July 23, 2025

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Knoxville, TN - Starseer, Knoxville, an innovator in AI Exposure Management and Compliance, today announced it has secured a $2 million seed funding round led by Gula Tech Adventures. The investment will accelerate Starseer's mission to make AI systems transparent, secure, and reliable for enterprise and government deployment.

Starseer's model-agnostic platform eliminates the AI "black box" problem by providing unprecedented visibility into AI behavior. Organizations can confidently adopt AI with Starseer’s model-agnostic analysis, hardening, and management, ensuring robust security and compliance with regulations like the EU AI Act while defending against threats such as prompt injections, backdoors, and data poisoning. This visibility enables confident adoption of privately hosted models without sacrificing security or transparency.

"The era of 'trust us, the AI works' is ending," said Tim Schulz, Starseer's CEO. "As AI makes decisions that affect people's lives and business outcomes, everyone from artists to regulators to corporate boards are demanding real transparency."

Starseer's AI exposure management platform addresses urgent needs in regulated industries such as finance, healthcare, manufacturing, insurance, and autonomous systems, where AI failures can result in substantial financial, legal, or safety consequences. The platform's intuitive tools enable security and compliance teams—regardless of technical expertise—to secure AI deployments and generate audit-ready documentation.

With this funding, Starseer will accelerate platform development, expand its engineering and go-to-market teams, and scale adoption among enterprises and government agencies prioritizing AI governance and secure deployment.

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Date: August 4, 2025

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Knoxville, TN - Starseer is thrilled to announce that Rob Joyce (X Handle @RGB_Lights), former Director of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) Cybersecurity Directorate, has joined its Advisory Board. Rob Joyce’s unparalleled expertise in cybersecurity and AI-driven threats will be instrumental in advancing Starseer’s vision of delivering transparent, secure, and interpretable AI solutions for enterprise and government applications, ensuring robust protection against sophisticated vulnerabilities like prompt injections and backdoors.

With over 34 years at the NSA, Rob Joyce led the elite Tailored Access Operations (TAO), the NSA’s hacking unit responsible for high-stakes foreign intelligence operations. He also served as the NSA’s cybersecurity directorate head, safeguarding critical national infrastructure, including classified networks and nuclear authorization codes. His tenure included roles as Special Assistant to the President and Cybersecurity Coordinator on the White House National Security Council, as well as Acting Homeland Security Advisor. Joyce’s career is marked by countering advanced cyber threats and pioneering technologies to secure vital assets, making his insights uniquely suited to Starseer’s mission of eliminating the "black box" in AI through dynamic probes and model transparency.

Rob Joyce shared his excitement about joining Starseer, stating, “I’m honored to join Starseer’s Advisory Board. Their focus on AI interpretability and exposure management is critical in today’s threat landscape, where opaque AI models can harbor undetected risks. I look forward to applying my experience to help Starseer deliver privacy-first, model-agnostic security solutions that empower organizations to deploy AI with confidence.”

Rob Joyce’s deep knowledge of advanced persistent threats and his leadership in securing mission-critical systems and AI standards will directly inform Starseer’s approach to real-time AI exposure management. His insights will enhance Starseer’s capabilities across the various sets of emerging AI models, ensuring compliance with stringent privacy, compliance, and security standards for industries like defense, healthcare, and finance.

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