As enterprises shift from AI that answers to AI that acts, the patent-backed platform delivers air-gapped security, real-time runtime guardrails and an instant kill-switch.
BENGALURU, Aug 24: Autonomous AI agents are beginning to execute transactions, access enterprise systems and make operational decisions with minimal human intervention but the security infrastructure governing these environments was built for people, not software that can independently act. As regulated industries accelerate AI adoption, enterprises are confronting a new challenge: how to identify every AI agent, define its authority, intervene before high-risk actions are executed, and prove every decision after the fact.
Addressing this emerging gap, deep-tech startup TRUSTNOW today unveiled TRUSTNOW.EKAM, India's first sovereign AI governance platform for autonomous enterprise agents. Built on the company's patent-backed ONE TRUST FABRIC architecture, EKAM creates a unified governance layer across existing enterprise security infrastructure working with identity platforms, policy engines, SIEM and observability tools rather than replacing them to give organisations continuous visibility, real-time control and auditable accountability over AI agents operating in production environments.
The launch comes as AI governance and risk-management expectations evolve across regulated markets, including India, the Gulf, and the EU.
“When AI moves from answering to acting, governance has to be real-time and can no longer be an afterthought,” said Raguram Gopalan, Founder & CEO of TRUSTNOW. “Enterprises need to know which agents are running, what authority they have, and what they did. EKAM is built to provide that visibility and control
Built for AI That Can Act
Unlike tools focused primarily on model monitoring or compliance reporting, EKAM is designed to govern agents with the ability to take actions inside enterprise systems.
The platform provides four core capabilities:
● Agent Discovery: Identify authorized and potentially unmanaged “shadow” agents.
● Identity & Authority: Assign agents cryptographic identities and least-privilege, just-in-time access.
● Real-Time Governance: Allow, escalate or block sensitive actions based on policy, with a kill-switch capability.
● Tamper-Resistant Audit: Maintain an auditable record of agent activity, authorization and actions.
EKAM supports self-hosted, air-gapped and hybrid deployments, while remaining model-agnostic and designed to integrate with existing enterprise environments.
From Monitoring to Governance
Alongside EKAM, TRUSTNOW is introducing its Enterprise TRUST Model, featuring an Enterprise Trust Score, Trust Health Index, Volatility Index, and Trust Maturity Model to help organizations benchmark and advance their autonomous-AI governance posture.
Developing enterprise orchestration and monitoring platforms since 2021- including TRUSTNOW.ENTERACT and TRUSTNOW.UNO, the company holds 14 filed provisional patent applications for its ONE TRUST FABRIC architecture and currently serves enterprise customers across India, the US, the Middle East, and Africa.
Availability
TRUSTNOW.EKAM is commercially available starting August 2026. TRUSTNOW is offering a 60-Day Proof of Governance Program, enabling organizations in BFSI, telecom, government, and other regulated sectors to evaluate EKAM directly against their existing autonomous AI environments.
