Announcing Astralis: governing data at machine speed

Published: Aug 4, 2026 — Ethyca (Cillian Kieran, CEO)

Ethyca launches Astralis for enterprise-scale runtime data governance in the AI era. Purpose-based access control at moment of use, against jurisdiction, customer preference, contract, and company commitments.

Stack

• Fides (2021 OSS): ontology/language for permitted data uses; customers NYT, Condé Nast, Ramp
• LLRM (Large Language Risk & Regulatory Model): infers how data is used; enforces via Fides in warehouses, SQL clients, notebooks, BI, LLMs, MCP servers
• Astralis opened to general availability after design-partner period

Vendor framing: governance that can say “yes” to AI data use at scale with proof.