{"slug":"gray-swan-ai","name":"Gray Swan AI","website":"https://grayswan.ai","tagline":"Adversarial red-teaming arenas and safety evals for frontier models","description":"Gray Swan AI, founded by CMU professors Zico Kolter and Matt Fredrikson with Andy Zou, runs adversarial red-teaming arenas, jailbreak competitions, and security evaluations used by frontier labs including OpenAI and Anthropic. Its environments stress-test agent robustness and safety.","domains":["cybersecurity","alignment"],"locations":["Pittsburgh"],"founders":[{"name":"Zico Kolter","xHandle":"zicokolter"},{"name":"Matt Fredrikson","xHandle":null},{"name":"Andy Zou","xHandle":null}],"teamSize":"11-25","funding":"~$40M (reported)","raising":null,"founded":2023,"notable":"Co-founder Zico Kolter chairs OpenAI's safety committee; ran red-teaming arenas for GPT and Claude launches","entityType":"Pure-play commercial","canonicalUrl":"https://envindex.com/startup/gray-swan-ai","research":null,"sources":[],"capabilityCatalog":{"startupSlug":"gray-swan-ai","reviewedAt":"2026-08-16","status":"cataloged","items":[{"name":"Arena","kind":"Evaluation Suite","summary":"Adversarial model evaluation for model builders.","access":["Commercial"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.grayswan.ai/solutions/for-model-builders/arena","sourceLabel":"Arena","verificationStatus":"company-reported","lastVerified":"2026-08-16"},{"name":"Adversarial Evaluation","kind":"Evaluation Suite","summary":"Adversarial evaluation services for AI models.","access":["Commercial"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.grayswan.ai/solutions/for-model-builders/adversarial-evaluation","sourceLabel":"Adversarial Evaluation","verificationStatus":"company-reported","lastVerified":"2026-08-16"},{"name":"AI Red Teaming","kind":"Evaluation Suite","summary":"Security red-teaming programs for AI systems.","access":["Commercial"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.grayswan.ai/solutions/ai-red-teaming","sourceLabel":"AI Red Teaming","verificationStatus":"company-reported","lastVerified":"2026-08-16"}]},"artifacts":[],"caveat":"Legacy profile awaiting claim-level source migration"}