Trent AI is an agentic security company building layered, context-driven security infrastructure for AI agents and multi-agent workflows. Its platform uses a proprietary judgement layer combined with reinforcement learning to power specialized security agents that monitor, govern, and protect autonomous AI systems as they take real-world actions. Launched from stealth in 2026 and founded in 2025, the UK-based company was co-founded by Eno Thereska (former Distinguished Engineer at Alcion, AWS, and Confluent), Neil Lawrence (DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Cambridge and former Director of ML at Amazon), and Zhenwen Dai (former ML Scientist at AWS and Senior Research Manager at Spotify). Trent AI raised a $13M seed round led by LocalGlobe and Cambridge Innovation Capital, with angel participation from leaders at OpenAI, Spotify, Databricks, and AWS.
Trent AI
ActiveLayered, context-driven security for the agentic age
Total raised
$13M
1 round
Stage
Seed
Apr 2026
Team
1-10
since 2025
Pricing
Enterprise
Founded
2025
London, United Kingdom
Agent-ready
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Judgement layer for agentic decisions
Reinforcement-learning-powered security agents
Multi-agent workflow protection
Context-driven policy enforcement
Real-time monitoring of AI agent actions
Specialized security agents
Governance for autonomous systems
Risk assessment for agent behaviors
10/100
Early
MCP server
Public API
Webhooks
OAuth 2.0
SDKs
No public agent surfaces detected yet.
Apr 2026 Seed $13M ● LocalGlobe
Capital network
$13M raised ·2 backers·10 network links
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- What does Trent AI do?
- Trent AI builds layered, context-driven security infrastructure for agentic AI systems using a judgement layer and reinforcement learning.
- Who founded Trent AI?
- Trent AI was founded in 2025 by Eno Thereska, Cambridge professor Neil Lawrence, and Zhenwen Dai.
- How much did Trent AI raise?
- Trent AI raised a $13M seed round led by LocalGlobe and Cambridge Innovation Capital in 2026.
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