applied AI systems.
Run your audits in minutes, not weeks
Arden is an AI-native audit platform that automates control testing and evidence gathering for internal audit and SOX compliance teams. It navigates legacy systems, extracts evidence, coordinates with control owners, and produces workpapers with full traceability.
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