AI Risk and Compliance Copilot for Startups
Scan your AI stack, map EU AI Act and SOC 2 gaps, and auto-draft missing policies — a $99/mo copilot, not a $50k Vanta contract.
A seed-stage founder is three weeks from a Series A data room or a first enterprise MSA, and the buyer’s security questionnaire lands like a brick. It asks which models touch customer data, where prompts are logged, whether vendors are SOC 2 Type II, who can export embeddings, and whether anyone follows a written AI acceptable-use policy. The honest answer is a tangle: ChatGPT Plus on personal cards, Claude in Cursor, an AWS Bedrock hackathon leftover, a contractor who fine-tuned something on a laptop, and a Notion doc titled “AI Policy (draft)” last touched in March. Counsel quotes three hundred dollars an hour to reconstruct the map. Vanta wants a five-figure annual contract to prove generic controls that still do not name the models. The round, or the deal, waits on paperwork nobody owns.
Built for Solo Founders, Small Business Owners.
Suggested stack: Next.js (App Router) + Vercel, Convex or Supabase, GitHub App, OpenAI / Anthropic usage APIs + AWS Cost Explorer / Bedrock list APIs, Claude Sonnet (policy drafts) + a cheap classifier, Stripe Billing. Weekend scope: about 8 hours.
The Problem
A seed-stage founder is three weeks from a Series A data room or a first enterprise MSA, and the buyer’s security questionnaire lands like a brick. It asks which models touch…
The Solution
AgentLedger (working title Comply AI) treats AI tooling the way a SOC 2 program treats laptops: inventory first, then risk, then evidence. Connect GitHub plus the usage APIs you…
Market Research
The AI governance market is estimated around $308 million to $414 million in 2025, with long-range forecasts stretching to roughly $3.6 billion to $9.8 billion by 2033–2035…
Competitive Landscape
Vanta — Default “we need SOC 2 to raise / sell” platform. Strong on people, devices, vendors, evidence. Blind to model-level inventory (contractor Anthropic key in CI). Buyer…
Business Model
Free webinar / checklist ($0) — “AI inventory for your next fundraise” live session plus a one-page control list. Lead gen into Lite; no scan, no secrets.
Recommended Tech Stack
Next.js (App Router) + Vercel — Marketing site, authenticated dashboard, export downloads. Server Actions for “run scan” so the founder stays on one surface.
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1. Project Setup
Build the weekend MVP of "AgentLedger": scan a GitHub org for AI usage, map the risks, and draft the missing policies. Stack: Next.js (App Router), TypeScript, Tailwind, Supabase (Postgres, Row Level Security, Auth with GitHub sign-in), a GitHub App with read-only contents and metadata, Claude (Anthropic API) for the policy drafts. Deploy on Vercel. Tables (Row Level Security on, each organization reads only its own rows): - organizations(id, user_id, name) - connections(id, org_id, provider, credential_ref) - inventory_items(id, org_id, provider, path, snippet_hash, last_seen_sha) - findings(id, org_id, inventory_item_id, control_id, severity, evidence, status, recommended_policy_slug) where severity is low, medium or high and status is one of open, accepted, remediated - policies(id, org_id, slug, version, markdown) Encrypt provider secrets and never log raw keys. Screens: /app/connect, /app/ledger (inventory), /app/gaps (ranked findings), /app/pack (the export). Env vars (names only): NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL, NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY, SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY (server only), GITHUB_APP_ID, GITHUB_PRIVATE_KEY, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY. Do not build: billing, plans or per-integration pricing, the OpenAI, Anthropic and AWS usage APIs, AWS roles, a second AI model, an admin area. Done when: npm run dev starts, the GitHub App installs on a test org, and the five tables exist with Row Level Security on.
2. Core Feature
Build the one feature that proves AgentLedger: a scan, a ranked gap list, and a data-room pack. 1. Scan: through the GitHub App, list default-branch files that match AI SDK patterns (openai, anthropic, bedrock, langchain, vercel/ai). Store the path, a snippet hash and the provider in inventory_items. Never store the contents of a .env file. Flag a suspected secret and ask the user to rotate it. Re-scan only when the git SHA changed. 2. Map risk: score each item for prompt_pii_possible, training_opt_out, retention_known, subprocessors_listed, eu_ai_act_role and soc2_evidence_gap. Return JSON findings with control_id, severity, evidence and recommended_policy_slug. 3. /app/gaps lists findings ranked by severity, with Draft policy and Mark accepted buttons. 4. Draft policies with Claude. System prompt: "You are a startup compliance copilot. Draft short, lawyer-editable Markdown from a machine inventory. Never invent statutes. Cite finding IDs. If something is unknown, write a TODO. Do not guess a date or a DPA." Generate ai-acceptable-use, ai-vendor-inventory, model-card-stub, ai-incident-response-addendum and data-retention-for-prompts, each with purpose, scope, roles, allowed and prohibited uses, a vendor table, retention and escalation. 5. Export a zip: inventory.csv, findings.csv, the policies as Markdown, and a risk_memo.md under 600 words. Version each policy and turn scan differences into a changelog.md. Empty state: with no connection, show the GitHub App install button. Done when: a test org with one OpenAI import shows an inventory item and ranked findings, drafted policies cite finding IDs and use TODO for unknowns, and the zip contains the five files.
3. Landing Page
Build a one-page landing site for AgentLedger, an AI risk and compliance copilot for startups. Hero: "Know where your AI is, before an auditor asks." Sub: "Scan your stack, map the gaps, and draft the missing policies. No enterprise contract needed." One button: Join the waitlist. Sections: the problem (AI tools spread faster than anyone writes the policy), how it works in three steps (connect sources, map risk, generate the pack), a mock gap list, and an FAQ that says plainly the policies are drafts for a lawyer to edit and that nothing here is legal advice. Waitlist: store the email in a waitlist table in Supabase. No other service. Voice: calm, specific and honest about limits. Done when: the page renders on a phone and a submitted email appears in the waitlist table.
4. Branding Package
Use a design or image tool for this one. A coding agent cannot draw a logo. Brand for AgentLedger: a wordmark and an icon that suggest a ledger line and a checkmark. Colors: near-black, warm paper and one steady blue, with amber and red used only for severity. Type: a clean sans for the interface and a mono for control IDs. Deliverables: wordmark, icon, three severity badges that differ by shape as well as color, and one launch graphic. Done when: each deliverable is saved in one folder and the badges are distinguishable without color.