Built by people who've lived the problem.
PolicyCortex was founded by security architects who spent years inside national laboratories and defense programs — watching compliance teams drown in spreadsheets and disconnected tools. We built the platform we wished existed.
Leonard Esere
Former Los Alamos National Laboratory and MITRE cloud security architect with active DoD and DoE security clearances. 4 U.S. patents filed in cloud governance and AI.
Leonard spent years architecting cloud security for some of the most sensitive environments in the U.S. government. He saw firsthand how defense contractors and national labs struggled with fragmented compliance tools — and founded PolicyCortex to replace that entire stack with autonomous governance.
Backed By
Make compliance autonomous so security teams can focus on actual security.
Defense contractors and government agencies shouldn't spend 60% of their security team's time on compliance paperwork. PolicyCortex automates the evidence collection, monitoring, and remediation — so your team can focus on protecting what matters.
What drives us
Security First
Your data stays in YOUR cloud. We never access, store, or train on your data. Zero-trust by design.
Autonomous by Default
We don't build dashboards that create more work. We build agents that eliminate it.
Transparency
Every action our platform takes is logged, explainable, and reversible. No black boxes.
Mission-Driven
We exist to help organizations that protect national security stay compliant and operational.
Our journey
PolicyCortex founded in Dallas, Texas
Accepted into NVIDIA Inception Program
Accepted into Microsoft for Startups
Platform launch — autonomous CMMC compliance
AI Observability and ATO modules shipped
Headquarters
Dallas, Texas, United States
Founded
2024
Focus
Defense, Government, National Security