David Lomelin
Co-founder
Arden
Arden offers an AI‑driven platform that automates SOX audit workflows by securely pulling evidence from a wide range of SaaS, on‑premise, and collaboration systems and mapping it to control requirements. The solution executes full‑population tests, flags exceptions, and generates PCAOB‑compliant workpapers with direct source links, reducing audit cycle time from weeks to days for internal audit and compliance teams.
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Updated 14 days ago
Funding
Raised to date
$500KRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Funding rounds are not available yet.
Founders
Aryaman Khanna
Founder
Product
Problem
Enterprises subject to Sarbanes‑Oxley (SOX) must collect evidence from numerous systems, manually test each control, and compile workpapers that often require extensive rework for auditor approval. This process is time‑consuming, error‑prone, and relies on repetitive manual effort across disparate applications.
Solution
Arden provides an AI‑driven platform that automates the entire SOX testing workflow. Secure agents connect to a wide range of enterprise systems—including Slack, Teams, ServiceNow, Azure AD, AWS, Workiva, Oracle, Snowflake, GitHub, and Microsoft 365—via read‑only APIs or computer‑use automation to retrieve evidence and traceability data. The platform maps collected evidence to control requirements, executes every test in the audit plan, and flags any exceptions. Results are compiled into PCAOB‑ready workpapers with direct links to source artifacts, delivering defensible documentation for external auditors. By eliminating manual evidence gathering and test execution, Arden reduces audit cycle time from weeks or months to days.
Target Audience
Arden targets internal audit and compliance teams at publicly traded companies and other regulated enterprises that must meet SOX requirements.
Features
- AI‑powered agents that securely pull evidence and logs from SaaS applications, messaging platforms, and on‑premise systems without custom data engineering
- Automatic mapping of retrieved evidence to SOX controls and full‑population test execution with exception analysis
- Generation of PCAOB‑compliant workpapers that embed source links for each conclusion, ensuring audit traceability
- Read‑only API integrations and computer‑use automation for deep evidence capture across web interfaces and collaboration tools
- Enterprise‑grade security and compliance controls, including read‑only access and data isolation for regulated organizations