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CoreLayer AI Security

Built to Close the Gap AI Security Left Open

AI is being embedded into enterprise operations faster than security can follow. CoreLayer was founded to close that gap — not with another point solution, but with a full-lifecycle platform purpose-built for how AI systems actually work.

About CoreLayer AI Security

A security company built from the ground up for AI

AI is being embedded into enterprise operations faster than security can follow. System prompts go unreviewed. Models are tested functionally, never adversarially. Runtime behaviour is assumed safe. The result is an expanding attack surface that traditional security tools were never designed to address.

CoreLayer AI Security was founded to close that gap — not with another point solution, but with a full-lifecycle platform purpose-built for how AI systems actually work.

Our founders bring together enterprise cybersecurity experience, deep adversarial AI research, and a track record of critical vulnerability disclosures recognised by organisations including Google, the United Nations, and the World Health Organization. We have seen how security debt accumulates when it is added after the fact. CoreLayer was built from day one to instrument security across every phase of AI deployment — from the first system prompt to runtime inference to end-user interaction.

Headquartered in Chennai, India, CoreLayer serves enterprise customers across BFSI, healthcare, IT & ITeS, manufacturing, and the public sector — bringing world-class AI security capability built on deep research and real-world adversarial expertise.

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Years of combined enterprise cybersecurity experience across the founding team
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Critical vulnerability disclosures recognised by Google, UN, and WHO
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AI lifecycle phases secured end-to-end in a single unified platform
2026
Founded in Chennai, India — building the default AI security infrastructure for enterprises globally
Our Mission
To make AI security continuous, adaptive, and lifecycle-aware — so enterprises can deploy AI with confidence, not compromise.
We believe AI can only reach its full potential when it is built, tested, deployed, and operated securely at every layer. CoreLayer exists to make that the default — not the exception.
Our Team

The people behind CoreLayer

A founding team that combines enterprise sales leadership, adversarial AI research, critical vulnerability discovery, and platform engineering — built to deliver world-class AI security at scale.

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R. Narayanan
Co-Founder & CEO
Cybersecurity professional with over 25 years of enterprise security experience, having worked with leading security product companies including Claroty, VMware, Veritas, and Juniper. Holds a Masters in International Business Management and a Masters in Cyber Forensics & Information Security.
Enterprise Sales Go-to-Market Cybersecurity
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Dhivish Varshan
Co-Founder & COO
AI/LLM security specialist with expertise in adversarial testing, prompt injection research, model exploitation, and secure deployment architectures. Recognised by the World Health Organization, IRCTC, and the Berlin Government for responsible vulnerability disclosure.
AI/LLM Security Adversarial Research WHO Recognition
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Vignesh SB
Co-Founder & CTO
Independent security researcher recognised by Google's Android Security Team and the United Nations (WHO) for critical vulnerability discoveries. Drives AI security product development and technical strategy, leading the engineering of CoreLayer's platform and services.
Google Recognition UN Recognition Platform Engineering
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Shri Harshan P
Development & Research Lead
NIT Karnataka graduate driving CoreLayer's research and development programmes. Focused on advancing the platform's detection capabilities, attack payload research, and engineering the next generation of AI security tooling.
R&D Payload Research NIT Karnataka
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Why CoreLayer

Built differently, from the ground up

Four pillars that separate CoreLayer from every point solution in the market.

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Full Lifecycle Coverage

The only platform that instruments all five phases of the AI workflow — Build, Test, Validate, Runtime, and End User — with shared telemetry and cross-phase enforcement. A vulnerability found at Build generates a Test case. A runtime anomaly feeds back into Build scanner rules.

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Customisable Security Architecture

Deploy as standalone tools per phase or as a unified platform. YAML-based policy-as-code gives teams full control over every enforcement decision. No rigid enterprise lock-in — CoreLayer adapts to your architecture, not the other way around.

Multi-Deployment Model

Model-agnostic and cloud-agnostic. Works across OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, and open-source models. Deploys on-premise, hybrid, or cloud-native with sub-10ms policy evaluation and zero architecture rewrite required.

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Intelligence Feedback Loop

This isn't a suite of disconnected tools. Every phase feeds intelligence to the others. The platform gets smarter from every attack — runtime anomalies become Build scanner rules, successful Striker attacks become Radar detection patterns.

Careers

Join the CoreLayer team

We are building the default AI security infrastructure for enterprises globally. If you are passionate about AI security, adversarial research, or enterprise technology — and want to work on a problem that matters — we want to hear from you.

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Research-First
We invest heavily in original adversarial AI research. Our team has disclosed vulnerabilities to Google, the UN, and WHO. We expect and support ongoing research contributions from everyone on the team.
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Builders Welcome
We are an early-stage company where every person shapes the product, the culture, and the direction. If you want ownership and impact, this is the environment for it.
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Global Mission, Chennai Roots
Based in Chennai with a global enterprise customer focus. We believe world-class AI security capability can be built and delivered from India — and we are proving it.

We are currently building our founding team

We don't have open roles listed yet — but we are always interested in exceptional people. If you work in AI security research, adversarial testing, enterprise security engineering, or AI/ML, send us a note. We read every message.

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Partner Programme

Build the future of AI security with us

CoreLayer is building a global ecosystem of technology partners, channel partners, and integration partners to deliver AI security at enterprise scale.

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The fastest-growing segment in cybersecurity

AI security is not a niche — it is becoming the most urgent layer of enterprise risk. Every enterprise deploying LLMs, copilots, and autonomous agents is creating a new attack surface that traditional security tools were never designed to protect. Partners who establish AI security practices today will own that relationship as the market matures.

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A genuinely differentiated solution

CoreLayer is the only platform that covers all five phases of AI security — Build, Test, Validate, Runtime, and End User — in a single unified intelligence suite. No competitor addresses the full lifecycle. Partners gain a solution that is impossible to replace with a combination of existing point tools, creating durable customer retention.

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Early partner advantage

We are at the beginning of building our partner ecosystem. Partners who join now gain preferred positioning, dedicated co-selling support, joint go-to-market access, and the opportunity to shape the programme itself. Early movers in emerging security categories consistently outperform late entrants — this is that window.

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Platform-integrated, not siloed

Technology partners benefit from CoreLayer's open integration architecture — SIEM, SOAR, EDR, NDR, cloud platforms, and AI vendors can build on our APIs to extend their own products. Service partners get a platform that amplifies every engagement with tooling their team can deploy and leave running — creating recurring value beyond the project.

Interested in partnering with CoreLayer?

We would love to explore what a partnership could look like for your organisation. Whether you are a system integrator, a managed security provider, a VAR, or a technology platform — reach out to our team directly and let's start the conversation.

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Contact Us

Get in touch

Whether you are exploring the platform, have a technical question, want to discuss a partnership, or would like to request a demo — we are here.

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Business Enquiries

sales@corelayersecurity.ai
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Located at

IT Express Way, OMR
Chennai, India