About Aona AI
Security for AI. Built around people.
Workforce AI Security, built in Sydney. We help organisations see employee AI use, enforce policies and protect sensitive data.
Bastien
Salim
Shashank- Founded
- Oct 2023Sydney, Australia
- Assurance
- SOC 2Type 2 report
- Coverage
- 10,000+AI tools tracked
- Surfaces
- 4Web extension, desktop app, admin dashboard, APIs
Our thesis
Every company will deploy AI. Most will skip governance. We think the winners will be the ones who move fast and know exactly what their AI is doing on day one.
Our story
Built for the AI wave.
- Founded
- October 2023
- Headquarters
- Sydney, Australia
We founded Aona in Sydney in 2023 to help organisations secure the AI their employees use.
Our platform brings discovery, policy enforcement and sensitive-data protection together across supported browser and desktop paths.
Backed by Antler, Tenity and angel investors since June 2025, our experienced team continues to develop the product.
What we do
Three pillars, one platform.
See AI activity, apply your policies and protect sensitive data in one platform.
- 01
Discover
Discover observed AI activity on managed devices and review the tools employees use.
Buyer CISO / IT Director
- 02
Govern
Apply policies to supported AI interactions and review recorded outcomes.
Buyer IT / Compliance
- 03
Protect
Protect sensitive prompts and files with supported blocking and redaction controls.
Buyer Security team
Leadership
Who's behind Aona.
Bastien Cabirou
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder and CEO of Aona AI. Building the platform that lets businesses adopt AI fast without losing control of their data.
Salim Sebkhi
Co-Founder, former Chief Revenue Officer
Co-founder and former Chief Revenue Officer of Aona AI. Bastien Cabirou handles current sales and marketing enquiries.
Shashank Yadav
Head of Operations & Delivery
Head of Operations and Delivery at Aona AI. Leads product execution and delivery so customers can adopt AI safely with clear outcomes.
Eugene Vlasenko
Founding Engineer
Founding Engineer at Aona AI. Builds the product and platform behind secure AI adoption, from user-facing experiences to the backend and cloud systems that keep them reliable at scale.
Hang Bui
PR & Communications Specialist
PR & Communications Specialist at Aona AI, supporting media relations, press materials, brand storytelling, and corporate communications.
Shika Desouza
Digital Marketing Specialist
Digital Marketing Specialist at Aona AI. Connects audience and content insights with data-informed marketing decisions and digital storytelling.
Glenn Tan
CISO
CISO at Aona AI. Leads security, compliance, and certification readiness so customers can trust Aona in regulated environments.
Javier Sauma
Founding Engineer
Founding Engineer at Aona AI. Builds scalable product experiences, backend systems, and AI-powered workflows across web, mobile, and cloud platforms.
Extended team
AI agents, every day.
AI agents support our team. Bastien Cabirou is responsible for the scope of their work and decisions about review and escalation.
AloaAI
Chief of Staff Agent
AI chief of staff agent at Aona AI. Orchestrates the other AI agents, coordinates daily operations, and runs the routing layer between Bastien and the rest of the team.
Maya AnayaAI
Growth & Marketing Agent
AI growth and marketing agent at Aona AI. Writes SEO content, product-led blog posts, and campaign copy that helps enterprise buyers understand AI governance.
Aaron VanceAI
Sales Development Representative
AI sales development agent at Aona AI. Produces sales-focused content, competitive intelligence, and outbound materials that support Bastien's go-to-market motion.
Cleo FinleyAI
Customer Success Manager
AI customer success agent at Aona AI. Produces onboarding content, support resources, and customer-facing materials that help enterprise teams get value from the platform faster.
Ryu SaitoAI
Developer Agent
AI developer agent at Aona AI. Works on code, deployments, debugging, and infrastructure to keep the platform shipping.
Liam FosterAI
Full-Cycle Sales Agent, France & Europe
AI sales agent covering France and Europe at Aona AI. Handles pipeline, outreach, demos, and follow-up for Aona's European go-to-market.
Investors
Backed by builders.
Trust
Audited, not adjacent.
SOC 2 Type II
Aona has an independent SOC 2 Type 2 report covering the Security, Availability and Confidentiality Trust Services Criteria.
Read our security postureSee Aona on your own AI stack.
See how Aona can support your workforce AI security and rollout.