Robust Intelligence vs TrojAI

Both compete in Red-Teaming & AI Security. Robust Intelligence positions itself as “AI Firewall and automated model validation to secure AI from build to production”, while TrojAIleads with “Enterprise AI security combining automated red teaming with real-time application protection”. The table below compares what each publishes.

Where Robust Intelligence pulls ahead

Publishes support for NIST AI RMF, which TrojAI does not. Enterprise security and ML risk teams wanting adversarial testing plus runtime protection mapped to AI-security standards

Where TrojAI pulls ahead

Enterprises wanting combined pre-deployment red teaming and runtime AI application protection

	Robust Intelligence	TrojAI
Positioning	AI Firewall and automated model validation to secure AI from build to production	Enterprise AI security combining automated red teaming with real-time application protection
Category	Red-Teaming & AI Security	Red-Teaming & AI Security
Frameworks	NIST AI RMF	None published
Deployment	SaaS, On-prem, API	SaaS, Cloud, API
Built for	Security, Data Science / ML, Risk	Security, Data Science / ML, Risk
Founded	2019	2020
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, USA	Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada (with Boston office)
Ownership	Acquired by Cisco (2024, reported ~$400M); now part of Cisco AI Defense	Acquired by A10 Networks (2026)
Funding	~$44M raised prior to acquisition; valued above $200M	~$11.4M total; $5.75M seed in April 2024 led by Flying Fish Partners
Pricing	Enterprise licensing (now sold within Cisco AI Defense)	Not published
Key capabilities	AI Firewall runtime input/output protection Algorithmic red teaming Automated model validation and stress-testing Prompt-injection and jailbreak defense OWASP LLM and MITRE ATLAS mapping Continuous production monitoring	Automated model red teaming (TrojAI Detect) Real-time AI firewall (TrojAI Defend) Prompt injection and data leakage protection Model poisoning defense Vulnerability remediation
Integrations	Cisco Security Cloud / AI Defense, Major LLM providers, ML pipelines and model registries	Not published
Notable customers	None published	None published
Best for	Enterprise security and ML risk teams wanting adversarial testing plus runtime protection mapped to AI-security standards	Enterprises wanting combined pre-deployment red teaming and runtime AI application protection
Limitations	Absorbed into Cisco, so it is increasingly delivered as Cisco AI Defense rather than a standalone product; enterprise-oriented, less accessible to small teams	Now part of A10 Networks, so future roadmap is tied to the acquirer; standalone framework/compliance mapping is limited publicly.

Which should you shortlist?

Choose Robust Intelligence if enterprise security and ML risk teams wanting adversarial testing plus runtime protection mapped to AI-security standards

Choose TrojAI if enterprises wanting combined pre-deployment red teaming and runtime AI application protection

Neither is a substitute for a governance program. Whichever you pick, you still need people who can define the policies the tool enforces.

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