About

We are building the AI governance platform.

SentinelLayer™ is an infrastructure company defining the AI governance platform category. Our product, GovernorAI™, is the AI governance platform for autonomous AI agents.

Our Thesis

AI agents are graduating from assistants to actors. They're processing payments, modifying infrastructure, querying databases, and calling external APIs. The security model must graduate too.

Phase 1 safety—prompt filters, guardrails, content moderation—governs what AI says. It's necessary but insufficient for agents that do things.

GovernorAI operates at Phase 2: execution governance. Every tool call from every agent passes through GovernorAI and is evaluated against declarative policy. The decision is allow, deny, or require human approval. Every decision is logged immutably.

No LLM in the governance loop. Deterministic. Sub-10ms. Infrastructure-grade.

The Team

Two generations of systems engineering building the AI governance platform.

Mynul Hoda — Founder, CEO & CTO

Mynul Hoda

Founder, CEO & CTO

A veteran technology executive with 26+ years scaling cloud-native SaaS in regulated, mission-critical environments. Holds CISSP and CCIE Security certifications; author of a cybersecurity handbook on enterprise security architecture. Former President of Software & Platforms Engineering at Viasat.

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Rayaadh Hoda — Co-Founder & VP of Engineering

Rayaadh Hoda

Co-Founder & VP of Engineering

Software engineer and systems builder focused on making autonomous AI practical, safe, and operationally reliable. Strong foundation in computer science with hands-on experience across full-stack development, infrastructure, and developer tooling.

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“SentinelLayer is a father-and-son mission grounded in two generations of systems engineering—enterprise-scale governance paired with modern agentic runtime execution. Together, we’re building the governance platform that makes autonomous systems safe, accountable, and enterprise-ready.”

Intellectual Property & Innovation

SentinelLayer™ and GovernorAI™ are trademarks of SentinelLayer, Inc. in the United States. All rights reserved.

SentinelLayer has filed patent applications covering core aspects of multi-cloud governance policy translation, deterministic runtime enforcement, tamper-evident audit evidence, and fail-closed gateway architecture. These filings reflect our commitment to building novel, defensible technology—not wrappers around existing tools.

No license or right to use SentinelLayer's intellectual property is granted by the publication of this website. Any use of SentinelLayer's technology, trademarks, or copyrighted materials without prior written authorization is strictly prohibited.

Get in touch

We'd love to hear from you. Whether you're exploring AI governance or ready to deploy.

contact@sentinellayer.dev