Catalog Systems Use-case-specific agent harnesses Mindgard

Mindgard

https://mindgard.ai/

Lancaster-University spinout; continuous automated AI red-teaming SaaS. $8M seed/A Jun-2024 (.406 Ventures + Atlantic Bridge). Founded by Prof. Peter Garraghan.

Active · Verified 2026-10-28 · fresh as of 2026-10-28 · 18 cited facts, 1 with a third-party source · Suggest a correction

At a glance

Type
Continuous AI red-teaming SaaS (UK) vendor fix
Tier
T2
Section
Use-case-specific agent harnesses
Created
2022 (founded; Lancaster Univ spinout) vendor fix
Latest release
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License
not applicable — not OSS fix
GitHub
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Pricing
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Funding
$8M Jun-2024 (.406 Ventures + Atlantic Bridge) vendor fix
Freshness
2026-10-28 fix
Layer
agent-infra repo fix
Licensing
commercial vendor fix
Deployment locus
cloud vendor fix
Platform vs product
product vendor fix
Accelerator
cdl-2023 third-party fix

When to use

Optimised for: continuous automated AI red-team for regulated EU/UK orgs

Anti-fit: not applicable — wrong section

Pros & cons

Pros

Academic depth (Garraghan ML-security publications); EU/UK gov-friendly residency; continuous red-team SaaS.

Cons

Smaller raise than US rivals; less brand than Lakera/HiddenLayer; UK-centric distribution.

Claims & capabilities

$8M seed/A Jun-2024 (.406 Ventures + Atlantic Bridge); 10+ years of academic red-team research at Lancaster

Technical surface

API surface
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Backend storage
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Deployment
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Embedding model
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Multi-tenancy
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MCP
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A2A
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OpenTelemetry
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Sources (17 cited facts, 1 third-party)

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