Granica

Granica

Cloud storage PII detection with pay-per-use

Overview

Granica.ai provides data security and AI services focused on identifying sensitive information, like PII, in cloud storage such as S3 and Google Cloud Storage. Its Byte Precise Detection technology achieves high precision and recall for detecting sensitive data while keeping costs low through a pay-per-use model. The product works by scanning data streams in cloud storage to locate sensitive bytes with statistical correlations, enabling scalable, autonomous operation across regions and clouds. Differentiators include pay-per-use pricing, scalable distributed systems, and a focus on lowering the cost and risk of using AI with privacy-aware data. The goal is to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of information to make AI safer, more affordable, and easier to use.

About Granica

Simplify's Rating
Why Granica is rated
C+
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Enterprise Software

Cybersecurity

AI & Machine Learning

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Early VC

Total Funding

$45M

Headquarters

Mountain View, California

Founded

2019

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What believers are saying

  • Gartner recognized Granica as 2023 Cool Vendor for AI data management innovation.
  • Jay McGrath joined as SVP Revenue to accelerate enterprise AI sales growth.
  • Google Cloud Partner Advantage integration expands reach to AI teams scaling data operations.

What critics are saying

  • Google Vertex AI natively scans PII in GCS, eroding Granica Screen differentiation by Google Cloud Next 2025.
  • AWS S3 Intelligent-Tiering genAI classification undercuts Chronicle AI at AWS re:Invent 2025.
  • Databricks Unity Catalog integrates PII detection and 60% compaction, capturing joint customers by Data + AI Summit 2026.

What makes Granica unique

  • Granica Screen delivers byte-precise PII detection in cloud data lakes at fraction of scanning costs.
  • Granica Crunch compresses petabyte-scale data up to 80% while preserving accessibility.
  • Granica Chronicle AI offers genAI-powered visibility into Amazon S3 and Google Cloud Storage access.

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Funding

Total Funding

$45M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

1 Rounds

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Flexible PTO

Parental Leave

Family Planning Benefits

Fertility Treatment Support

Conference Attendance Budget

Professional Development Budget

Wellness Program

Mental Health Support

Gym Membership

Remote Work Options

Hybrid Work Options

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

Sabbatical Leave

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Stock Options

Company Equity

Relocation Assistance

Phone/Internet Stipend

Home Office Stipend

Tuition Reimbursement

Tuition Reimbursement

Education allowance

Professional Certification Support

Mentorship Program

Commuter Benefits

Meal Benefits

Employee Discounts

Company Social Events

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

2%

1 year growth

2%

2 year growth

-5%
Bakersfield.com
Oct 15th, 2024
Granica Crowned a Winner in the 2024 A.I. Awards

Granica, a leading AI data readiness platform, has been announced as a winner in The 2024 A.I. Awards program in two categories: 'AI Solution of the Year' and 'Best Use of AI in Manufacturing'.

Business Wire
Sep 26th, 2024
Granica Named a Finalist in the 2024 A.I. Awards

Granica named a finalist in the 2024 A.I. Awards.

Business Wire
Mar 14th, 2024
Granica Joins Google Cloud Partner Advantage

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Granica, the training data platform for trusted AI, announced today that it has joined Google Cloud Partner Advantage as a Partner in the Build engagement model, giving customers the ability to make their AI-powered data products more effective, more efficient, and safer to use.Granica offers customers data management solutions for AI, which assist generative and traditional AI teams in several critical areas: ensuring the privacy of sensitive data sets used in model training, improving their models, controlling their costs, and scaling up data operations. Key services include:A training data privacy service, called Granica Screen, which delivers highly accurate and highly cost-efficient identification, protection, and monitoring of all sensitive information in structured, semi-structured and unstructured text data in Google Cloud data lakes, at any scale. Granica Screen improves data security posture and prevents breaches, preserves privacy for safe use of data for AI/ML/analytics, streamlines data security and privacy monitoring, and enables regulatory compliance.A training data compression service, called Granica Crunch, which pre-processes petabyte-scale data in cloud data lakes before it is used in downstream stages and environments. It provides deep and fast data compression in order to reduce the cost to store and access data by up to 80%, while ensuring data remains “hot” and accessible.A training data visibility service, called Granica Chronicle AI, which facilitates data lake exploration and cost optimization with a deep focus on data access. It offers a genAI-powered text to query interface that generates relevant visualizations in graphs and tables to uncover actionable insights, fast, with no SQL knowledge required.“ Our mission is to enable enterprise AI teams to build trusted AI that is effective, efficient, and safe. We believe that a data-centric approach holds the key to unlocking the transformative potential of AI and machine learning,” said Rahul Ponnala, co-founder and CEO of Granica

Datanami
Sep 15th, 2023
Granica Introduces Chronicle AI for Deep Data Visibility for Amazon S3 and Google Cloud Storage Customers

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 15, 2023 - Granica has announced Chronicle, a new generative AI-powered SaaS offering that provides visibility and analytics into how data is accessed in cloud object stores.

CIO Influence
Sep 14th, 2023
Granica Introduces Chronicle AI for Deep Data Visibility for Amazon S3 and Google Cloud Storage Customers

"Granica is showing impressive momentum, being recognized as a Gartner Cool Vendor two months after launching out of stealth and already introducing a new AI-powered product on their platform," said Vanessa Larco, Partner, NEA.

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