Friday 20 March 2026

Disseqt AI, the NovaUCD-based startup building AI assurance and governance infrastructure for enterprises, made its Silicon Valley debut this St Patrick's Day as one of only eight Irish start-ups selected to pitch to top venture capitalists and angel investors at the Irish Tech Summit 2026.

Hosted by Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland at the iconic Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, the spiritual home of every technology revolution from the personal computer to the internet, the event brought the best of Ireland's emerging tech talent to the heart of the Bay Area.

Already backed by Enterprise Ireland, Disseqt AI is raising a $6m growth round to scale its enterprise footprint across UK, Irish, and US markets in 2026.

Critical governance infrastructure layer

Disseqt AI CEO and co-founder Apoorva Kumar took to the main stage presenting the company's vision as 'The AI Assurance Layer for Lean Agentic Enterprises' positioning Disseqt AI as the critical governance infrastructure layer enterprises need as AI agents move from pilots into production at scale.

Cyril Treacy, COO and co-founder, Disseqt AI, said: "To pitch the future of AI governance in a building that celebrates Jensen Huang, the pioneers of the personal computer, and the builders of the internet on St. Patrick's Day no less in front of the Irish diaspora in the Valley was genuinely humbling. Every technology wave looked impossible until it didn't. That's exactly where AI governance is right now."

Pictured at the Irish Tech Summit 2026 in Mountain View, California: Apoorva Kumar, CEO and co-founder, Disseqt AI. Image: Disseqt AI.

The Irish Tech Summit is one of the most strategically important platforms for Irish start-ups seeking US investment, connecting founders directly with the Bay Area's most active investors.

Disseqt AI's selection reflects growing investor appetite for responsible AI infrastructure.

The company's patented CONSUL Framework delivers AI testing, runtime protection, monitoring, and compliance reporting covering 84+ jailbreak techniques with greater than 95% precision. It achieves this at a fraction of the cost and latency of alternative approaches, using 95% less electricity.