SAN FRANCISCO, May 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Secludy, a privacy-tech startup serving banks, payments firms, and fintech companies, today launched their platform for financial services companies that need to train GenAI models and evaluate AI vendors without exposing real customer data. Secludy just closed $4 million in seed funding to accelerate the rollout.

Impression Ventures, a fintech-focused venture firm, led the round. LAUNCH and The Syndicate, a venture firm and angel investing group led by Jason Calacanis, also joined, along with Wedbush Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Hustle Fund, Script Capital, Mana Ventures, and Chispa VC.

Every major financial services company now has a mandate from the top to ship generative AI. The models that matter most are trained on proprietary data. Transaction histories, fraud patterns, customer support logs, loan files. That data rarely flows outside of data silos. Privacy laws, customer contracts, and cross-border rules keep it locked down. The same barriers show up when firms want to share data with AI vendors during evaluations and pilots, which is where most enterprise GenAI deals get stuck.

Secludy is building the control layer between enterprise AI and the privacy, legal, and security work that must be cleared before anything ships. The platform lets AI teams move fast without putting the company at risk and gives privacy and security teams a way to say yes instead of no. Programs that took six months of review move in days, and models hit performance bars that legacy approaches ...