Overview
Shield is a platform for Digital Communications Governance and Archiving (DCGA) combined with AI-powered surveillance[2]. The company enables regulated organizations to govern, archive, and understand their communications while proactively detecting risk with AI[2]. Shield's platform delivers end-to-end communications compliance and empowers compliance, legal, and risk teams to govern and archive digital communications across all channels and run AI-powered surveillance[2]. The company was founded in 2018[2] and operates in the cybersecurity-AI sector[1]. As of available data, Shield has 193 employees[3] and serves the financial services industry[3].
Business address: 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, 10020. [7]
Growth & traction
Leadership & org chart
Alumni
Oliver BradfordEMEA Sales Director- PAatish NayakProduct & Engineering
Nuno HortênsioCountry Manager &Global Program Director, Solutions Manager, Solutions Architect
In the news
- Insurers claim AI is already increasing healthcare costsBlue Cross Blue Shield says hospital use of AI tools led to an additional $942 million in healthcare spending over a two-year period.
TechCrunch AI · Sep 26, 2026
- Shield AI, Waabi, and General Motors on building AI when failure is not an option at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026Leaders from Waabi, Shield AI, and General Motors join the Real World AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to talk building AI. Save up to $200 by September 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Get a second pass at 50% off.
- TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s new Real World AI Stage features Nvidia, robots, and extinct animalsOn our new Real World AI stage, we’ll be focusing on the intersection between the digital and physical, and all the ways we’ll continue to see a blending of the two.
- The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 8/31/26The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 8/29/26 featuring funding details for Liner, CivilGrid, Transfyr, and thirty-two other deals representing $2.0B in new funding that you need to know about.
AlleyWatch · Aug 31, 2026
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