SOC 2 costs $45K-$70K and takes 6-12 months. Enterprise buyers want trust signals NOW. We audit your AI app — ethical hacker-driven penetration test, OWASP LLM Top 10 review, data handling review — and issue a dated trust badge starting at $499. Pre-SOC 2 validation that actually unblocks deals.
Los Angeles's AI startup scene is crowded — enterprise buyers in entertainment, e-commerce, and tech demand trust signals before contracts move forward. SOC 2 takes 6–12 months and $45K–$70K. Our security audit covers OWASP LLM Top 10, penetration testing, and data handling review, issuing a dated trust badge starting at $499. Los Angeles founders use it to unblock deals while SOC 2 is in progress.
You're building an AI-powered product. Your first enterprise prospect asked for your SOC 2 report. You're 12 months and $70K away from one. Meanwhile: the deal is stalling. Meanwhile: your competitors are shipping LLM features without thinking about prompt injection, output handling, or key protection. Cloud Security Alliance's 2026 guidance calls out exactly this gap — AI apps need security testing beyond conventional SaaS. But no one is serving the middle. Big security firms (Bishop Fox, NCC Group) charge $30K-$80K for a pen test. Compliance-automation platforms (Vanta, Drata, Delve) sell you tooling but not validation. You need something between: a real security review delivered in days, priced for indie builders and seed-stage AI startups, producing a verifiable trust signal you can show to enterprise buyers today.
SOC 2 prices out most early-stage AI startups
A typical SOC 2 spend is $45K-$70K all-in for Year 1, takes 6-12 months, and requires 40-150 hours of internal engineering time. For pre-Series-A AI startups, that's months of runway spent on compliance instead of product.
AI apps have security surface SOC 2 doesn't fully cover
Prompt injection, unauthorized tool execution, training data exposure, API key leakage through LLM outputs, jailbreak resistance — these aren't in standard SOC 2 frameworks. CSA's 2026 guidance specifically calls out the need for AI-specific security testing.
Enterprise deals stall on missing trust signals
Your prospect's security team wants SOC 2, a pen test, AND an AI security questionnaire. You have none. Deal moves to 'review' and sits there for 2 months. The cost isn't just the lost deal — it's the signal to other enterprise prospects that you're not ready.
CSA's guidance on including AI implementations in penetration testing starts with scoping and specifically calls out questions around provider responsibility, key protection, output handling, logging, monitoring, and even billing exposure.
— Cloud Security Alliance via Penligent, AI SOC, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 Guidance 2026A productized security audit for AI startups and indie builders — ethical hacker-driven penetration test covering conventional vulnerabilities plus AI-specific risks (prompt injection, data handling, output validation, key protection). In 7-14 days you get a dated trust badge, a public-facing security summary, and a remediation roadmap. Priced from $499 for single-app audits up to $4,997 for multi-surface enterprise prep.
Get StartedReal ethical hacker review, not just automated scanning
Automated scanners miss prompt injection, unauthorized tool execution, and business logic flaws. Our ethical hackers manually test your AI app against OWASP LLM Top 10, plus standard web/API vulnerabilities. Combined with automated coverage for CVEs and misconfigurations.
AI-specific security tests beyond SOC 2
Prompt injection resistance, output sanitization, PII leakage in responses, system prompt extraction resistance, tool/function-calling security, RAG data exposure, key protection in LLM API patterns. The tests SOC 2 auditors don't know to ask about.
Dated public trust badge + verification page
Embeddable badge linked to a live verification page showing when the audit was conducted, scope, findings status, and remediation proof. Dated badges expire after 12 months — which increases trust (no stale certifications).
Remediation roadmap with severity scoring
Every finding mapped to CVSS severity, effort estimate, and specific remediation guidance. Not a 50-page PDF — an actionable checklist your team can execute. Retest included for 30 days post-audit.
SOC 2-ready output format (when you're ready)
Report output aligns with AICPA Trust Services Criteria CC7.1 (vulnerability management) so when you eventually pursue SOC 2, the work you did here becomes audit evidence. Not wasted work.
Submit your app URL. Within 48 hours we run an automated scan and send a 5-minute Loom: top surface-level vulnerabilities detected, rough scope for a full audit, honest assessment of whether an audit is your priority or you need different help first. Zero obligation.
Written scope agreement: which endpoints, which AI features, what auth model, what data sensitivity. Read-only access to repo and staging environment. Kickoff call with technical lead (30 min).
Manual testing against OWASP Top 10, OWASP LLM Top 10, and your specific AI surface area. Findings documented in real-time in a shared tracker so you can start remediation immediately on critical issues.
Final report: findings with CVSS scoring, remediation guidance, retest criteria. Public-facing security summary drafted (you approve before it goes live).
Once critical findings are remediated, we retest and issue the trust badge. Embeddable code + verification page link. 30 days of post-audit support for additional remediation questions.
AI-assisted compliance platform specialized in startup SOC 2 and pre-audit security validation
Our methodology is built on proven frameworks
This is NOT a SOC 2 audit. We cannot issue a SOC 2 report (only licensed CPA firms can). What we DO is the technical security validation that typically sits BEFORE SOC 2 — giving you a credible trust signal in the 6-12 month gap before you can pursue full attestation. For companies already targeting SOC 2, our work becomes audit evidence under CC7.1 (vulnerability management).
Solo / MVP
$499
Pre-SOC 2
$1,997
Enterprise Prep
$4,997
15 minutes. We'll diagnose exactly what's holding you back and tell you whether we can help — no pitch, no pressure.
Free Resource
Submit your AI app URL. Within 48 hours we run an automated external scan and send a 5-minute Loom: the top 3-5 surface-level vulnerabilities detected, rough scope for a full audit, and honest assessment of whether a security audit is your priority or you need different help first. No obligation.
SOC 2 is 6-12 months and $70K away. A dated trust badge is 14 days and $499 away. Both matter. The badge unblocks deals while you work toward full attestation. Free scan shows exactly where you stand.
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