What Trellis Data does

Trellis Data is an Australian artificial intelligence and machine learning company headquartered in Canberra, founded in 2017. It develops sovereign AI capabilities — including document comprehension, speech intelligence, and computer vision — for Australian government departments, defence agencies, defence industry contractors, first-responder organisations, and security-sensitive enterprises. The company's portfolio is built on a proprietary underlying platform, the Trellis Intelligence Platform (TIP), and includes Agentaus (a sovereign AI answer-generation platform that keeps models and data in Australia under defence-grade encryption), Echo and Echo Mobile (speech AI integrated with digital mobile radios, headsets, and call centre systems), Vision/Vivid (computer vision), and DISP Assessor (an AI tool that reads large security documentation sets and produces risk-based accreditation reports for the Australian Defence Industry Security Programme).

The company generates revenue through subscription-based SaaS access to Agentaus (with a freemium starter tier and paid plans), paid use of the DISP Assessor tool, and AWS Marketplace transactions, supplemented by bespoke enterprise and government contracts with quote-based pricing. Go-to-market combines self-serve product-led growth through Agentaus.com.au, enterprise direct sales via demo-booking CTAs, AWS Marketplace distribution, and a partner channel that includes Carahsoft (US federal procurement), Tait Communications (radio integration), Vantiq, Vault Cloud, and Cair Advisory. The company explicitly targets government, defence, and security organisations across AUKUS, NATO, and QUAD countries, with Australian data sovereignty and Australian privacy/IP law compliance positioned as the central differentiator against offshore AI providers.

Name

Trellis Data

Legal name

Trellis Data Group

Website

https://trellisdata.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Trellis Data is a Canberra-based AI company that builds sovereign AI, speech, computer vision, and document-comprehension products for Australian government, defence, and security organisations operating across AUKUS, NATO, and QUAD markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise AI Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Responsible AI, Security & Privacy Platforms (Safety, Guardrails, PII) (HDAEANAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Enterprise AI Governance, Risk & Compliance Platforms (Model Risk, Audit, Policies) (HDAEANAE), Model Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Platforms (HDAAAKAA), Generative AI & LLM Solutions Services (RAG, Agents, Copilots) (BPAEAHAG)

Keywords

• Sovereign AI platform
• Speech AI technology
• AI security assessment
• Machine learning solutions
• Sovereign cloud AI

Headquarters

HQ city

Canberra

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription Platform (Agentaus): Subscription-based access to the sovereign AI platform providing government, defence, enterprise, and SMB customers with an answer-generation engine. Tiers include a free starter tier and paid plans for broader access.
2. Security Assessment Services (DISP Assessor): AI-powered tool providing security gap analysis and DISP accreditation readiness assessments, positioned as a paid service for businesses of all sizes seeking defence industry security certification.
3. AWS Marketplace Sales: Products listed on AWS Marketplace enabling discovery and purchase by AWS customers, generating revenue through marketplace transactions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Trellis Data develops and sells sovereign AI products for Australian government, defence, security, enterprise, and small business customers. Its flagship Agentaus platform provides an answer-generation AI engine where models, data, and documents remain in Australia under defence-grade encryption and Australian privacy/IP law. The company also sells Echo speech AI (integrated into digital mobile radios and headsets), Vision/Vivid computer vision, the DISP Assessor for Defence Industry Security Programme accreditation, and the underlying Trellis Intelligence Platform (TIP).

Product overview

Trellis Data offers a platform-plus-products architecture built on its Trellis Intelligence Platform (TIP). The portfolio includes Agentaus as the flagship sovereign AI platform, Echo and Echo Mobile for speech AI capabilities, Vision (Vivid) for computer vision, and DISP Assessor for security accreditation assessment. Products are designed for Australian government, defence, and security organisations, with emphasis on data sovereignty and defence-grade encryption.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Agentaus: Australia's sovereign, high-security AI platform providing answer-generation engine for government, defence, enterprise and small business.
• Echo
• Echo Mobile
• Vision
• Vivid
• TIP
• DISP Assessor

Products and services

• Agentaus Australia's sovereign AI platform providing government, defence, enterprise and small business with an answer-generation engine where AI models, data, and documents remain in Australia, protected by defence-grade encryption and Australian privacy/IP laws. Available via self-serve with free starter tier at Agentaus.com.au.
• Echo Speech AI product that integrates advanced speech technologies into existing communication systems (digital mobile radios, headsets, call centres) to identify critical keywords and emotional cues and convert them into actionable events in customer management systems. Targets government, defence, first responders, and security organisations.
• Echo Mobile Mobile variant of Echo speech AI that brings speech AI capabilities to mobile devices for use cases including emergency first responders and field operations.
• Vision (Vivid) Computer vision AI product that processes and interprets visual inputs for security and operational applications.
• DISP Assessor AI-powered assessment tool that helps businesses of all sizes understand security protocol gaps and accelerate accreditation under the Defence Industry Security Programme (DISP), producing detailed risk-based reports from large security documentation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Dramatically reduces time, effort, and costs required to prepare for DISP accreditation
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability9 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Cair AdvisoryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCair Advisory is listed as an industry-leading partner of Trellis Data. No specific co-development or strategic initiative details are available beyond the partnership listing on the Trellis Data website partners section.
• Tait CommunicationscoreTechnology or IntegrationTait Communications is listed as a partner, with Echo speech AI specifically designed for integration with digital mobile radios and communication systems that Tait provides to first responders and defence organisations. This is a technology integration partnership supporting radio system intelligence capabilities.
• CarahsoftcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCarahsoft is a leading government technology distributor in the US. Its partnership with Trellis Data enables distribution of sovereign AI solutions to US government and defence buyers, extending Trellis Data's reach into the AUKUS and NATO markets.
• AWScoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTrellis Data products are listed on AWS Marketplace, enabling AWS customers globally to discover, evaluate, and purchase Trellis Data's sovereign AI solutions through the AWS Marketplace platform.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Palantir Technologies: Palantir sells secure, sovereign-deployable AI and data platforms (Gotham, Foundry, AIP) to allied defence, intelligence, and government customers worldwide. It is the most prominent large incumbent operating in Trellis Data's core government/defence AI procurement lane.
• C3.ai: C3.ai provides enterprise and government AI applications across defence, aerospace, and intelligence verticals. It is comparable to Trellis Data as a packaged AI software platform sold into large government and defence accounts, albeit at much larger scale and broader scope.
• Veritone: Veritone sells AI platforms (aiWARE) for speech, video, and text analytics to government, defence, and public-safety customers. Its speech-AI focus and public-safety vertical make it comparable to Trellis Data's Echo product line and government go-to-market.
• Scale AI: Scale AI provides data-labeling, model-evaluation, and AI applications for US Department of Defense and intelligence customers (e.g., Donovan, Thunderforge). It competes for allied-defence AI workloads and overlaps with Trellis Data's sovereign AI and document-comprehension capabilities.
• BlackBerry AtHoc / BlackBerry Government Solutions: BlackBerry's government and public-safety unit sells secure communications and critical-event management software used by defence and first-responder agencies. Its secure-communications focus overlaps with Trellis Data's Echo speech-AI integration with radios and headsets.

Direct peers

• Anduril Industries: Anduril builds AI-driven defence and national-security products, including Lattice for autonomous sensing and command-and-control. It competes directly with Trellis Data for sovereign, allied-defence AI budgets and emphasises deployable, secure software for AUKUS/Five Eyes buyers.
• Primer.ai: Primer builds NLP and AI tools tailored to defence, intelligence, and government analysts, including document comprehension and multilingual processing. It is a direct comparable to Trellis Data's document-comprehension AI used in DISP Assessor and to its sovereign-AI platform.
• Govini: Govini provides AI-driven analytics and decision-support software for US defence, intelligence, and federal civilian agencies. It is a direct comparable in the 'AI software sold into defence procurement' category that Trellis Data targets.

Emerging players

• Hadean: Hadean is a UK-based AI infrastructure company with a strong UK and NATO-aligned defence and government customer base (e.g., UK Ministry of Defence). It is comparable to Trellis Data as a smaller allied-sovereign AI vendor pursuing defence contracts in NATO/AUKUS-adjacent markets.

Regional players

• Bastion Technologies: Bastion is an Australian defence technology company providing secure, sovereign digital and AI capabilities to the Australian Defence Force and defence industry. It is a regional peer to Trellis Data competing for the same Australian sovereign-AI defence dollars.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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