About ThirdLaw
Building the runtime control layer for enterprise AI.
Our Mission
We make enterprise AI safer to run and easier to control. We build for day-two operations.
The Team Behind ThirdLaw
Built by a team from enterprise security and distributed systems leaders. Based in Berkeley, CA.
Stanford
Wharton
MIT
Virginia
Naval Postgraduate School
University of Pennsylvania
Carnegie Mellon University
Splunk, Google, MongoDB, VMware, Postman, Cloudera, Vectara, Waymo, Tintri, Amazon, Palantir, Meta, Nervana, OpenAI,
US Navy Research Labs
Our Berkeley Offices
Expert insights on AI safety, compliance, and operational oversight.
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The Realities We Design For
AI introduces operational risks that donʼt fit traditional security and monitoring patterns.
01
AI behavior is hard to observe
It changes often, is semantic and non-deterministic, and requires context to interpret.
02
Sensitive data enters the loop
Prompts, tool calls, and outputs can expose or retain
confidential information.
03
Agents take real actions
They can trigger changes across systems, increasing the impact of misuse and mistakes.
04
Policies donʼt translate to enforcement
Security and compliance rules often live in documents, not in the places decisions are made.
05
Incidents require reconstructable context
Teams need to know what happened, by whom, using which model, and under what conditions
06
Controls must fit existing operations
Safety measures need to integrate into current tools and workflows without a rebuild.
What We Build
An operational layer for enterprise AI that provides
visibility, evaluation, and control.
Visibility into how AI is used across applications and agents
Evaluation of AI interactions against safety and security expectations
Control at runtime with interventions that support human review
Leadership
Founder and CEO
Ed Albanese founded ThirdLaw after leadership roles at VMware, Cloudera, MongoDB, Splunk, and Vectara. His work has shipped into large-scale enterprise environments across infrastructure, analytics, and security. He previously founded Krypton, a venture-backed analytics company acquired by Splunk, and now focuses on helping Security and IT teams run enterprise AI with security, safety, and operational analytics.
Our Investors
ThirdLaw is backed by visionary investors who understand AI safety is vital for enterprise adoption:
