Principled Intelligence Raises €1.9M in Pre-seed Funding

The pre-seed investment will fund an enterprise governance platform that turns written company policies into checks on AI behaviour.

Round size
€1.9M
Stage
Pre-seed
Headquarters
Italy
Announced
Jan 9, 2026

Making company rules testable

Teams can describe their operating principles in ordinary language, convert them into criteria, and simulate interactions before deployment. Specialized small language models are designed to apply those checks on standard enterprise servers, supporting companies that need to keep governance infrastructure on premise.

From early pilots to enterprise deployments

The team plans to add AI researchers and engineers and prepare its platform for production use with industry partners. The round was co-led by BlackSheep and the national AI and cybersecurity technology-transfer hub established jointly by CDP Venture Capital and Scientifica, with Eden Ventures participating.

Where the funding goes

  • Hiring AI researchers and engineers
  • Production readiness and deployments with industry partners

Sources

  1. Principled Intelligence: funding announcement
  2. Scientifica: pre-seed investment and joint technology transfer hub
  3. Milano Finanza: Principled Intelligence financing and product
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