Drata, the leader in AI-native Trust Management, has officially announced the launch of its AI Agent for Vendor Risk Management (VRM) solution, which happens to be an autonomous, context-aware assistant, geared towards transforming the way enterprises evaluate and manage vendor risk.
According to certain reports, the stated development marks a departure from legacy solutions and a wider shift towards autonomous Trust Management powered by AI agents.
To understand the significance of such a development, we must take into account how traditional GRC platforms have historically posed upon users a massive operational burden. We say so because they are, by and large, fragmented across spreadsheets and siloed tools that expose organizations to costly errors, causing failed audits and an incomplete view into their risk posture.
Against that, Drata’s latest brainchild arrives on the scene bearing an ability to transition your GRC operations from a cost center into a proactive business accelerator.
More on the same would reveal how, thanks to its knowhow of automating vendor risk assessments that previously took weeks, this new VRM Agent can specifically aid the needs of teams managing thousands different third parties.
“Drata is pushing the boundaries of what GRC can be with Agentic Trust Management,” said Ali Firooz, Security Engineering Manager at Homebase. “Their AI vision goes beyond automation; it’s about enabling a future where trust is dynamic, intelligent, and woven into every decision. It’s changing how we think about assurance, and we’re excited to be on this journey with them.”
Talk about Drata’s latest technology on a slightly deeper level, we begin from the promise of automated criteria extraction and mapping. This translates to how Drata VRM Agent ingests vendor questionnaires or custom criteria (PDF, DOCX, XLSX) to eventually conceive a consistent, scalable baseline for risk assessments and remove manual setup.
Next up, we have AI-powered document review and risk scoring. You see, leveraging an integration with SafeBase Trust Center, the stated agent effectively saves valuable time. From a practical standpoint, VRM collects vendor artifacts and analyzes them against defined criteria to flag risks, assign scores, and produce clear, structured reports with source-backed findings.
Another detail worth a mention relates to the potential for dynamic report generation and follow-up orchestration. Basically, users can come expecting to generate executive summaries, issue follow-up questionnaires for gaps or concerns, and automatically re-assess vendors as new responses are submitted for real-time visibility.
Among other things, it ought to be acknowledged that this development builds upon Drata’s existing assortment of AI solutions. These products and features span SOC 2 AI Summaries, AI Summaries for Continuous Control Monitoring, and AI Questionnaire Assistance.
In fact, the company also recently launched its Drata Model Context Protocol (MCP) to help organizations by instantly powering AI workflows with live, actionable context, as well as by embedding into tools like Claude, and Integrated Developed Environments (IDEs).
Founded in 2020, Drata’s rise up the ranks stems from automating governance, risk, compliance, and assurance resulting to reach upon a strong security posture, streamline security reviews, lower costs, and cut down on time spent preparing for audits. The company’s excellence in what it does can also be understood once you consider it serves, at the moment, more than 8,000 organizations globally, including over a third of the Cloud 100.
Drata’s stature is also aided by its investor line-up, which holds many big names like ICONIQ Growth, Notable Capital, Alkeon Capital, Salesforce Ventures, and other leading investor.
“Vendor Risk Management requires significant oversight, making it one of the most resource-draining and error-prone areas of trust today. Our new AI agent delivers speed, precision, and continuous insight that wasn’t possible before,” said Adam Markowitz, cofounder and CEO of Drata. “This is a defining chapter for our vision, and with our Trust Management platform powered by agentic AI, enterprises can move faster, gain efficiency, and scale trust across every part of the business.”
