Civic

What Civic does

Civic Technologies, Inc. is a San Francisco-based, privately held technology company that operates an AI agent orchestration and governance platform on top of Model Context Protocol (MCP) infrastructure. Its core product, MCP by Civic, connects AI agents to more than 80 external tools and MCP servers and more than 20 agent frameworks, wrapping every agent in a "governance envelope" that provides audit trails, guardrails, revocation/kill-switch controls, and credential management so that agents never see raw secrets. The company complements this orchestration platform with Civic Auth, a beta authentication and embedded-wallet service for Web2 and Web3 applications, and Bryn, a visitor identification and signal-based selling tool for go-to-market teams.

The company was founded in 2015 with an initial focus on blockchain-based identity, but has progressively repositioned its product surface around AI agent infrastructure and governance, a shift reflected in its 2025–2026 product launches and its security certifications. Civic has achieved SOC 2 Type 2 (June 2026) and Google CASA Tier 2 (OWASP ASVS v4.0) compliance with no high-risk vulnerabilities, and is part of the Solana Attestation Service consortium alongside the Solana Foundation, Solid, Trusta Labs, and Solana.ID. It partners with Anthropic and OpenAI for model inference, with AWS as its primary cloud provider, and with MetaKeep for embedded wallet key infrastructure.

Civic generates revenue primarily through platform subscriptions to its AI orchestration and authentication products, distributed via a self-serve product-led growth model with a free developer tier at app.civic.com and no publicly disclosed pricing schedule. It targets AI developers and builders integrating agents, application developers needing Web2/Web3 authentication, and (via Bryn) sales and growth teams that want to identify and act on buyer intent signals. The company has 11–50 employees, is headquartered at 548 Market St #45306 in San Francisco, and has not disclosed revenue, funding totals beyond historical rounds, or institutional ownership.

Name

Civic

Legal name

Civic Technologies, Inc.

Website

https://civic.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Civic Technologies operates an AI agent orchestration and governance platform built on Model Context Protocol, wrapping AI agents in a governance envelope with audit trails, guardrails, and secret management. It serves developers integrating agents, application developers needing authentication, and go-to-market teams via its Bryn visitor-identification product.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Agent Orchestration Platform

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise AI Governance, Risk & Compliance Platforms (Model Risk, Audit, Policies) (HDAEANAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

LLM/GenAI Guardrails & Safety Controls (policy, filtering, routing) (HDAAAKAD), Audit, Explainability & Accountability Tooling (traceability, reporting) (HDAAAKAL), Identity, Access & Secrets Management for AI Systems (IAM for agents/models) (HDAAAKAJ), Responsible AI, AI Governance & Compliance Services (BPAEAHAJ)

Keywords

• AI agent orchestration
• AI agent governance
• Model Context Protocol platform
• Embedded wallet authentication
• Visitor identification service

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Platform Subscription: AI agent orchestration platform with tiered access. Free tier available for developers. Platform connects AI agents to tools and services with governance controls.
2. Civic Auth: Authentication service offered to developers for integration into applications. Supports embedded wallet functionality.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Civic designs, builds, and operates production AI agents with governance built in from day one. The platform connects AI agents to 80+ external tools via Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, enforcing audit trails, guardrails, revocation controls, and secret management. Civic also offers Civic Auth for user authentication with optional embedded wallets, and Bryn for B2B visitor identification.

Product overview

Civic operates as an AI agent integrator platform, designing, building, and operating production AI agents governed from day one. The platform consists of Civic Nexus/MCP (agent integration platform), Civic Auth (authentication), and Bryn (visitor identification). Agents connect to external tools and services through MCP servers while operating within a governance envelope providing audit trails, guardrails, revocation controls, and secret management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Civic Auth: Beta authentication and key-management solution for web3 applications, enabling user login with optional embedded wallet support for Solana, Ethereum, and EVM chains.
• Civic Hub
• Bryn

Products and services

• MCP by Civic (Civic Hub) AI agent integration platform that connects production AI agents to external tools and services through Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, with built-in audit logging, guardrails, secret management, toolkit configuration, and instant revocation.
• Civic Auth Beta authentication platform providing SDK integration, flexible SSO, passkey support, and optional embedded wallets for Solana, Ethereum, and other EVM chains, delivering Web2 simplicity with Web3 readiness.
• Bryn Visitor identification service that combines first-party behavioral signals collected from websites with identity-resolution data to identify anonymous visitors and surface engagement recommendations to growth and sales teams.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability6 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Solana FoundationcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 May 2025Partnership for Solana Attestation Service (SAS) launched May 2025. SAS introduces a privacy-preserving identity verification protocol for Web3 enabling users to obtain cryptographically signed credentials from trusted issuers and reuse them across multiple dApps without exposing sensitive personal data.
• SolidcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 May 2025Partner in Solana Attestation Service (SAS) consortium for privacy-preserving identity verification on Web3.
• Trusta LabscoreTechnology or Integration · 1 May 2025Partner in Solana Attestation Service (SAS) consortium providing identity verification services for Web3.
• Solana.IDcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 May 2025Partner in Solana Attestation Service (SAS) consortium for decentralized identity on Solana blockchain.
• MetaKeep (Passbird Research, Inc.)coreTechnology or IntegrationMetaKeep provides private key infrastructure for Civic Auth's embedded wallet functionality. Their wallet technology is integrated into Civic Auth to enable optional embedded wallets supporting Solana, Ethereum, and other EVM chains. MetaKeep's terms govern wallet usage separately from Civic.
• AnthropiccoreTechnology or IntegrationAI model inference provider used for Civic Hub and Bryn products. Anthropic's Claude models are integrated into Civic's AI orchestration platform.
• OpenAIcoreTechnology or IntegrationAI model inference provider used for Civic Hub product. OpenAI's models are available as part of Civic's AI agent platform.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationPrimary cloud hosting provider for Civic Auth, Civic Hub, and Bryn services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• LangChain: Provides frameworks and infrastructure for building LLM-powered applications and agents (LangGraph for orchestration). Directly comparable to Civic's agent orchestration and tooling, with significantly larger funding and adoption.
• Composio: MCP-native tool integration platform connecting AI agents to external services with authentication, similar in scope to Civic's MCP/Nexus offering. Closest direct competitor on the MCP server directory and tool integration layer.
• CrewAI: Multi-agent orchestration framework used by developers to build and run production AI agents. Comparable target customer (AI developers) and overlapping capability surface with Civic's agent platform.
• Lakera AI: AI security platform focused on prompt injection defense, guardrails, and model safety controls. Directly comparable to Civic's guardrail and AI safety features targeting enterprise agent deployments.
• Descope: Authentication and user management platform with passwordless and passkey support, including embedded wallet functionality. Closest peer to Civic Auth in target customer and feature set.
• Stytch: Developer-focused authentication and identity platform supporting passkeys, SSO, and embedded flows. Comparable to Civic Auth in target market (developers integrating auth) and feature set.

Emerging players

• Patronus AI: Provides AI evaluation, observability, and safety tooling for LLM applications. Overlaps with Civic's audit trail and observability capabilities, though targeted at a different layer of the agent stack.
• Calypso AI: AI governance, risk, and compliance platform providing audit, policy enforcement, and observability for AI systems. Directly comparable to Civic's enterprise GRC positioning for AI agents.

Broad incumbents

• Workato: Enterprise integration and automation platform with broad connectivity and governance features. Comparable as an incumbent integration platform, though not specialized in AI agent governance.
• Zapier: Mass-market integration and automation platform connecting thousands of SaaS apps. Overlaps conceptually with Civic's MCP tool integration layer, though focused on no-code workflows rather than AI agents.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/civickey
• GitHubgithub.com/civicteam
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@CivicTechnologies
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/civic-technologies
• Facebookfacebook.com/civictechnologiesinc

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds7 records

Investors17 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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