Polygraf AI Raises $9.5 Million Seed Round
Polygraf AI, an Austin, Texas-based company offering an enterprise AI security platform, has raised $9.5 million in Seed funding.
The seed round was led by Allegis Capital, with participation from Alumni Ventures, DataPower VC, Domino Ventures, and previous investors.
Allegis Capital is a Palo Alto-based venture capital firm focused on seed and early-stage investments in cybersecurity and emerging technologies, including data analytics, IoT, and virtualization. Founded in 1996, Allegis partners with visionary entrepreneurs to secure the digital economy through disruptive innovation.
The company will use the funding to support product expansion, R&D, and go-to-market efforts focused on enterprise, defense, and intelligence sectors.
Founded by Yagub Rahimov, Polygraf AI is a company building enterprise AI security using an on-premises Small Language Model (SLM) architecture to detect AI-driven threats, protect sensitive data, and ensure compliance. It helps critical operations teams detect and mitigate AI risks from data leakage and compliance violations to deepfakes and synthetic content using local, explainable, and auditable AI solutions. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Polygraf AI’s mission is to bring clarity and trust to enterprise AI.
Funding Details
Company: Polygraf, Inc.
Raised: $9.5M
Round: Seed
Funding Date: October 2025
Lead Investor: Allegis Capital
Additional Investors: Alumni Ventures, DataPower VC, Domino Ventures, previous investors
Company Website: https://polygraf.ai/
Software Category: AI Security / Enterprise AI / Explainable AI