Questa AI

What Questa AI does

Questa AI operates a privacy-first AI platform that anonymizes sensitive data — including PII, PHI, financial identifiers, software code, and license keys — before any large language model can access it. The company's core technology is an NLP-based Local Anonymization Blackbox that uses a dual-model pipeline (named-entity recognition combined with specialized PII detection) and conflict-merge logic to replace identifiers with role-preserving synthetic tokens, with round-trip de-anonymization that returns real names only after LLM processing is complete. Questa serves regulated buyers in healthcare, financial services, legal and M&A, BPO/contact centers, cyber/critical data, and operations/HR, and positions against EU AI Act (August 2026 enforcement), GDPR, HIPAA, NIS-2, UK DPA, SOC 2, and DORA obligations via a dedicated AI Privacy & Governance Dashboard.

The company distributes through two distinct product lines built on the same Blackbox engine. Questa Cloud is a self-serve SaaS with a free tier (5 reports, 100 chats, 100 MB), a Solo plan at $49/month (50 reports, 250 chats, 5 GB), and a Team plan at $499/seat/year (100 reports/seat, sharing, admin permissions), targeting individual professionals and small teams via direct web sign-up and freemium conversion. Questa Blackbox Enterprise is a self-hosted on-premise deployment with custom anonymization rules, SSO, custom domain, audit trails, dedicated AI Native Services modules, and a minimum 5-seat commitment under multi-year contracts, sold via field sales and 2–3 month proof-of-concept cycles to hospitals, law firms, financial institutions, and BPOs. A new consumer/SMB-facing product, Novara, launched in January 2026 as a privacy-focused AI assistant extension.

Name

Questa AI

Legal name

El-monde Inc

Website

https://questa-ai.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Questa AI is a privacy-first AI platform that anonymizes PII, PHI, financial, and code data locally via an NLP Blackbox before any LLM processing, serving regulated buyers in healthcare, finance, legal, BPO, and cyber through on-premise enterprise and freemium SaaS products.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Privacy-Preserving AI / Enterprise Data Anonymization Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Software Publishers (513210), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

AI Privacy Engineering & Data Governance (PII, consent, retention) (HDAAAKAB), Privacy-Preserving Data (De-identification, Anonymization, PII Redaction) (HDAAALAG), Audit, Explainability & Accountability Tooling (traceability, reporting) (HDAAAKAL), Data Loss Prevention (DLP) & Sensitive Data Discovery (PHI/PII) (HLACAJAC)

Keywords

• AI data anonymization
• Privacy firewall software
• PII redaction platform
• Secure LLM processing
• Regulatory compliance AI

Headquarters

HQ city

Wilmington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Questa Cloud Subscriptions: Tiered SaaS subscription model with Free tier (5 reports, 100 chats), Solo ($49/month, 50 reports, 250 chats), and Team ($499/seat/year, 100 reports, 500 chats). Free tier drives adoption; Solo and Team tiers convert individual users to paid subscribers. Per-seat pricing enables land-and-expand revenue growth.
2. Questa Blackbox Enterprise: Custom enterprise licensing with on-premise deployment, SSO, custom domain, custom rules, audit trails, and dedicated AI Native Services modules. Minimum 5 seats with custom pricing based on deployment scope and services. Professional services for implementation and customization are bundled.
3. Professional Services: Implementation services including proof-of-concept (2-3 months), on-premises deployment, cloud setup, and customization. Proof-of-concept demonstrations are offered to showcase privacy-preserving capabilities to enterprise prospects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Questa AI builds a privacy-first AI software platform that anonymizes sensitive business data (PII, PHI, financial identifiers, secrets, and code) locally before it reaches any large language model. It sells two products sharing the same proprietary Blackbox engine: Questa Cloud, a self-serve SaaS for individuals and small teams, and Questa Blackbox Enterprise, a self-hosted on-premise deployment for regulated organizations. A November 2026-launched assistant called Novara extends the platform into a privacy-focused AI query tool.

Product overview

Questa AI is a privacy-first AI platform consisting of two main product lines built on the shared Questa Blackbox anonymization engine: Questa Blackbox Enterprise (self-hosted on-premise solution for regulated enterprises with governance dashboard and AI Native Services modules) and Questa Cloud (SaaS platform for solo professionals and teams). Both products leverage the core Blackbox NLP-based anonymization layer that removes PII, PHI, financial identifiers, and sensitive data before any LLM processing, enabling safe AI analysis without data exposure. Key features include Safe Chat Query for natural language document querying, Safe Reports for automated report generation, and the AI Privacy & Governance Dashboard for compliance tracking. The platform supports bring-your-own-LLM architecture with Mistral, GPT, Claude, and Llama models. A new product called Novara AI Assistant was launched in January 2026 as a privacy-focused AI assistant extension.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Questa Blackbox Enterprise: Self-hosted privacy firewall and AI governance dashboard for hospitals, legal teams, financial institutions, BPOs and regulated enterprises where sensitive data cannot leave the perimeter
• Questa Cloud
• Novara
• Safe AI Agents

Products and services

• Questa Blackbox Enterprise Self-hosted on-premise privacy firewall and AI governance dashboard for hospitals, legal teams, financial institutions, BPOs and regulated enterprises where sensitive data cannot leave the perimeter. Includes on-premise deployment, SSO, custom domain, role-based access, AI Privacy & Governance Dashboard with audit trails and jurisdiction-level compliance (GDPR, EU AI Act, HIPAA, NIS-2, UK DPA, SOC 2), custom vertical/regulator anonymization rules, and Dedicated AI Native Services modules. Minimum 5 seats with custom pricing.
• Questa Cloud Privacy-protected AI SaaS platform for solo professionals and smaller teams. Users upload documents (PDF, DOCX, XLSX, CSV), emails, voice transcripts, payment files, software code, and license keys; the Blackbox anonymizes them locally before any LLM (Mistral, GPT, Claude, Llama, Gemini) sees the data. Includes Safe Chat Query, Safe Reports, round-trip de-anonymization, team sharing with admin roles, and a guarantee that user data is never used for AI training. Available in Free, Solo ($49/month), and Team ($499/seat/year) tiers.
• Novara AI Assistant Privacy-focused AI assistant that allows users to query business files using AI models such as GPT, Claude, or Gemini without risking AI training on confidential data, by running all files through the Questa Blackbox Anonymizer before any model can access them. Targets critical sectors including finance and healthcare.

Quantifiable outcome

• 96% reduction in compliance review time (40 hours to under 2 hours)
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability9 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bubl CloudcoreTechnology or IntegrationBubl Cloud provides secure AI infrastructure with a 'reverse data model' where AI and applications come to the customer's data instead of data traveling to the cloud. Features ISO 27001 certification, quantum-safe storage, European-owned infrastructure, and encrypted Data Vault. Questa runs inside Bubl's infrastructure enabling sensitive business data anonymization before any AI model sees it, processed entirely within the customer's vault. Both are members of the Secure AI Suite ecosystem.
• BNS (Building Noble Solutions)coreTechnology or IntegrationBNS is a global data solutions provider focused on data lifecycle management including discovery, classification, governance, monetization, and archival. Their Data Integrity Governance platform serves clean tech, fintech, biotech, healthcare, construction, and media sectors. Partnership with Questa covers the full data lifecycle: BNS handles data classification and governance before/after Questa's anonymization layer, creating a complete stack for privacy-preserving AI.
• Customer Contact PanelminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCustomer Contact Panel (CCP) founded in 2015 provides fee-transparent, impartial advisory for contact centre optimization, sourcing, and technology planning. CCP matches organizations with right partners from their network. Questa's anonymize-first approach enables CCP's clients to apply AI across customer interaction data without compromising privacy standards required in contact center environments.
• Secure AI SuitecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerQuesta AI is a validated member of the Secure AI Suite, a curated ecosystem of privacy-aligned tools that integrate directly with Bubl's Data Vault infrastructure. The integration has been built, tested, and verified, providing a coherent secure AI stack for organizations requiring complete data sovereignty and privacy protection.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Private AI: Private AI offers PII redaction and de-identification APIs purpose-built for LLMs, anonymizing personal data in text, audio, and documents before AI processing. Directly competes in the same 'redact-before-LLM' niche as Questa Blackbox.
• Tonic.ai: Tonic.ai provides data masking, synthesis, and de-identification tooling for developers and enterprises to safely use production data in testing and AI workflows. Comparable to Questa's anonymization-first approach with broader data engineering positioning.
• Redactable: Redactable is a permanent document redaction platform mentioned in Questa's own competitor comparison. Offers PII/PHI redaction in PDFs and documents, overlapping with Questa's redaction capabilities but lacking the AI/LLM analysis layer.
• Harmonic Security: Harmonic Security detects and prevents sensitive data leakage to public AI tools (shadow AI), aligned with Questa's core problem of stopping accidental data exposure to LLMs. Sourced by Questa for the $500B leaked-data statistic, indicating close thematic alignment.
• Gretel AI: Gretel AI provides synthetic data generation and privacy-enhancing technologies for AI/ML training and analytics. Comparable to Questa in offering privacy-safe data transformation for downstream AI use, though Gretel focuses more on synthetic data generation than real-time redaction.
• Skyflow: Skyflow provides a data privacy vault with polymorphic encryption and tokenization for sensitive PII/PHI, enabling AI and analytics on protected data. Directly comparable to Questa's privacy firewall approach with enterprise focus on healthcare and financial services.

Emerging players

• Protecto: Protecto provides AI-native data privacy and PII masking for LLM applications, anonymizing sensitive information before tokens reach models. Comparable to Questa's NLP-based anonymization blackbox, positioned as a token-level privacy layer for AI builders.

Broad incumbents

• OneTrust: OneTrust is a broad data privacy, governance, and consent management platform used by large enterprises for GDPR, CCPA, and AI governance compliance. Comparable to Questa's governance and audit-trail capabilities but as a much larger incumbent with a wider product portfolio.
• Cyera: Cyera is an AI-powered data security posture management (DSPM) platform that discovers, classifies, and protects sensitive data across cloud environments. Comparable to Questa's data discovery and privacy governance capabilities, with broader cloud security positioning.
• Microsoft Purview: Microsoft Purview is Microsoft's enterprise data governance, DLP, and AI compliance suite integrated with the Microsoft 365 and Azure stack. Comparable to Questa's compliance dashboard and DLP capabilities, delivered by a hyperscaler with deep enterprise distribution.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/people/Questa-AI/61500000000000
• Instagraminstagram.com/questa_ai
• YouTubeyoutube.com/questa-ai
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/questa-ai
• Xx.com/Questa_Safe_AI

Compliance9 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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