# Warden AI: what it sells, price and AI features

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/warden-ai/
Covers: July 16, 2025 to Sept. 8, 2026
Updated: 2026-11-11
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "Warden AI: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/warden-ai/, updated 2026-11-11

> Warden AI is on the AI hiring software map. We record 6 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Sept. 8, 2026.

"Safeguarding AI Transformation in HR." Warden runs independent, ongoing bias audits of AI used in hiring and HR, and keeps audit records that buyers and lawyers can use as evidence. Most buyers are HR tech vendors that publish results on a Warden Assured dashboard, for example Greenhouse for Talent Matching, Findem and PageUp. It maps results to NYC Local Law 144, the EU AI Act, Illinois HB 3773 and Colorado SB 26-189. It does not sell hiring software itself. Source: [warden-ai.com](https://www.warden-ai.com/).

## Facts

- Site: [warden-ai.com](https://www.warden-ai.com/)
- Category: AI hiring compliance
- Status: Active

## On the research maps

### [The AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-warden-ai)

"Safeguarding AI Transformation in HR." Warden runs independent, ongoing bias audits of AI used in hiring and HR, and keeps audit records that buyers and lawyers can use as evidence. Most buyers are HR tech vendors that publish results on a Warden Assured dashboard, for example Greenhouse for Talent Matching, Findem and PageUp. It maps results to NYC Local Law 144, the EU AI Act, Illinois HB 3773 and Colorado SB 26-189. It does not sell hiring software itself. Source: [warden-ai.com](https://www.warden-ai.com/).

- Category: AI hiring compliance
- Price: not published; sales-led (Book Demo)
- AI capabilities: Bias audit and governance
- Scale: Funded challenger: institutional funding disclosed (Institutional funding disclosed (Playfair plus Onfido founders, July 2025, amount not disclosed). Warden says it has run 150+ AI bias audits. Named clients include Greenhouse, Beamery, Sense, Findem and PageUp.)

Sources: [warden-ai.com](https://www.warden-ai.com/), [warden-ai.com](https://www.warden-ai.com/blog), [warden-ai.com](https://www.warden-ai.com/resources/warden-ai-launches-the-warden-watch-the-first-public-tracker-for-employment-ai-regulation-and-litigation), [warden-ai.com](https://www.warden-ai.com/resources/warden-ai-partners-with-stakkd-to-help-enterprises-spot-trustworthy-ai), [warden-ai.com](https://www.warden-ai.com/resources/bias-audits-hiring), [startupsmagazine.co.uk](https://startupsmagazine.co.uk/article-warden-ai-secures-funding-meet-demand-ai-audits) and [3 more on the map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-warden-ai).

## Launches and dated events, newest first

### Warden AI launches Warden Watch regulation tracker

Launch, Sept. 8, 2026. A free public tracker of AI regulation, lawsuits and governance changes affecting hiring and employment, covering 29 regulatory and 5 litigation records across 25 jurisdictions.

Source: [Vendor release](https://www.warden-ai.com/resources/warden-ai-launches-the-warden-watch-the-first-public-tracker-for-employment-ai-regulation-and-litigation). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-warden-ai).

### PageUp completes Warden AI certification

Partnership, June 15, 2026. ATS vendor PageUp said monthly independent audits by Warden AI found its AI meets Warden's standards for fairness, transparency, disparate impact and consistency, with results on the Warden Assured Directory.

Source: [GlobeNewswire (via State Journal)](https://smb.state-journal.com/article/Doubling-Down-on-AI-Transparency-PageUp-Completes-Warden-AI-Certification-Ahead-of-New-Regulations/6a2fbfe945b635ab6be4e095). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-warden-ai).

### Warden AI publishes findings from 150+ hiring bias audits

Research, May 22, 2026. Warden reported that 85% of audited AI hiring systems met the four-fifths impact-ratio threshold and that average impact ratio was 0.94 for AI selection versus 0.67 for human-led decisions.

Source: [Vendor blog](https://www.warden-ai.com/resources/bias-audits-hiring). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-warden-ai).

### Findem publishes Warden AI bias audit

Partnership, Jan. 27, 2026. Findem said it completed an independent bias audit of its applicant matching with Warden AI in December 2025 and is now Warden Assured, with results on Warden's AI Assurance Dashboard.

Source: [Findem blog](https://findem.ai/blog/findem-ai-bias-audit-warden-ai). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-warden-ai).

### Warden AI partners with Stakkd HR tech marketplace

Partnership, Oct. 6, 2025. Vendors that are Warden Assured show a badge on Stakkd, an HR and AI technology marketplace with more than 320 vendors.

Source: [Vendor blog](https://www.warden-ai.com/resources/warden-ai-partners-with-stakkd-to-help-enterprises-spot-trustworthy-ai). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-warden-ai).

### Warden AI raises funding led by Onfido founders

Funding round, July 16, 2025. Warden AI closed a new funding round led by the founders of Onfido, with Playfair. The amount was not disclosed. CEO Jeffrey Pole called the Workday case "a wake-up call."

Source: [Startups Magazine](https://startupsmagazine.co.uk/article-warden-ai-secures-funding-meet-demand-ai-audits). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-warden-ai).

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