LinkedIn / Consus · Jul 2026
Consus said that simply using GovCloud or Azure Government does not make AI usage compliant and highlighted audit logging, retention, FIPS endpoints, credential lifecycle, and incident response as the missing controls.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Consus is a San Francisco-based YC F24 startup building Consus Gateway, a compliant AI API/gateway for US defense contractors and other regulated aerospace/defense teams, with zero-persistence routing, US-only boundaries, and built-in FedRAMP/ITAR/DoD controls.
Primary product
Consus Gateway, a compliant AI API gateway for defense programs
Founded
2024
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
Compliant AI infrastructure / defense AI gateway
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States
Business model
B2B API
usage-based pricing
enterprise software
Funding
Stage
pre-seed
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Pre-Seed · Dec 2024
Latest amount
$500K
Dec 2024 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Leadership
Founder & CEO
Investors
Work & culture
Mission-driven, defense-first, founder-led, and early-stage; the company emphasizes security, evidence, compliance, and direct customer/founder interaction rather than a broad public self-serve motion.
Compensation
No public salary bands or detailed compensation policy were found. YC Work at a Startup describes the company as well funded.
Product & market
Pricing
Usage-based: underlying model cost plus a 35% gateway fee; no seats, minimums, or per-developer licensing.
Differentiators
- —US-person-only data plane
- —US-only cloud regions
- —Zero-persistence architecture
- —FedRAMP/ITAR/DoD controls configured on day one
- —Immutable audit logs and compliance artifacts
- —No self-serve; access by company review and contract
Technology
Python
FastAPI
PostgreSQL
TypeScript
React
NextJS
Anthropic
OpenAI
BoundaryML
AWS GovCloud
Azure Government
GCP Assured Workloads
Claude
Gemini
GPT
OpenAI SDK compatibility
Customers
US-based defense contractors
Aerospace and defense companies
Government programs handling ITAR or CUI data
Teams working with sensitive regulated data
Competitors
AWS Bedrock
Azure Foundry
GCP Enterprise Agent
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$1M-$2.5M (third-party estimate)
Estimated monthly visits
3K
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
Latest news
Consus official site · Jun 2026
The company states it has completed a FedRAMP readiness assessment, is ITAR compliant, and is undergoing a FedRAMP Equivalency audit targeting October 1, 2026.
LinkedIn / Eric Magliarditi · Jun 2026
Magliarditi described a customer spending two weeks on infrastructure work just to route AI models without leaking controlled data, positioning Consus as a way to compress that work into an afternoon.
LinkedIn / Eric Magliarditi · Apr 2026
Magliarditi announced Consus Gateway as an API for aerospace and defense teams to use frontier AI models on sensitive data without breaking federal/DoD compliance.
LinkedIn / Eric Magliarditi · Jan 2025
Magliarditi described pivoting during YC F24, raising money, and starting Consus after identifying pain points from his SpaceX and Castelion experience.
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