As artificial intelligence surges forward, enterprises face a dual reality: immense opportunity tangled with real risks, from data leaks and prompt injections to fragmented deployments that stall progress. Forward-thinking companies recognize that true advantage comes not from rushing in, but from adopting AI thoughtfully, with robust safeguards and seamless collaboration across teams.

Airia is one such company that rises to meet this moment. The company delivers a unified enterprise AI platform that empowers organizations to build, deploy, and manage AI agents securely and at scale. Airia brings together a passionate team of innovators, technologists, and industry experts, all driven by a clear purpose: making enterprise AI accessible, trustworthy, and genuinely transformative.

Airia combines powerful agent orchestration, security, and governance capabilities into one platform, letting organizations experiment quickly in safe, no-code, low-code, or pro-code environments. It enforces data protection controls, prevents threats like prompt injection, ensures compliance, and provides full visibility across the entire AI lifecycle. By bridging silos, Airia helps organizations shift from hesitation to confident adoption, turning AI from a source of concern into a lasting competitive edge.

Designed for the world's most innovative enterprises, Airia supports every skill level and integrates effortlessly with existing systems, enabling resilient, impactful AI that delivers real business value, without compromise.

At CIO Bulletin, we had the honor of interviewing Kevin Kiley, CEO of Airia. He shared powerful insights on how his company helps organizations orchestrate AI intelligently, mitigate risks proactively, and embrace innovation at every level of the enterprise.

Interview Highlights

What inspired the founding of Airia in 2024, and how has your team's deep expertise shaped its mission to make secure, scalable AI truly accessible for modern enterprises?

We originally set out to build an agent orchestration platform with Airia. After thousands of conversations with customers, one thing was clear: IT teams don’t feel comfortable driving AI adoption within their organizations without security measures in place. While they saw a lot of potential in Airia and other agent-building platforms, they were still hesitant to spread it more widely to other departments. With our team’s background in governance and cybersecurity, we recognized the need to integrate those capabilities into our platform, enabling organizations to leverage enterprise AI fully. After launching our AI security and governance capabilities, we are able to provide a more holistic solution that covers every step of the enterprise AI lifecycle. It’s not enough to build agents. Teams need the ability to identify and mitigate AI risks, stay compliant in the ever-changing landscape, and feel confident while deploying AI across their organizations.

Can you brief us about the key products and services that Airias offers? What truly sets them apart in enabling organizations to move from stalled adoption to advantage?

What sets Airia’s platform apart from others is its cohesive approach to deploying AI across the enterprise. Airia combines security, orchestration, and governance capabilities into one unified platform, ensuring that all AI strategies, deployments, and models are actively monitored and protected in real time.

Our security capabilities make it easy to mitigate vulnerabilities and demonstrate compliance across the entire AI ecosystem, so teams can feel confident in driving organizational AI adoption. With automated and continuous threat detection and AI red-teaming, organizations can trust that their data is secure.

Airia’s flexible agent-building platform embraces users at every level, empowering teams to create AI agents faster and more effectively. Teams can experiment in a safe environment without lengthy development cycles.

Finally, while many AI platforms tout automation and intelligence, Airia embeds mechanisms for human oversight, transparency, and accountability. Our governance capabilities emphasize ethical AI practices and regulatory adherence—essential for trusted enterprise applications. By combining robust orchestration tools with granular security protocols, Airia offers enterprises end-to-end control and governance across the AI lifecycle while maintaining resilience and compliance with global security standards.

Your platform uniquely combines AI orchestration and AI security under one unified layer. What makes Airia’s approach fundamentally different from other enterprise AI platforms in the market?

Airia’s enterprise AI security, orchestration, and governance platform enables organizations to deploy AI quickly, safely, and at scale. Built for even the most complex and regulated environments, Airia reduces vulnerabilities in agentic ecosystems and streamlines workflows across agents, models, and an organization’s applications and data sources. Airia removes the complexity that often accompanies AI adoption, allowing enterprises to operationalize AI with trust, control, and measurable impact, all in one centralized platform.

From no-code to pro-code capabilities, Airia empowers users across skill levels. Why was inclusivity in AI development a core design principle, and how has it accelerated enterprise adoption?

Airia prioritizes inclusivity with natural language agent building to custom python capabilities, bridging the gap between technical experts and business users. This design principle accelerates enterprise adoption by empowering individuals across all skill levels to collaborate and innovate effectively, enabling faster deployment while democratizing AI development.

Security concerns often slow AI adoption. How does Airia help organizations move from AI hesitation to confident, scalable deployment without compromising compliance or governance?

Airia drives confident AI deployment by integrating agentic security frameworks that anticipate risks, ensure real-time protection, and align with compliance requirements. Enterprises can scale AI confidently with built-in governance and added transparency while maintaining compliance with global security standards.

Responsible AI is becoming a board-level priority. How does Airia help enterprises prove compliance, strengthen trust, and align AI innovation with regulatory and ethical expectations?

Airia supports enterprises in proving compliance and aligning with regulatory and ethical standards through robust governance tools like automated audit reports, and transparent human-in-the-loop frameworks. It strengthens trust by embedding governance into AI deployments, making responsible AI a cornerstone of innovation..

Recognition as one of the “Most Admired Companies to Watch 2026” highlights the value Airia delivers beyond technology. Which moments, milestones, or customer stories best reflect your impact on enterprise AI adoption?

Airia’s recognition as one of the “Most Admired Companies to Watch 2026” showcases our impact on enterprise AI adoption. Key milestones include supporting customers like 8x8 and the Houston-Galveston Area Council, enabling business users to safely automate manual tasks. Plus, our partnership with risk3sixty redefines Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) processes with AI agents to empower compliance professionals to focus on more impactful work. These collaborations demonstrate Airia’s ability to scale AI across enterprises, delivering secure AI deployment, efficiency, and ROI.

Looking ahead to 2026 and beyond, what is next for Airia in terms of growth, innovation, and expanding its impact on global enterprises?

In 2026, Airia will continue to help enterprises around the globe deploy AI safely, securely, and at scale. The team plans to focus on further developing our platform and expanding our orchestration, security, and governance capabilities.

The Visionary Leader behind Airia’s Success

Kevin Kiley, CEO of Airia, is a proven leader with a remarkable track record in scaling and transforming enterprise technology companies. As part of the early team at AirWatch, Kevin was part of building an innovative, highly successful company, solidifying its position as a market leader before its acquisition by VMware. At OneTrust, as Chief Revenue Officer, he spearheaded growth, acquiring 14,000 clients in just five years, making it one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in the world. Most recently, Kevin served as Chief Revenue Officer at Lacework, guiding the company to a successful acquisition. Now at Airia, Kevin leverages his unmatched expertise in scaling businesses and leading innovation to drive Airia’s mission of delivering secure, scalable AI solutions for enterprises. His dedication to building transformative technologies positions Airia as a leader in enterprise AI orchestration, security, and governance.

“What sets Airia’s enterprise AI platform apart from others is its cohesive approach, unifying security, orchestration, and governance to ensure that every AI strategy, deployment, and model is monitored and protected in real time in a single, centralized platform.”